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Construction is still under way at ground zero, the site of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in New York. A memorial plaza is set to open a week from Sunday, 10 years after the attacks on the World Trade Center buildings.

Lee Ielpi, a retired New York City firefighter who lost his son on Sept. 11, 2001, is co-founder of the Tribute WTC Visitors Center at ground zero. The center, which celebrates the lives of the victims, has collected reflections of visitors in a new book.

For some, it's never too early to put shoppers in a holiday mood. Stores are putting out seasonal merchandise earlier than they used to, several industry experts say. One reason: If they don't jump the gun, their competitors will.

An increasing number of Syrian soldiers are quitting the army and joining anti-government activists, according to reports from the central city of Homs. For now, the protests remain peaceful, though warnings of an armed response grow.

Travel around North County figures to become more convenient this week, but the improvements will cost customers more.

Six years ago, Hurricane Katrina blew up the Gulf Coast, killed more than 1,800 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless. On the Mississippi coast, thousands still live in battered housing, trapped by a technicality: Their homes were damaged by wind gusts rather than Katrina's storm surge.

Gov. Luis Fortuno wants to build a 92-mile natural gas pipeline to help bring down energy costs. But more than two-thirds of the island's residents oppose its construction, and a majority don't believe it will lower their bills. The project has also drawn criticism in Congress.

State laboratories around the country are testing mosquitoes to warn people about the presence of West Nile virus, but funding cuts at the federal and state levels are threatening some of those labs.

A warming trend will begin in San Diego County today, sending temperatures in parts of the region soaring to 100 and above.

The violent and destructive riots in London this month are bewildering to many. But Pat Finn has a rude idea about one cause.