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Classrooms across Gaza are crowded with as many as 50 or 60 students, principals say, as dozens of schools building have been destroyed, damaged or are still housing people who lost their homes.

In The Gaza Strip, The School Year Gets Off To A Rocky Start

Palestinian kids in Gaza went back to school this past week in buildings damaged by the war, with children homeless and traumatized, and more than the usual overcrowding they face every year.

French physicist, Philippe Hubert uses gamma rays to detect radioactivity in wine. "In the wine is the story of the Atomic Age," he says.

How Atomic Particles Became The Smoking Gun In Wine Fraud Mystery

By testing for radiation, detectives showed that wine bottles purportedly from Thomas Jefferson's collection were fake. And with wine fraud rising, authentication is getting even more sophisticated.

Changing Demographics Put Some San Diego Golf Courses In Jeopardy

The Farmers Insurance Golf Tournament tees off at Torrey Pines on Thursday. Golf courses around San Diego hope the excitement generated will boost enthusiasm for the game, which has seen a marked decline. But in San Diego golf courses face a crisis on two fronts.

Trimmers prepare the marijuana flower, or bud, to make it more appealing to consumers. They use scissors to snip off the leaves and stems.

With Harvest Season, 'Trimmigrants' Flock To California's Pot Capital

Humboldt County is famous for towering redwoods — and pot. Every fall, young people descend on its small towns. They're seeking work as trimmers, who manicure marijuana buds to prepare them for sale.

Lemon

Airs Friday, October 19, 2012 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

American socialite Wallis Simpson became Duchess of Windsor in June 1937 after her marriage to Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor. (Agency reference 2639219)

EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN: Wallis Simpson

Airs Fri., April 25, 2014 at 9 p.m. & Sun., April 27 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV

A Poet Parses The Legacy Of War In 'My Life As A Foreign Country'

When award-winning poet Brian Turner served in the Army, he was following a long family tradition. His new memoir traces that history — and imagines the perspectives of the people shooting back.

Border Surge Compromise for Immigration Reform?

On Thursday, a border security compromise was struck, paving a smoother road for the passage of comprehensive immigration reform in the Senate.

"I'm more and more coming to the idea," composer Philip Glass says, "that it's the lineage and the connection to the past and the connection to the future — that is the real connection."

Philip Glass On Legacy: 'The Future ... It's All Around Us'

For the composer, life is how the past and the future connect. Glass' new memoir, Words Without Music, looks back on his childhood, travels through Asia and when his music provoked violence.

Thousands Of Artifacts Seized At 91-Year-Old Indiana Man's Home

The collection of items has "immeasurable" cultural value, the FBI says. Some artifacts are Native American, others are Russian and Chinese. It's unclear how many were collected legally.

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