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A coordinated interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve and five other central banks sends markets on a roller-coaster ride. U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson counsels patience and vows to do whatever it takes to offset the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

General Motors has emerged from bankruptcy with its eye on regaining the trust and the dollars of the American consumer. But Bob Lutz, GM's vice chairman, says the automaker can only hope to break even in this economy.

The Market: Free To Go Up Or Down

Government experts are calling for the elimination of prescription drugs such as Vicodin and Percocet as part of sweeping safety restrictions on the most widely used painkiller. Overdoses of acetaminophen is the leading cause of liver failure in the U.S. and sends 56,000 people to the emergency room annually.

It seems logical that if 70% of Americans support a specific political policy, it should be made law. Yet, lawmakers continue to pass legislation that the majority of Americans oppose. The outrage over the insurance purchase mandate in the federal health care reform bill could derail the policy from going into effect in 2014. If so many people are opposed to the idea, why was it included in the legislation? The author of the "Progressive's Guide to Raising Hell" talks about how the power of the people can influence political change.

In today's economy there are many challenges that recent college grads will face while searching for jobs. We'll take a look at what opportunities are out there for recent college grads and what they should be doing to prepare themselves for the workforce.

GM's successful IPO raised billions of dollars and allowed the government to cut its stake in the automaker by half. CEO Dan Akerson says the company is committed to boosting production of the Volt -- its plug-in electric car -- and to reaping huge profits from selling cars in China.

Safety concerns loomed at two neighboring nuclear power plants after a giant tsunami driven by one of the largest earthquakes on record swamped northern Japan's eastern coast Friday, leaving massive destruction in its wake. The final toll of the disaster is far from clear, but Japanese officials say at least a thousand people have died.

Big-box retailers, including Target and Wal-Mart, started by building their discount businesses out where land was cheap and space was plentiful. But now they have big-city plans for smaller stores in places like Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

A brewery built in Barrio Logan after Prohibition contained bright murals and colorful windows, furniture and even ceiling beams. The property is now a parking lot, and the art's been sitting in storage for more than two decades. This is the first of a two-part series reported together with Voice of San Diego.