In Afghanistan, a drive to lure Taliban with jobs, security

The Afghan government and the U.S. military have begun a fledgling drive to lure Taliban foot soldiers away from the battlefield by offering...

Egypt's Nile Delta: Fertile land, but not for jobs

The rice has been harvested, the chaff burned. It's time for planting winter wheat, seed sunk deep into new furrow, as white birds with...

Solar energy industry brings a ray of hope to the Rust Belt

At a recent solar energy conference in Anaheim, economic development officials from Ohio talked up a state that seemed far removed from...

Ex-pension chief rented from company seeking funds

The former top executive of one of Los Angeles' public employee pension systems rented an apartment from a company that at the same time was...

Rocket is fired at Afghan hotel housing foreign humanitarian workers

Suspected insurgents fired a rocket Saturday at a luxury hotel that had previously come under attack, injuring two people and rekindling...

California gains jobs, but unemployment still rises to 12.5%

California employers added workers to their payrolls in October for the first time in more than a year, but the state's unemployment rate...

California adopts stricter rules for drug abusers in the health industry

In a major shift, California will impose tough new standards on drug-abusing health professionals, strictly scrutinizing those in...

California lawmakers, officials face 18% pay cut

California's Legislature went to state Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown recently seeking relief from a future pay cut and on Thursday received an...

CalPERS board members endorse new lobbying rules

Board members at California's huge state pension fund offered support Thursday for a plan to register as lobbyists the controversial...