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The U.S. Navy is celebrating 100 years of naval aviation this year, and San Diego is its birthplace. It all began on North Island, where Glen Curtiss taught Navy personnel how to fly. We explore San Diego's place in the history of naval aviation and what the navy has meant to San Diego.

Seventy-five American silent films that were thought lost for more than 80 years are finally coming home. They were discovered in the vaults of The New Zealand Film Archive and include films by The Grapes of Wrath director John Ford and landmark female directors Mabel Normand and Lois Weber.

Sam Raimi Returns to Horror... and Humor

The Senate is scheduled to vote Monday on legislation re-regulating Wall Street — a top priority for President Obama. Republicans say it is too soon to take up the bill. That amounts to a filibuster; and Democrats will need 60 votes to override it — one more than the 59 they control. Democrats say it's time to consider doing away with the procedural move.

Nearly a decade ago the state flagged thousands of schools for possible earthquake risks -- why have many gone unchecked?

The earthquake that shook Chile last weekend was powerful enough to push up the Andes a few feet, shift Earth's axis and even speed up the planet’s spin. Ross Stein, a geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey, explains the fallout of the quake and the physics that triggered it.

The primary challenger to President Hamid Karzai, who pulled out of a runoff election Sunday, tells NPR that massive fraud "has marred the process" and promises to remain active in Afghanistan politics.

In an NPR interview, former Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah says it was "a painful decision" to abandon the fraud-marred election in advance of a scheduled runoff vote.

Popular movements during the Arab Spring paved the way for democratic elections in Egypt and Tunisia. In Egypt, Islamists are assuming powerful roles. Many women's rights activists fear that a shift toward democratically-elected Islamist rulers will limit personal and political freedom for women.

Researchers say people living in poor neighborhoods are less likely to get as much exercise as affluent neighborhoods. Joanne Faryon visits two communities to find out what factors play the largest ro