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Seventy percent of China's energy comes from coal, the dirtiest of all fuels to produce energy. Coal is literally powering China's seemingly unstoppable rise to superpower status, but not without costs to people and land.

On this Film Club of the Air, we'll talk about a new documentary from a notorious and anonymous graffiti artist, the controversy surrounding "Kick-Ass," and the new film from Nicole Holofcener, "Please Give."

Building up Afghanistan has been a main goal since U.S.-led forces defeated the Taliban six years ago. But construction is inching along at best. Not necessarily because of insurgents, but because of topography.

A new National Geographic television series takes viewers to the front lines of U.S. Customs and border protection. We speak with the producer of "Border Wars."

This year the festival received the most submissions yet -- 250 -- and will be showing a diverse array of work from around the world and ranging from features to shorts, dramas to documentaries, Christian films to children's animation.

There has been no letup in the violence in Iraq, with the killing of a popular TV comedian and the attempted assassination of an Iraqi politician both coming Monday. Iraqi and U.S. officials say a mass kidnapping last week at a government office in downtown Baghdad was possibly an inside job.

More than 900 San Diego Unified teachers, counselors and nurses will get pink slips in the mail this week. The San Diego school board voted last night to take that action. Hundreds of teachers, parent

In a time when retail seems to be dominated by chain stores, there are some independents that are holding their own. Nationally-known retail expert George Whalin names the 25 best independent retail stores in the nation in his book "Retail Superstars."

This year, Comic-Con celebrates its 40th anniversary with a number of milestones, including record attendance and the first-ever appearance of fan idol Peter Jackson. North America's largest pop culture convention begins Wednesday.

Next month, the 23-rd annual Burning Man event takes place in the Nevada desert. People attend to celebrate self-expression in one of the harshest environment's imaginable. What brings them back year after year?