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American reporter Jill Carroll was set free Thursday, nearly three months after she was kidnapped in a bloody ambush that killed her translator. She said she had been treated well.

The Frye Rebellion

For all the attention devoted to preventing another catastrophe like the deadly 2003 Cedar Fire, San Diegans witnessed an almost eerie rerun when massive wildfires hit last October. Even though the ci

I am Legend

U.S. officials report that the government in Tehran is approving weapons shipments to extremists in Iraq. Some question the credibility of the evidence. A former weapons inspector, a strategist and an intelligence official examine the reports and offer reaction.

The Land Has Eyes is the first Fijian film to be submitted for nomination for an Oscar. Linda Wertheimer speaks with its director, Vilsoni Hereniko.

Thousands of tourists remain stranded at beach resorts on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula after Hurricane Wilma. Emergency crews are trying to reach outlying areas. In hard-hit Cancun, long lines have formed for water and food as truckloads of army and police try to pass flooded roads to restore security.

Jurors in a federal case involving the painkiller Vioxx hear a Cleveland Clinic physician accuse drugmaker Merck of scientific misconduct. The suit was brought by a woman whose husband died of a heart attack after taking Vioxx.

The Sweetwater Union High School District will ask South San Diego voters to approve Proposition O next Tuesday. The 644-million-dollar school bond would help to modernize and repair aging classrooms.

Thirty years ago this month, enactment of the Endangered Species Act helped foster the notion that people could stop the extinction of animals and plants. In the latest National Geographic Radio Expedition, NPR's Christopher Joyce visits what one biologist calls "Florida's attic" to measure the act's impact on a little blue bird.