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Anderson Alston served as an Army master sergeant in World War II. Private Frederick Hunter was a soldier from 1968 to 1971. Myron Sanford Mabry was in the Navy from May 1960 to July 1971. All of them died recently in New York City with no one to claim their remains.

Incoming Speaker John Boehner's first priority is to make changes in the House itself -- such as cutting committee budgets and giving lawmakers more time in their districts. The Republican's mantra is: "smaller, less costly and more accountable government."

On this first day of 2011, Culture Lust contributor Dave Walters reminds us that some old music can still be great. Walters lists five bands he rediscovered in 2010.

What are the top border-related stories of 2010? We speak to KPBS Border Reporter Amy Isackson about the discovery of two large drug tunnels along the border, and the story of alleged teenage assassin "El Ponchis." We'll also speak to Reporter Ruxandra Guidi and Social Media Editor Jose Luis Jimenez about the Fronteras project that KPBS is working on with several other public radio stations across the Southwest.

In its search for new revenue, Goodwill Industries has been supplementing its retail stores with high-end boutiques that sell designer donations. It's also selling a lot more of its donated goods online through auction sites. This year, it expects to make about $5 million in online sales.

US federal Authorities are trying out a new tactic in their hunt for subterranean drug smuggling tunnels near the border in San Diego. Authorities are going door-to-door to ask business owners to keep their heads up for underground activity.

A referendum next month in Sudan will decide whether the country will be divided between the Arab, mostly Muslim north and the ethnic African south. Whether things turn bloody may hinge on what happens in Abyei, a disputed region along the border of north and south.

Scientists can now bargain shop for expensive lab equipment in San Diego.

It's the second sophisticated smuggling tunnel between Tijuana and San Diego that agents have discovered this month, and authorities say it's more evidence that a new cartel has muscled into Tijuana.

U.S. authorities discovered another sophisticated cross border drug tunnel, less than a month since another large tunnel was found nearby. The half-mile underground passage runs from a residence in Tijuana to a warehouse in the Otay Mesa area of San Diego.