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Just about everyone agrees the scheduled 21 percent pay cut to doctors would be a devastating blow to patient care. But without the cut, the federal deficit will balloon another $300 billion over the next decade.

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, was once a small part of the natural gas industry. Then the technology improved and the production rush started. Now, there's so much gas on the market that the prices are at a 10-year low and producers are scaling back.

A board of governors still needs to approve the hiring of CJ Karamargin for the public relations position. He served as Giffords’ spokesman since 2007 and handled much of the media inquiries after the January 8 shootings in Tucson.

By unanimous vote, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved new maps to define district boundaries. One new district has a majority of minority voters.

The president called on Congress to permanently extend certain tax credits for companies, allow businesses to write off all spending on expansion and improvements, and cut taxes for those who earn up to $250,000 a year.

Across the Midwest and South, residents are cleaning up from Friday's outbreak of late winter storms. A seemingly nonstop barrage of tornadoes roared across rural farmland and cities all day and all night. Southern Indiana was among the hardest-hit areas.

As presidents have done every year since 1952, President Obama on Thursday will issue a proclamation urging people to "turn to God in prayer and meditation." But recently, a federal judge put a little damper on the National Day of Prayer and set activists on both sides of the issue in overdrive.

The week began with news that the ratepayer advocacy organization UCAN was dissolving amidst an investigation. An anonymous author posted a press release on the organization’s website declaring “persistent legal challenges” prevented it from continuing.

The autumn breeze drifts through a broken window in this City Heights apartment. It lightly flicks the curtain above the mattress where a mother of one sleeps, as if threatening another chilly winter.

Two California State Assembly Committees are trying to find out more about the events surrounding a blackout which darkened all of San Diego County in September.