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Agencies and residents are turning their attention to air quality as shoreline dries up along California's largest inland body of water.

Tristan Geisler will be presented with an Olympic gold medal for a second time today -- nine years after winning it in the first place.

Smart is scheduled to testify Oct. 1 at a federal competency hearing in the case of street preacher David Mitchell, accused of kidnapping her from her Salt Lake City home when she was 14.

The city of San Diego got more than 100 applications for federal funds meant to tackle challenges like job creation and affordable housing. City staff recommend funding about 40 of those programs.

Mexican drug cartels are expanding into Central America, seeking new markets and smuggling routes for their products. In El Salvador, there's fear the cartels are aligning themselves with the country's ubiquitous street gangs. And gang members say they're welcome.

The cases involve one death at Abu Ghraib and another at a CIA site in Afghanistan.

January 27 is the first National Downwinders Day to recognize people in western states exposed to radiation from nuclear test sites in Nevada. Last year, the U.S. Senate voted unanimously to honor downwinders.

The Logan Act bans unauthorized U.S. citizens from negotiating with a foreign government. It was passed in 1799, and there are no recorded prosecutions under the law. Why is it an issue now? Two words: Jimmy Carter.

The amount of money BP will need to deal with the oil spill in the Gulf is yet to be determined. Some experts say the $20 billion the company has set aside for compensation, cleanup and penalties will be roughly enough. Others estimate that BP could be liable for more than $100 billion.

Near Las Vegas, levels in the nation's largest reservoir have dropped 140 feet since 2000. Water deliveries to Nevada, Arizona and California may soon be rationed — and farmers would feel it first.