Positive discrimination in South African universities

Paris's Charles de Gaulle Airport has just introduced an experimental full-body scanner to search passengers bound for the United States, with their consent. The fact that the machines are already being used in several countries does not make them any less controversial. But does the need for airline security outweigh the need to respect passengers' privacy?

The US is reeling in the wake of the financial crisis, with the unemployment rate at nearly 10 percent one year since the Obama administration introduced a giant stimulus package to get the economy rolling again. Barack Obama and his allies say it's a success, and that it's saved or created two million jobs so far. But here's a snapshot from California. It's the home of Hollywood and Silicon Valley. But as this report tells us some say there's something rotten in the Golden State.