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Federal health advisers have recommended that cold and cough medicines should not be used in children younger than 6. The recommendation is likely to lead to a change in how these medicines are labeled, marketed and used. What does this mean for consumers?

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says the eyes of the nation are on California as Sacramento lawmakers battle to approve legislation aimed at education reform.

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San Diego Unified school trustees are trying to do their part to obey a district-wide spending freeze. Yesterday they voted against paying $13,000 worth in membership fees to education lobbying groups. They'll also bring their own food to work.

As a follow-up to a recent story about border fences, a federal judge has ruled that the U.S. government must first try to negotiate a price with landowner Eloisa Tamez before seizing her property. Tamez, whose property lies within a planned construction area for the massive fence, considers the decision a victory.

Elinor Ostrom became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in economics, honored along with fellow American Oliver Williamson on Monday for analyzing economic governance — the rules by which people exercise authority in companies and economic systems.

Many news outlets are shrinking in this economy, but Bloomberg News keeps expanding its ambition and reach -- especially with its television network. Touting the quality of its reporting, Bloomberg TV hopes to set itself apart from CNBC and other cable rivals.

San Diego police are warning Tijuana River Valley residents to move their families and livestock to high ground before heavy rains begin again. The emergency drainage channel the city dug in the river valley helped prevent flooding.

The U.S. Forest Service cancels a Clinton administration policy that banned road building in nearly 60 million acres of national forests. The agency also sets out a new policy that will give governors a say in what happens in these areas. Critics say they will fight the change, which they say opens pristine wilderness to commercial interests.

Thanks to a successful lame-duck session and the unifying response to the Arizona shootings, the president will speak in an environment that's much different from what he faced during last year's State of the Union.