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The Justice Department's purge of U.S. attorneys in 2006 may have been larger than the eight cases that have been discussed in Congress. Other U.S. attorneys' names were on a list the Justice Department compiled in January 2006. One of them is Todd Graves of Missouri, who resigned after refusing to sign on to a voter-registration lawsuit.

More than 40 years ago, two black hitchhikers were found dead in Mississippi. Thursday, a reputed Ku Klux Klan member — James Ford Seale — will be charged with kidnapping, but not murder.

An Arizona company wants to build the world's largest solar energy system in the Imperial Valley. The company says the solar generation facility will provide electricity for about half a million homes

Republican Congressman Randy Duke Cunningham resigned today after pleading guilty in a San Diego federal court to conspiracy and tax evasion. Cunningham admitted he took more than $2.4 million in br

Proms are a right-of-passage for high school students. We'll look at the experience of one young woman whose school cancelled the prom because she wanted to take her girlfriend.

The Mayor of Tijuana gave the city’s municipal police 100 digital radios Thursday. Police routinely receive death threats on their analog radios. City and law enforcement officials hope the switch t

A Senate committee will consider President Bush's nomination for the next surgeon general, Dr. James Holsinger. But there are questions about both the job, and the candidate. Earlier this week, former Surgeon General Richard Carmona testified that he was muzzled by the Bush administration.

The local housing market experienced a record number of home foreclosures last year. Should we expect to see more economic hard times in 2008? Also, the presidential candidates are preparing for the

Federal investigators have subpoenaed records related to the retirement benefits given to presidents of San Diego's employee unions. The subpoena requests all documents and communications related to p

President Bush releases a $2.9 trillion budget plan for the fiscal year beginning in October, promising to balance the nation's annual books by 2012. The latest plan includes one-quarter of a trillion dollars for Iraq and Afghanistan over the next 20 months. But it seeks savings just about everywhere else.