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  • Earlier this week, a City Council committee delayed voting on a number of recommendations for medical marijuana dispensaries in San Diego. KPBS Reporter Tom Fudge is here to give us an update on the recommendations that were discussed.
  • A federal judge unsealed documents in the anthrax case Wednesday. FBI officials were expected to hold a public event to describe the evidence against Army scientist Bruce Ivins, who committed suicide last week before prosecutors could charge him in the anthrax mailings that killed five people in 2001.
  • San Diego may be moving forward with outsourcing some city services four years after voters approved the concept. The two affected unions have reached a tentative agreement with the mayor’s office on a managed competition guide.
  • The fiscally conservative Club for Growth has spent a decade waging war on moderate Republicans. With its views now in the GOP mainstream, it could wield more influence than ever.
  • Tenure has protected teachers against arbitrary dismissal for nearly a century. But some policymakers believe that it provides too much protection, making it difficult to get rid of ineffective teachers. The debate over whether it's time to do away with tenure is playing out in several states.
  • The Oceanside Unified School District is saving $2 million next school year by re-tooling teacher health care benefits. The tactic may prompt other school districts to follow suit.
  • Lehman Brothers is looking to sell all or part of its company in an effort to stay alive on Wall Street. Here, a look at whether the government's role in assisting the troubled investment bank mirrors its involvement in the Bear Stearns bailout.
  • The seismic event driving the 2010 midterm elections has triggered a tsunami: Republicans have swept to control of the House of Representatives.
  • A new book by journalists Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins alleges that the CIA was so obsessed with getting information from nuclear trafficker A.Q. Khan's network, it waited too long to shut it down — and stood by while Khan and his associates spread dangerous nuclear technology around the globe.
  • The race is on to define Pennsylvania Democrat Joe Sestak and Kentucky Republican Rand Paul, two previously little-known politicians who both toppled party-endorsed opponents and whose victories are being viewed as a window into the souls of the disgruntled American voter.
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