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After he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Jeff Rubin of Philadelphia went bankrupt paying for his medical bills. Would that happen in England? Both the U.S. and the U.K. ration health care. A look at patient experiences on either side of the Atlantic.

The new U.S. Court of Military Commission Appeals has heard arguments in its first case. Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr was captured in Afghanistan in 2002 for allegedly killing a U.S. soldier. A semantic dispute over the term "unlawful" is at the heart of the debate.

New concerns about the status of subprime lenders sent stocks plunging Tuesday. The Mortgage Bankers Association said delinquency rates for subprime, adjustable-rate mortgages hit a four-year high.

This weekend, the San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory honor the region's hardworking music teachers with a concert. Such a celebration seems like a good time to explore the state of music education in our schools and look at a new program designed to support music education training called the California Music Project.

The spike in gas prices to more than $3 a gallon last year sparked interest in hybrid vehicles. But, as KPBS Reporter Ed Joyce tells us, some newer hybrid cars aren't available to the public.

Starting in October, Medicare will stop paying hospitals for the costs of complications arising from avoidable errors. Experts say the new rules could push the medical industrial complex to fix problems that kill and injure tens of thousands of patients each year.

San Diego County schools will get reimbursed $1.7 million in state funding for the financial losses they experienced during the 2003 wildfires. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.

The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season -- the likeliest time for a violent tropical storm to strike the U.S. -- ends Thursday without a strike on American soil. The past two seasons brought 11 hurricanes, including Katrina.

The trial of 71-year-old James Seale on kidnapping charges related to the 1964 murder of two black Mississippi teens might be among the last of a flurry of trials involving civil-rights era cases.

San Diego City Council recently voted to raise sewer rates by more than 30 percent over the next four years. But residents in many other cities around the county could see their sewer rates go up as w