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Wine, cheese, chocolate and surf. A perfect weekend in San Diego. Here to tell us all about it is Barbarella from the San Diego Reader.

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Southern Sudan is at peace for the first time in more than two decades. During Sudan's bloody, 21-year civil war, a group of American women working with war victims promised to build a girl's school in Akon, a remote village in Southern Sudan. Now, they're fighting to deliver on that promise. NPR's Charlayne Hunter-Gault returned to Akon with the women from Boston and has the second part of their story.

10:30-11:30 Comics Arts Conference Session #1: Comics in Educational Settings. There are actually a series of panels looking at comics and education and literacy. Room 30AB

Raymond Carver, considered a master of the modern short story, lived a turbulent and dramatic life, but there has never been a biography of him until now. California writer Carol Sklenicka is author of the detailed "Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life" which traces Carver's struggles with alcoholism, marriage, poverty and his long-time editor Gordon Lish. Sklenicka will sign copies of her book at The Book Works in Del Mar.

Airs Tuesday, July 28 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

Airs Monday, July 5, 2010 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

Why bother with the oven mitts this Easter when there are so many places to dine out? From traditional holiday fare to some unlikely finds (bacon Bloody Mary's and Mariachi music!), let Culture Lust contributor Meredith Hattam be your dining guide to this Culture Lust weekend.

Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey say the flow rate from the blown-out well is at least twice as much and possibly five times as much as estimates cited by BP. The oil giant says engineers won't know until at least Thursday afternoon whether the latest attempt to plug the leak is succeeding.

The First in Line for Hall H are Fans of Twilight