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The search engine giant knows what you're looking for and uses that information to help others find answers on the Web. But Google CEO Eric Schmidt says the company promises to respect your privacy and discard your searches after a while.

The Senate Finance Committee voted down two attempts by liberal Democrats to include a government-run insurance option as part of its health care legislation. Democratic Chairman Max Baucus joined all 10 panel Republicans to defeat the amendments.

Incumbent President Hamid Karzai is ahead in the slow tally of ballots cast in Afghanistan's Aug. 20 polls. But hundreds of formal complaints of fraud — from ballot-box stuffing to voter intimidation — threaten the credibility of the process.

The re-released report provides details of the interrogations and the range of abuses inside the CIA's overseas prisons. The report was previously released in 2007 but was so redacted that it revealed little new information. The less censored version is the largest single release of information about the Bush administration's detainee interrogation program so far.

Six American troops were killed in Afghanistan, the U.S. military announced Wednesday, and six election workers died in attacks amid growing fears on the eve of the presidential election that insurgents would mar the vote.

While there seem to be a few positive signs for the San Diego housing market, experts agree the downturn has been unprecedented and perhaps just the beginning. The most recent good news comes from a report that shows home values grew on a monthly basis for the first time in three years. Prior to May, home prices had been in steady decline since July 2006. The bad news is it only grew by 0.4 percent, and the housing market usually has some sort of upswing in the spring or summer.

Some Massachusetts policymakers want to end a time-honored tradition of paying health care providers a separate fee for every service they provide. They say paying fees for every visit, test and procedure ordered is one of the driving forces behind Massachusetts' health care costs — the highest in the nation.

Driver ants, it turns out, love open burial shafts — love them the way Midwesterners love fried food on sticks at county fairs. We had unknowingly created a driver ant buffet. A nightmare.

The Port of San Diego is a public agency charged with managing the bayfront. It claims its top goals are strengthening its finances and building public trust. But over the past 15 years, the port has lost tens of millions of dollars in maritime operations. KPBS Reporter Amita Sharma found the port has not clearly documented those losses for the public.

A 25-count federal indictment unsealed today charges a half-dozen people with corruption and fraud related to defense contracting at San Diego-based Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command.