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At first glance, the casting of Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart seemed a smart choice. I couldn't think of anyone else who could revive the cocky idiot savant that Don Adams had created back in 1965. Adams' Maxwell Smart was created to satirize the wildly popular spy films of James Bond. Adams played the inept, bumbling and perpetually confused yet unexpectedly successful Agent 86.

Spontaneous gatherings, organized through Facebook or Twitter, began innocently enough, with hundreds of people dancing to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in Times Square or pillow-fighting in San Francisco. But in a number of cities, flash mobs have grown unruly and led to vandalism, theft or violence, police say.

We may have to create a whole new film category for the ex-

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An SDSU Professor is about to host his 100th student field trip to some of California's toughest prisons. We'll find out why he does it.

The Messengers

(opening February 2 for a limited run at Landmark's Ken Cinema) actually has very little to do with Italy. The story takes place in an orphanage in Russia and deals with one boy's attempt to find his mother.

Surf's Up

But the controversy over Carter's book began with just its title, and it may have stirred more controversy than even the soft-spoken man from plains had anticipated. Demme almost makes a running gag of the fact that the first question Carter is inevitably asked is why such a provocative title? Fresh Air's Terry Gross suggests a tamer title, but Carter insists that he did want it to be provocative. But the problem is that some people seem unable to get past the title to read the book and allow Carter to make his case. &

A Portland, Oregon-based company wants to build a wind farm in Southeastern San Diego County. The location for the proposed farm is just north of Interstate 8 and the town of Boulevard - next to an existing wind farm in Campo. We discuss whether the Tule Wind Project and other proposed energy projects are a good fit for the community.