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Microlending is a proven poverty fighter in the third world, and now the idea is gaining traction in San Diego.

Several apostles affiliated with the movement helped organize or spoke at Rick Perry's recent prayer rally. A leading apostle, C. Peter Wagner, talks about the movement and its missions, which include acquiring leadership positions in government, the media, and arts and entertainment.

A geneticist at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla won the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine today, along with two other scientists.

No two countries are experiencing the global financial crisis in the same way. And author Michael Lewis says you can tell a lot about each country by looking at its problems. To research for his new book, Boomerang, Lewis visited some of the most financially challenged countries in the world.

Congress and the White House are engaged in three different, but related, budget debates.

Voters will choose the state's next governor in a special election Tuesday. On the ballot are the man who has been acting governor, Democratic state Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin, and GOP businessman Bill Maloney. But Republicans are trying to make the race a referendum on someone else: President Obama.

Libya's militias are a collection of regional groups that will have to learn to work together to form a new government. They are still talking for now, but there are clear differences and rivalries.

The battle over city employee pensions in San Diego could be moving to the ballot box. Supporters of a pension reform measure delivered thousands of signatures to the City Clerk today.

A wealthy entrepreneur has been buying up land from downsizing paper companies in the hopes of creating a new national park in Maine. Until the paper industry began struggling here, most locals strongly opposed the plan. But now they seem to be warming to the idea.

The toughest-in-the nation measure went into effect Thursday, one day after a federal judge held up key provisions. But opponents and supporters expect the legal fight to continue.