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Debra Dahlmer has never missed a mortgage payment. But her lender, Bank of America, still threatened to foreclose on her. After a saga that has lasted for more than a year and a half, there might finally be light at the end of the tunnel.

California's first snow survey of the winter shows the Sierra snowpack is below normal despite a series of early winter storms.

The immigration issue sparks strong views. That’s because powerful interest groups have much at stake in either changing things or keeping things as they are. As part of our Envision series "Crossing the Line - Border Stories," we look at the winners and losers under the current system.

The arraignment of Marine in the alleged killing of an unarmed detainee in Fallujah, Iraq, has been postponed because he was jailed by a federal judge for refusing to testify against a comrade.

All elections are about the economy to a greater or lesser extent. This year, the economy is just about the only issue that matters — and it won't pick up in time to save many Democrats.

A panel of federal judges has ordered the state to reduce its prison inmate population by 40,000. The judges scolded the state for not complying with previous orders to fix the prison health care system, and reduce overcrowding.

The federal minimum wage increases by 70 cents on Thursday to $6.55 an hour. About one quarter of the people who work for a minimum wage are teenagers, but most are adults like 63-year-old Shirley Golliday.

It’s back to work today for California lawmakers who’ve been on summer recess. And, they’ve got some big challenges ahead, including the state’s overcrowded prisons.

A nonprofit rural hospital in Bisbee, Ariz., has made the unusual transformation from struggling facility to thriving business. But many hospitals like this one are anticipating hard times once Arizona reduces overall health spending by $500 million in 2012.

Pakistan-born U.S. citizen Faisal Shahzad has admitted to conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction and other charges. After pleading guilty Monday, he surprised the court by detailing his actions and motivations in a half-hour conversation with the judge. He faces a life sentence, and though he has been cooperating with investigators, no plea agreement was reached.