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You could feel the outrage gathering last week as people anticipated the latest report on quarterly oil company profits. And when the news came out last week ($10.3 billion for Exxon alone) we heard the predictable angry comments and accusations of price gauging.

Oil profits and the Mount Soledad Cross

If leading contender Ma Ying-Jeou is elected Taiwan's president in 2008, he will share one policy goal with Beijing: opposition to current efforts to move Taiwan toward independence.

Leaders of opposing community groups await the City Council's decision on the controversial bridge project in University City.

The California State Parks department formally opposes the controversial Sunrise Powerlink. Park officials say the 120-mile line would trample the Anza Borrego Desert and threaten endangered species.

After more than a decade of destruction, the Russian region of Chechnya is now being rebuilt. The new signs of stability are welcome to most Chechens, but human rights groups say the region's pro-Moscow government is using fear and corruption to govern a traumatized population.

Environmentalists will rally in Solana Beach tonight to oppose offshore oil drilling. They are worried about a U.S. Senate bill that would open some of the Gulf of Mexico to drilling. KPBS Radio's And

Polls open Sunday in Congo for that nation's first democratic elections in more than 40 years. Many hope the vote will help turn the page after decades of dictatorship and civil war.

Chicago passes a city ordinance that would require big retailers like Wal-Mart and Target to pay workers at least $13 an hour in wages and benefits within the next few years.Opponents are calling the measure illegal and planning to sue. Even Chicago's mayor is opposed. But for Chicago's poorest neighborhoods, the main question is whether the ordinance will bring better jobs or chase new ones away.

As it prepares to hold its first direct elections in 46 years, the Democratic Republic of Congo faces steep hurdles, including how to get election material to 50,000 polling stations. Some observers say Congo isn't ready for Sunday's balloting.