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Federal investigators are looking into whether recent changes an airport in Lexington, Ky., may have contributed to a crash which killed 49 people. The pilot took a wrong turn and tried to take off at a runway that was too short for his Comair jet. Officials also say lights on the runway were not working at the time.

The federal government will soon start penalizing states that don't track HIV patients by name. California could be among the states that will lose federal funds. KPBS Reporter Kenny Goldberg has the

A hiring committee at the Justice Department regularly decided who could get key job interviews based upon their political affiliations, according to a report by the department's inspector general. The report showed that young lawyers with Democratic Party and liberal affiliations on their resumes were denied interviews.

Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller on Tuesday bolstered the prosecution of a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney. Miller testified in federal court in Washington, D.C., that Lewis "Scooter" Libby had told her of the identity of a CIA agent more than two weeks before it became public in July 2003.

Congressman Brian Bilbray on the Obama Agenda

"Satan's Playground," a new book by SDSU Professor Emeritus Paul Vanderwood, chronicles the rise and fall of the gambling industry that developed in and around Tijuana, particularly the Agua Caliente Resort and Casino, as prohibitions against alcohol, horse racing, gambling, and prostitution swept the United States.

How will the health care bill that passed in the House on Saturday affect San Diego's uninsured residents? What are the key differences between the House bill and legislation that's being proposed in the Senate? We speak to Gary Rotto, with the Council of Community Clinics, about the latest on national health care reform.

Texas longhorns have made a comeback. The animals, once nearly extinct, now number more than 330,000 in herds across the country. Tip to tip, their horns can measure six feet and beyond. And every year, breeders gather in Fort Worth, Texas, to answer the question: Whose horns are longer?

Above: Click to watch the interview with Bob Rubin Sustenance at conventions is not always easy to come by. & So the conventional wisdom is to eat when…

A new investigation of the Broadcasting Board of Governors finds that its chairman repeatedly violated federal statutes. The chairman, Kenneth Tomlinson, has been in hot water before as head of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, but he tells NPR it's all politics.