Day to Day

After years of tremendous growth, parts of the state now have some of the highest foreclosure rates in the country. The loss of property tax revenue is hitting Clark County, in southern Nevada, especially hard.

California's Proposition 13 is often blamed for the state's money problems, but now it's being credited with stabilizing the flow of tax revenue through the sagging housing market. Homeowners aren't complaining either.

Both Obama and McCain made appearances this week in front of the NAACP and the Council of La Raza. Why are some attendees saying that while the Democratic candidate was the audience favorite, the Republican candidate connected better with delegates?

The policy and program still exist, but whether they are actually being used seems doubtful, says The New Yorker's Jane Mayer. She also tells Madeleine Brand why one man water boarded himself to find whether it was torture.

Undersecretary of State William Burns will participate in talks between the E.U. and Iran aimed at ending the Iranian uranium enrichment program this weekend. The State Department says Burns will not negotiate, but his presence in the room is a change in the Bush Administration's policy.

Oil prices have fallen $16 in three days. Some analysts are saying oil could come down to around $100 a barrel in the next few months because demand is shrinking. Indeed, the national average for gasoline came down by a penny a gallon Friday.

With the price of gas well past $4 a gallon, resourceful drivers are looking for alternatives. We meet with people who are driving past the gas station, straight to their local Chinese restaurant, to fuel up.

We meet a family who helped organize the largest gathering of hybrid car owners in the country. The event will occur this weekend in Madison, Wis. Participants share fuel-saving tips.

Writer Mark Jordan Legan breaks down reviews of the long-awaited Batman movie, The Dark Knight. Animated feature Space Chimps is up next. And finally, Legan looks at Mamma Mia!, starring Meryl Streep, Colin Firth and Pierce Brosnan. It's as divisive as ABBA itself, he says.

Fast food restaurants in New York will start getting fined Friday if they don't post nutrition information. We talk to Times Square restaurant-goers about whether they still have an appetite for that five-piece fried chicken meal once they can see the calorie count.