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Melancholia, Take Shelter and other recent films about characters fighting delusion or depression highlight the way filmmakers keep audiences guessing — and keep movies interesting — with fractured narrative and stylized visuals.

Sidewinder Singer to Perform at World Series (Video)

Airs Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says she is ready for a runoff election in November after failing to secure an outright first-round victory last week. The recent joint Nobel Peace Prize winner defends her record on economic development and battling corruption.

Airs Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

As companies have moved away from traditional pension plans, they've been shifting employees to 401(k)s that transfer the cost — and the risk — to workers. Companies have claimed for years that old-style pensions were unsustainable. But author Ellen Schultz says the shift has helped firms boost their bottom lines.

As protesters argued that the Georgia man's guilt was in doubt, the victim's loved ones found some closure. Troy Davis was executed for the killing of a police officer in 1989.

Just a few years ago in Spain, bullfighting appeared to be on its way out. Many people, especially younger Spaniards, were telling pollsters that they just weren't interested. But the sport is regaining cachet — largely thanks to a new breed of bullfighters.

A federal appeals court panel on Thursday overturned the conviction of Richard Raymond Tuite in the notorious 1998 killing of 12-year-old Stephanie Crowe of Escondido.

The Obama Justice Department has been taking a more aggressive approach against people who block access to abortion clinics, using a 1994 law to bring cases in greater numbers than George W. Bush did. Some believe the stepped-up enforcement has put a damper on clinic violence.