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With the leader's health and control over North Korea in question, experts wonder what kind of government will take shape in his absence. Kim apparently has not groomed a successor in the same way his father did with him.

KPBS goes inside R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa for a two-hour broadcast to talk with the prisoners and staff about what life in prison is like. The broadcast marks the first time any radio program has been allowed to tape a program inside prison walls in California. KPBS also sent a photographer to capture images of life inside Donovan.

Centuries ago, Afghanistan was a vital stop along the ancient Silk Road where cultures of the East and West converged. Artifacts from that rich cultural crossroads are currently on display at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. — after being hidden away for more than two decades in Kabul.

The tiny town of Potrero east of San Diego first made national headlines this year when many of its residents opposed Blackwater USA's plan to build a military training camp on an old cattle ranch. A

Despite being in office for only a few months, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has been forced by a series of embarrassing political missteps to scale back his public schedule. Patrick's landslide victory made him the nation's second elected black governor, and he was widely regarded as a rising star.

In Saturday's Belmont Stakes, Big Brown is vying for the rare Triple Crown of horseracing. Scott Simon previews the race with William Nack, ESPN commentator and author of Secretariat: The Making of a Champion.

Kristen Scott Thomas is turning into a far more interesting actress than I ever thought she would be. I first noticed her when she did "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "The English Patient" because those films were such hits. She was good in those films, but not particularly interesting. Yet now that she's in her late 40s, she is taking on more interesting roles in foreign films -- not unlike what fellow British actress Charlotte Rampling has done. This year she had a supporting role in the thriller "Tell No One" and she has a starring role in "I've Loved You So Long."

The Ruins is based on a book by Scott B. Smith, and adapted to the screen by the novelist. Smith had good success adapting his novel A Simple Plan to the…

As the hurricane bears down on the Texan coast, residents from Galveston to Houston face mandatory evacuations. While many people are fleeing, others are staying put.

Memoirs of a Geisha