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I thought I knew what I was doing when I planned a three-month maternity leave after the birth of my first child. I was 30 at the time, with a decade of work experience under my belt. I thought Id be anxious to return to work after 12 weeks with a newborn. And then, the baby came. The first two months were a blur of sleepless nights, colic-induced shrieking and a learning curve for breastfeeding that was like being taught to juggle with my feet. Then, two weeks before I returned to work, my baby started smiling, stopped crying and helped me understand why people have more than one child. The night before I returned to work she slept through the night.

Tales of A Working Mother: Family Unfriendly

The price tag of some SUVs and sports cars would go up under a plan by one state assemblyman. From Sacramento, Marianne Russ reports.

Despite the recent slide in its growing market, China needs to pursue reforms to open up its economy as quickly as possible, says United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. On the eve of his trip to China, Japan and South Korea, Paulson says he's more concerned about the broader Chinese economy than the tumultuous week in global stock markets.

An annual survey reveals San Diego business owners don't have complicated reasons for doing business here. The survey also finds a lot of optimism among local entrepreneurs. KPBS Radio's Andrew Phelps

A violent group in Gaza has murdered prostitutes and destroyed a variety of businesses in the name of Islam. Some worry the crimes are meant to impose a wider Islamist social order in the area.

Almost 2,000 years before the Inca sun cult appeared, a culture in coastal Peru built a series of towers to track the movement of the sun. Archeologists say it may be the oldest solar observatory in the Americas.

San Diego Gas and Electric has asked the state public utilities commission to consider an alternative route for the proposed Sunrise Powerlink project. SDGE says the route would take the electric powe

The nation's leading organization of hospice physicians has dropped its opposition to doctor-assisted suicide. The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine has decided to take a "neutral" p

A fight over using public money for a Catholic university is now before the Missouri Supreme Court. The case involves Saint Louis University, which wants $8 million in public money for a basketball arena.