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Little over a week after the government said the economy has begun to grow, the unemployment rate climbed to 10.2 percent, the first time it has hit double digits since 1983. That, along with the loss of an additional 190,000 jobs in October, shows the economy is still struggling to emerge from recession.

The House and Senate Democrats have released health care reform bills recently. Although, the bills are very similar, finding agreement on a few of the key differences could take awhile. What are the key elements of the House and Senate bills? And, what are the main areas of disagreement between the plans?

San Diego Gas & Electric wants to charge residents who use the least amount of electricity more than those residents who use the most. SDG&E says the proposed rate change will allow the utility to bill customers for the real cost of electricity. How will the rate change affect your utility bills?

When the main challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai dropped out of a planned runoff, it did more than end two months of election disputes. According to Sen. John Kerry, it also gives Karzai a chance to prove his legitimacy — and to become a stronger ally to America.

Colorado will soon become the first state to cut its minimum wage. The 3 cent reduction will bring the wage down to $7.25 per hour, the same as the federal minimum. The cut is required by a law that ties the wage to inflation. But employment experts say companies are unlikely to cut the minimum for existing workers.

More and more women have had to become their family's primary source of income. But women still don't make as much money as men. When a woman becomes the breadwinner, her family must survive on less than half of their previous income.

Lars Von Trier Gets Depressed

Claireece "Precious" Jones is living a nightmare: she's morbidly obese, twice impregnated by her father, mentally and physically abused by her mother. But just as her life seems entirely untenable, fate offers a way out — and slowly, with a mulish persistence, Precious starts to come into her own. (Recommended)

Small businesses in San Diego that have felt shut out of opportunities provided by federal stimulus funding could get help qualifying.

In Afghanistan, a runoff election was called off this week, handing incumbent President Hamid Karzai a second term. Many Afghans are adamant that Karzai deliver change this time around, and his Western partners have plans to set benchmarks he will have to meet.