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  • Grant Barrett's New Words of 2010
    One of the hallmarks of our vibrant, lively English language is that it is constantly growing. Not everyone is thrilled with all the directions of that growth, but it certainly is interesting to watch, and to listen to. Each year, lexicographer Grant Barrett, co-host of A Way With Words, heard here on KPBS, gathers up a group of the most intriguing words.
  • Who's Monitoring Your Online Searches And Why?
    Search engines like Google are increasingly in the news, both because of privacy concerns and questions around censorship and filtering of search results. These Days host Tom Fudge moderates a panel of experts discussing the ethical issues surrounding internet search engines.
  • New Networks Target Discomfort With Facebook
    Facebook is the most popular social network, but that doesn't mean everyone is happy with how personal information gets shared on it. Experts are looking with interest at emerging startups that aim to solve some of the privacy issues raised by Facebook.
  • N.Y. Plant's Neighbors Expose Regulatory Gaps
    After Tonawanda's residents got sick, they vowed to fight high levels of hazardous chemicals emitting from a dilapidated plant. In doing so, they found weaknesses in how EPA regulates air pollution.
  • Republican presidential candidates at Fox News/Google debate in Orlando, Fla., Sept. 22, 2011.
    Romney Ensures Perry Has Long, Hard Night At Orlando GOP Debate
    Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney made the most of his opportunities not only to raise doubts for voters about Texas Gov. Rick Perry's hostility towards Social Security as a federal entitlement but Perry's character.
  • Park Jong-kun's Twitter profile picture — which shows him against a backdrop of the North Korean flag — may violate South Korea's strict National Security Law. The 24-year-old South Korean is also under investigation for retweeting North Korean propaganda.
    In South Korea, Old Law Leads To New Crackdown
    A South Korean man meant for his Twitter profile picture, with its backdrop of a North Korean flag, to be a visual parody of North Korean news programs. Now, Park Jong-kun may be charged with violating a security law from 1948. Critics say it's being used to stifle free speech on North Korea.
  • Qualcomm Challenges LCDs Through New E-Reader
    A new electronic display is poised to challenge power-hungry LCDs after U.S. mobile chip maker Qualcomm Inc. teamed up with a South Korean bookseller to introduce a new e-reader.
  • Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten (right) prepares a delicious, fast stir-fry of sliced pork and colorful vegetables in "The Pork Chronicles."
    Kimchi Chronicles: The Pork Chronicles
    Airs Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV
  • Overcoming Nature Deficit Disorder in Kids
    What's the future relationship between children and the natural world? Are kids today suffering from nature-deficit disorder? We'll talk about the changes in the relationship between children and na
  • South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (shown here as a young accountant, working for Hyundai's office in Thailand in the early 1960s) overcame a poverty-stricken childhood to become a student activist, successful business executive and, ultimately, leader of his country.
    From Crushing Poverty To South Korea's Presidency
    Lee Myung-bak was so poor as a child that he wore his school uniform every day because he had no other clothes. He became a student activist and helped Hyundai become the massive conglomerate it is today. In many ways, Lee's life story — and ultimate success — mirrors that of South Korea.
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