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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?

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.

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

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

In Bangladesh, rice is the daily food for everyone. A genetically engineered strain of the crop is offering hope for surviving the long-lasting floods that are a product of climate change.

Gov. Schwarzenegger proposes to cut $4.8 billion in education funding in the new fiscal year. This at a time when many high-tech and biotech companies feel that American students are not prepared to

How has the county's payroll changed during the recession? Which department has the highest percentage of six-figure salaries? KPBS Reporter Kyla Calvert provides us with analysis of the Watchdog Institute's investigation into the County of San Diego's payroll.

Now that space shuttle Atlantis has safely returned to Earth, the Pentagon plans to shoot down a failing spy satellite as early as Wednesday night. The Navy will launch a missile in an attempt to destroy the satellite before it crashes to Earth.

Few places in the country are as vulnerable to sea level rise as Florida. Miami Beach, the Keys and Palm Beach are just a few of the communities that may be largely underwater if, as some are predicting, the sea level rises 3 or 4 feet over the next century.