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Dr. Michael Shermer, historian of science, bestselling author and founder of the Skeptics Society and Skeptic Magazine, will discuss how evolution applies to economics, whether being a scientist means

Activists on both sides of the immigration debate protested at a spot where day laborers gather in Vista over the weekend. KPBS reporter Amy Isackson has details.

British detectives are in Moscow to question witnesses who came into contact with Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko at about the time he was fatally poisoned. The Kremlin denies any involvement in the death.

The nation's methamphetamine epidemic continues to challenge local law enforcement and child welfare workers across the country. That's the conclusion of a new survey of 500 county sheriffs and 303 county child welfare officials in 45 states.

The Senate Judiciary Committee takes up Sen. Arlen Specter's bill to bring the U.S. eavesdropping program into line with the Constitution. President Bush has urged Congress to approve the program, which began nearly five years ago.

A coalition of citizen groups is growing, in opposition to the way the Navy's Broadway Complex on the Bay will be redeveloped. But city business leaders say opposing the plan jeopardizes the whole Nor

New Orleans politicians are deep into campaign mode for the April 22 citywide election. It's a strange campaign because half the potential voters are scattered around the country. The state has made some accommodations, setting up "satellite" polling stations in other Louisiana cities.

Consultants investigating the city of San Diego's pension deficit have let yet another month go by with nothing to show for the $20 million the city has paid them. Without their report, the city's is

California's medical marijuana law is facing a legal challenge from the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. The board questions the legality of Prop. 215 and the medical pot ID law. Host Tom Fudge

Iraq's new parliament was sworn in Thursday, but the political parties deadlocked over which one will lead the next government. Renee Montagne talks to Jonathan Morrow, senior advisor with the Rule of Law Program at the U.S. Institute of Peace. He recently returned from Iraq where he's been working with the Sunni leadership on Iraq's constitution.