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Hundreds of majority Han Chinese — many of them armed — took to the streets in Urumqi, China, after ethnic violence between Han and ethnic minority Uighurs in the western Chinese city killed more than 150 people. The government has arrested more than 1,400 people and imposed a curfew.

There's a chronic liver disease that's ten times more infectious than HIV, and more widespread. Hepatitis C is a virus that's spread through IV drug use, like HIV. Left untreated, hepatitis C can cause life-threatening complications, including liver cancer. In this first of a four-part series, KPBS Health Reporter Kenny Goldberg takes a look at the epidemic of hepatitis C.

Denver's Rocky Mountain News published its last issue Friday. It is one of the first major newspapers to end publication because of financial troubles. Gil Rudawsky, who was deputy metro editor of the Rocky Mountain News, talks about the newspaper's demise.

The Year of the Ox begins on Monday. In the month before and after the Chinese New Year, an estimated 188 million Chinese passengers will endure long crowded train rides. The first hardship with the journey is just getting a ticket. Public anger at issues, including ticket scalping, recently boiled over forcing China's president to take action.

Embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Friday defiantly refused to heed a chorus of calls for his resignation, asserting that he will be cleared of charges that he conspired to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder.

It's been less than a month since a band of Islamist militants landed on the shores of Mumbai, India, and set off on a rampage that lasted three days. India says the attackers came by boat from Pakistan and belonged to a terrorist organization based there. Many questions remain about why the attacks happened, and who was really behind them.

Work begins this week on a project to install 350 artificial reef structures off the shoreline of Bayside Park in Chula Vista. It's part of a project to increase fish populations in the bay. KPBS Envi

Lina Leandersson is a 12 year-old vampire in Let the Right One In (Magnolia Pictures)

Swedish Vampire Film Has Bite

Let the Right One In