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Containing the most hot air is Professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid), and if anyone's in need of deflating, it's him. He's a English Lit professor who's lost his passion for teaching and literature (if he ever had it). He's also most definitely lost any and all interest in his students. He forces them to wear nametags since he can't remember any of them, even ones he's had in his classes more than once. He's pompous, acerbic and generally oblivious to all around him. His son James (Ashton Holmes) has moved out of the house in order to escape the infectious atmosphere there. Now he secretly writes poetry in his dorm. His sister Vanessa (Ellen Page) has tried to clone herself after her dad. She's an overachiever who looks down her nose at all the stupid people in the world. She also tries to fill in the gap left by her late mother. Wetherhold's wife died years ago and he still hasn't recovered from the loss.

Unmentionable: District 3 Race Gets Seedy

Crowds of anti-China protesters — many chanting "free Tibet" — blocked the Olympic torch relay through the streets of Paris. Eventually, the torch was extinguished and transported by bus, which may hold implications for the torch's arrival in San Francisco Wednesday.

After a hiatus of nearly three decades, the U.S. is once again turning to nuclear energy. Seventeen U.S. power companies are making plans to build more than 30 nuclear plants. One factor: new federal and state laws that help utilities pay for the plants.

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As a handheld camera busily moves through the apartment, we notice how little interaction there is. Grandma goes about her chores as if she were invisible - none of the men acknowledge her presence. They just expect to have clean clothes to grab in the morning and food waiting for them on the table. Alice commands little more attention as she gets ready to go to work as a manicurist. This is the world of Alice's House, a new film from Brazil.

Iron Ladies of Liberia, a documentary focusing on President Sirleaf’s first year in government, provides insight into the workings of the newly elected African cabinet. The film also looks to how Africa's first freely elected female head of state, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, president of Liberia runs her fledgling presidency. A fascinating story about recent and ongoing events in Africa.

Iron Ladies of Liberia

President Bush spent a few hours in Liberia on Thursday, the last stop in a five-nation, six-day Africa tour. While in the city of Monrovia, the president promised to support development in Liberia, which was eviscerated during a brutal 14-year civil war.

Foreclosure, we're told, is a last resort. But some distressed homeowners are voluntarily walking away from their mortgages, a practice the mortgage industry calls "ruthless default." But some economists argue it's not ruthless, just good business sense.