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A special election will be held May 18 to fill the seat held by late Democratic Rep. John Murtha in Pennsylvania's 12th District. Murtha was a master of bringing federal dollars to his district. Mark Critz, a longtime aid to Murtha, is running against Republican businessman Tim Burns.

With the economy growing by 3.5 percent last quarter, the most painful recession since the Great Depression appears to be over. But it could take much longer for lost jobs to return, and consumers and companies alike seem reticent to return to their old habits.

The U.S. economy might officially be growing again after the most damaging recession in decades, but the pain is far from over. The Commerce Department announced Thursday that the U.S. economy grew a modest 3.5 percent in the third quarter of this year.

Earth's population crossed the 7 billion mark Monday. The growing population has been the subject of doomsday scenarios, but Colum Lynch worries that the U.S. and other wealthy countries will soon have too few citizens. He predicts the world population will decline by the end of this century.

The U.S. economy continues to deteriorate, with claims for unemployment benefits jumping to a seasonally adjusted 589,000 in the latest week and Microsoft announcing Thursday that it is cutting 5,000 jobs. The bad news extended to the housing market, as new-home construction plunged to an all-time low in December.

With the debt-ceiling legislation signed into law Tuesday afternoon, the nation no longer needs to worry about defaultmageddon, at least not until early 2013. That's when the U.S. Treasury once again runs out of room to borrow again. Even though there wasn't a default this time, the partisan fight did plenty of damage. Among the casualties: Obama and lawmakers' images.

More than 100,000 Ohio jobs were lost this year, a result of the nation's economic crisis and, more specifically, a suffering auto industry. Ohio's unemployment rate of 7.2 percent, one of the highest in the country, has leaders in the Midwestern state asking Washington for help. Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher explains the extent of Ohio's labor crisis.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County surpassed $3 for the first time since June 27 today, rising 2.7 cents to $3.01.

Every year, Congressional Quarterly measures the percentage of partisan votes taken in the House and Senate. A roll call vote is considered partisan if a majority of Democrats vote against a majority of Republicans. But in the Senate last year, it was a whopping 72 percent — the highest percentage of partisan votes ever tallied in that chamber.

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders is asking city departments to identify where budget cuts can be made to close a projected $72 million deficit for next fiscal year. At the same time, the Mayor is urging voters to support Proposition D to prevent against large cuts to public safety.