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The U.S. has been fighting a war in Afghanistan for nearly eight years; there are 62,000 U.S. troops there. Yet Afghanistan has received just 2 percent of all news coverage since Jan. 1. That's less than Michael Jackson's death got.

Advocates of NASA's plan to return to the moon are concerned that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has said he will raid NASA's budget to fund education. While the issue of space exploration hasn't gotten much attention this campaign season, it is a topic on which the candidates do differ.

With its rapid spread through North America and Japan, many experts say swine flu has reached pandemic proportions. So why is the World Health Organization stalling on its declaration?

More than two-thirds of uninsured people in the United States are from families with one or more full-time workers. And the number of uninsured could be even higher, because the estimate was made before the recession.

Cinema Junkie Introduces a New Team of Teen Critics

What's in a name? For Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the names given to new species involve a lot of research...and money. Scripps is offering the public the naming rights to new ocean species f

Winner of Lottery Ticket to Service Offers Some Thoughts on the Event

What are the hottest consumer electronic products for this holiday season? We talk to the executive editor of CNET.com about iPods, tablet PCs, motion-sensitive video games and all the other tech goodies that will be at the top of many holiday wish lists.

Breast cancer research in the state will be getting a major boost. The publicly-funded California Breast Cancer Research Program is launching a $23 million initiative. KPBS Reporter Kenny Goldberg has