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Apple products' manufacturers have been accused of exposing workers to toxic chemicals, hiring the underage, and improperly disposing of waste. Host Michel Martin talks with C-Net Editor Rafe Needleman about whether it's possible to make an ethical smartphone.

The missed San Diego Blues Festival returns this Saturday after a seven-year long hiatus.

Union membership is at its lowest point since the 1930s. New figures show a drop, and only about 11 percent of workers belong to unions today.

A lone masked intruder was caught on a video surveillance camera stealing five paintings worth tens of millions of dollars in a brazen overnight heist from the Paris Museum of Modern Art. Experts say the works could be held for ransom, but it's unlikely the thief would be able to sell them. The museum's security system had been disabled and the thief managed to evade three night guards.

The Business Of Murder

A Comedy For Anyone Who Ever Had A Dream... And Then Jumped Out A Window

An estimated 80,000 American prisoners spend 23 hours a day in closed isolation units for 10, 20 or even more than 30 years.

Poet Monica de la Torre takes inspiration from Mexican taekwondo champion Maria del Rosario Espinoza. "I am dumbfounded and positively moved by Maria del Rosario's improbable story," the poet says.

Airs Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV

Twinkies are frying and pigs are racing, the San Diego County Fair in Del Mar is officially open. The gates opened today for the fair's 24-day run.