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A rush to build electric cars could also mean a rush to get minerals that are produced in unstable parts of the world. Lithium-ion batteries require large amounts of cobalt, which comes primarily from the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, Tibet and Siberia. Easing dependence on foreign oil could mean increasing dependence on foreign minerals — from even less reliable trading partners than the Persian Gulf states.

Our county's safety net for the poor sinks to the bottom of some charts. Is there resistance to helping the needy?

Chula Vista School District officials are pleased their students made steady gains on the California Standards Test. But educators are still concerned the statewide exam discriminates against English

In one of the largest settlements in U.S. history, the drug maker Merck has agreed to pay $4.85 billion into a fund to settle lawsuits filed by people who said they were harmed by its painkiller Vioxx. The company reached an agreement with lawyers representing many of the 47,000 plaintiffs with claims early Friday.

Most Republicans are rallying around Sen. Ted Stevens. His Alaska seat, once an easy GOP win, is now on less certain ground. Stevens will be arraigned Thursday on charges of allegedly lying about gifts from an Alaska contractor.

Reports of human rights violations in Mexico have risen sharply since 2006. We talk to Ken Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, about the Merida Initiative and how the U.S. can help stop human rights abuses in Mexico.

Federal agents say three college students claim they set church fires in Alabama last month as a prank, and then set others on fire to throw agents off track. The students have been arrested in a string of nine church fires.

Title IX states that "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education pro

The president of California's largest teachers union says Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed cuts in education may force some schools to close down. KPBS reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.

Andy Warhol proved that Campbell Soup cans can be art. San Diego architects and students are going a step further: they're building giant-sized lunch boxes, pancakes and other creations using tens of