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A Post Mortem on Horror Film Festival

American teenager Abby Sunderland hoped to sail solo around the world, but became stranded in the Indian Ocean. Her rescue is renewing an ongoing debate: When adventurers get in trouble, who rescues them, and who pays the cost?

Audiophiles talk about sound equipment and listening to music as if it were a religious experience. But in this time of iPods and MP3 players, such devotees of sound are harder and harder to find.

The cross-country tour that kicked off nearly three weeks ago in Nevada culminated in the nation's capital and at thousands of regional rallies nationwide to mark the April 15 income tax filing deadline. It's been a year since hundreds of thousands of protesters first turned out for a Tax Day rally to rail at high taxes and government spending.

The latest government data may put at least a temporary damper on talk of economic recovery, with a spike in weekly jobless claims, more foreclosures and an unexpected fall in retail sales. Meanwhile, the private RealtyTrac reports a jump in foreclosure activity.

Wish You Were Here

Rio de Janeiro was chosen Friday as the host site of the 2016 Olympic Games, brushing aside an unprecedented personal appeal from President Obama and the first lady on behalf of their home town of Chicago.

Back in 2007, Hollywood was suffering from serious battle fatigue. But a new surge of war movies has come out — Green Zone takes on the search for WMDs; The Hurt Locker follows a bomb squad; and The Pacific is a 10-hour HBO World War II epic. These aren't battle-strategy flicks — they explore the brutality of war on an individual scale.

Culture Lust contributor Dave Walters was an the ardent fan of the recently deceased Captain Beefheart, an influential musician whose music was an acquired taste. Walters saw Beefheart perform in a magical show at SDSU in 1978. He offers this primer on the music of this one-of-a-kind artist who died last month.

Ruled by the militant Islamists of Hamas, the Gaza Strip is home to almost 2 million Palestinians, most of whom are unable to leave. Recently, Israel has partially eased its economic blockade. But 18 months since Israel's war in Gaza, there has been only limited reconstruction.