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Miranda Barbour, who has told a newspaper that she's killed at least 22 people.

Pennsylvania Woman Claims To Have Killed At Least 22 People

This is among the day's more disturbing stories:

(L-R) Kai Lennox and Bernard White in La Jolla Playhouse’s "The Who and the What."

Ayad Akhtar's Muslim-American Culture Clash Comes To La Jolla Playhouse

A play about clashing generations in a Muslim family opens at the La Jolla Playhouse. “The Who and the What” was written by Ayad Akhtar, who won last year’s Pulitzer Prize for drama.

(from left) Paul Michael Valley appears as Polixenes, Natacha Roi as Hermione, and Billy Campbell as Leontes in William Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale," directed by Old Globe Artistic Director Barry Edelstein. Photo by Jim Cox.

Behind The Scenes: The Globe's 'The Winter's Tale'

New Artistic Director Barry Edelstein On The Bard, Clarity, And His Globe Directorial Debut

High voltage power lines cross through the California desert west of El Centro.

Sniper Attack On Calif. Power Station Raises Terrorism Fears

Was an attack last April on an electric power station near San Jose, Calif., the work of vandals or something far more dangerous -- domestic terrorism or a trial run by an individual or organization bent on damaging the nation's electric grid?

Gund Kwok troupe member Heang Ly takes a break next to her lion costume during a rehearsal in Boston's Chinatown.

'Still Turning Heads' At Lunar New Year, An All-Female Lion Dance Troupe

A group of Asian-American women in Boston are redefining a Lunar New Year tradition every year by performing in an all-female lion and dragon dance troupe. The Chinese martial art is traditionally performed by men, often during new year's parades. The Lunar New Year starts Friday.

'Still Turning Heads' At Lunar New Year, An All-Female Lion Dance Troupe

Lion and dragon dancers are set to parade down Chinatown streets around the country again with the Friday start of another Lunar New Year.

In "Barrymore," 83-year-old stage and screen legend Christopher Plummer portrays another titan of theater and film from an earlier age, the illustrious -- and notorious -- John Barrymore.

GREAT PERFORMANCES: Barrymore

Airs Friday, January 31, 2014 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Cartoonists At The Opera

San Diego Opera Brings In Comics Artists To Sketch At Rehearsals

Angel Olsen: Tiny Desk Concert

The powerful singer previews songs from her album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness. Watch her and you'll see calm in her eyes; listen to her and you'll sense torment in her heart.

New Mavis Staples Biography Will 'Take You There'

Music critic Greg Kot's new I'll Take You There chronicles the life and times of gospel star Mavis Staples and her family — from their hardscrabble beginnings in postwar Chicago to the civil rights movement and stardom. Reviewer Richard Torres praises the book's emotional honesty — but says it really needs a companion album.

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