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San Diego's public schools brace for more cuts while some local districts leave federal funding on the table. Why is San Diego Unified School District the only big California city school district not applying for the federal grant?

Technology, deficient laws and lack of shelters make it tough to eradicate the sexual exploitation of children for profit.

President Obama has called on Congress to extend a payroll tax cut, but the first bills aiming to do just that have failed in the Senate. Republican leaders want their party to join Democrats and renew the tax holiday. But some in the GOP are reluctant to get onboard.

It is a theme that has become increasingly familiar during the rapid evolution of American political attitudes toward same-sex marriage: People who learn that a friend or loved one is gay are far more likely to support same-sex marriage, even if they were once adamantly opposed.

Despite the ups and downs of a precarious publishing business, Arizona Highways remains an iconic institution. The magazine's staff ventured down into the Grand Canyon to profile a Havasupai medicine woman for the March issue. And Fronteras tagged along.

Cities in the Southwest are trying to lure new industries, like biotech, that are seemingly recession proof.

The owner of a wholesale bakery in San Diego has been charged with hiring undocumented workers. Immigration authorities say half of the employees were not authorized to work in the U.S.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is updating its flood-risk maps. Property owners who have never needed flood insurance will have to buy it or risk losing their mortgages. Some in an Illinois river town worry the changes will upset a delicate economic balance there.

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, (D-Ariz.) also submitted her resignation to focus on recovering from a gunshot wound.

The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a case involving a Colorado man who was thrown in jail after telling Vice President Cheney in 2006 that the Bush administration's policies in Iraq were "disgusting." Even the Secret Service agents involved in the arrest disagree on what happened.