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Employment in the video game industry is rapidly expanding as people turn to mobile devices and social networking sites for entertainment. Colleges around the country are tuned in, offering courses or degrees for many people who grew up playing games on computers and consoles.

California's governor is in town talking jobs. We take a look at his plan.

More people took an Amtrak train in the last year than ever before, bringing in record ticket sales for the national rail service. The most popular line serves the heavily congested Northeast corridor. Traveling by train can be faster than a car or airplane, but it's seldom a cheap fare.

The U.S. government's sweeping takeover plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was aimed at stabilizing the U.S. financial system and ensuring the availability of mortgages. Here, a look at some of the reasons the government decided to act and the implications for taxpayers.

In Haiti, relief organizations are still struggling to get food, water and other aid to earthquake survivors. But some food and other necessities are available on the streets of Port-au-Prince — if survivors can afford it. That has led some aid groups to shift gears and pay people for clean-up work, so they can buy what they need.

Proposition 13 was meant to stop people from being taxed out of their homes. But advocates for tax reform say commercial property owners have been the prime beneficiaries of Prop. 13. They want legislators to tinker with the 32-year-old law to get businesses to pay higher property taxes.

The prospect of legalizing California's $14 billion marijuana industry has many believing the Golden State could find its way out of an economic slump as the marijuana state. Find out who stands to win and lose if the underground pot business goes above-ground.

The U.S. economy suffered a net loss of 20,000 jobs in April, the government says. Despite being the fourth month of job losses in a row, the decline was far smaller than the 80,000 shed in the first quarter. Most economists had expected deeper job losses. The unemployment rate improved slightly, to 5 percent.

Confidence among American small business owners has never been so low for so long, an industry study says. But some entrepreneurs in Arizona are risking their savings, determined to beat the odds.

With five state parks closed because of money problems, community groups and former park employees are working to protect the sites from looters. A particular concern is Homolovi Ruins State Park, where fragile Hopi archaeological sites were pillaged in the 1970s.