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Who Is 'Good Enough' In A Common Core World?

5 million students took new, Common Core-aligned tests this Spring through the PARCC consortium. Now begins the rush to set cut scores — to sort students by performance.

Host Christopher Kimball and equipment expert Adam Ried review colanders in the Equipment Corner.

AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK'S ILLUSTRATED: Pasta Rustica

Airs Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV

Regina Whicker, 38, talks about her mental health issues, which began when she was a teenager.

San Diegans Combat Stigma By Sharing Personal Struggles With Mental Illness

The stigma surrounding mental illness is a powerful force. Some San Diegans with mental health issues are trying to reduce it, by sharing their personal stories.

A woman looks at the HealthCare.gov insurance exchange internet site October 1, 2013.

Administration Invites HealthCare.gov Users To Try Again

That's the message from the White House on Tuesday, with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) asking more than 275,000 people who tried and failed to sign up for health plans on the stalled HealthCare.gov website to give it another shot.

Aleksandrs Antonenko as Don José and Anita Rachvelishvili in the title role of Bizet’s “Carmen.”

GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: Carmen

Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015 at 12:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. Richard Eyre’s mesmerizing production of Bizet’s steamy melodrama returns with mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili singing her signature role of the ill-fated gypsy temptress.

DCI Tom Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Troy of Causton CID.

MIDSOMER MURDERS: Faithful Unto Death - Parts One & Two

Airs Thursdays, October 9 & 16, 2014 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Taika Waititi stars as Viago, one of the vampire subjects of the mockumentary, "What We Do in the Shadows."

'What We Do In The Shadows' Sheds Light On Modern Vampire Life

Creators of 'Flight of the Conchords' sink their teeth into a mockumentary on bloodsuckers

A view from the top of the Verrückt water slide's launch point, in a video that showed a recent test of the slide.

Will You Ride The World's Tallest Water Slide?

It's like sliding off the top of a 15-story building on nothing more than an air mattress. The giant Verrückt water slide stands at 168 feet tall.

Along with sperm, the in vitro procedure adds fresh mitochondria extracted from less mature cells in the same woman's ovaries. The hope is to revitalize older eggs with these extra "batteries." But the FDA still wants proof that the technique works and is safe.

Toronto Infertility Clinic Offers Controversial Treatment

The technique claims to "recharge the batteries" in a woman's eggs using mitochondria from other cells extracted from her ovaries. The clinic's first births are due soon, though other doctors worry.

Crews Assess Damage After Chariot Fire Burns More Than 7,000 Acres

Firefighters battling the Chariot Fire in San Diego's back country got a break from the weather Wednesday. Now, crews are scouring the more than 7,000 charred acres to assess the damage.

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