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San Diego's first international contemporary art fair begins next week, showcasing $4 million in artwork by 23 national and international galleries. Organizers of the fair hope to reach as many established and new collectors as they can, which had us wondering how one begins collecting art and is it only for the wealthy among us.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday that politics did not influence the decision to spend millions of dollars in stimulus money on little-used border checkpoints while passing over higher-priority projects.

As of today, a Dallas-based chain of pizza restaurants will accept both U.S. dollars and Mexican pesos as payment. The trial program will last through February at Pizza Patron locations in five states. The company has 59 restaurants in the United States.

Stewart Copeland may be best known as the drummer for the legendary 80s rock band The Police, but he's also a composer for both film and orchestra. In 2009, La Jolla SummerFest presented Copeland's world premiere of his latest composition for percussion.

With the price of raw milk at historic lows, dairy farms are going under across the United States. As the crisis deepens, many blame two dairy giants that they say are trying to monopolize the industry, to the detriment of independent farmers and consumers.

How is the internet increasing learning opportunities for people, and revolutionizing education around the world? We speak to the author of the new book "The World is Open: How Web Technology is Revolutionizing Education."

With the economy pressing on everyone's budget, people are still vacationing, but with a hometown tweaking. It's the staycation, a break from work that allows the whole family to explore their local surroundings like never before.

Jose Bowen of SMU urges profs to strip the technology from their lecture halls and engage in discussions. But he wants teachers to use podcasts and online games to help students learn outside class.

Some signs suggest that the U.S. economy finally may be hitting bottom. But economists warn the job losses may not be over yet — and even when business picks up again, firms may tap their own furloughed or underemployed workers first.