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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.

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.

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For centuries, Venice maintained strong economic and social ties with the Islamic world. The city's art and architecture bear the mark of this vibrant exchange.

How are demographic shifts in Mexico impacting the future of immigration to the U.S.?

As part of our special series on education, These Days hits the road for a live broadcast from the campus of Lincoln High School in Southeast San Diego. We'll look at how a new campus is changing lives and the neighborhood.

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Lin, who along with two of the film's stars stopped by KPBS after hosting the San Diego premiere of his film at the San Diego Asian Film Festival, noted that Bruce Lee was a huge part of his identity as a kid growing up in Orange County. But the irony was that "my first introduction to Bruce Lee wasnt even Bruce Lee -- it was Bruce Li and Bruce Loo because when I was growing up, they had this thing called Kung Fu Theater, and they booked the cheap films, not the real Bruce Lee films. So I saw all these imitators first. It was with the advent of the VCR that I finally saw Bruce Lee in

The president won the peace prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. The choice shocked Nobel observers because Obama took office less than two weeks before the Feb. 1 nomination deadline.