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President Obama will visit New Orleans Thursday to review recovery efforts more than four years after Hurricane Katrina. Residents say much of the city remains in survival mode. But by most accounts, the pace of recovery has improved under the Obama administration.

The Olympic Games in Beijing will give China an opportunity to show off the best aspects of Chinese society, while keeping the worst under wraps. The games begin in Beijing on Friday.

If you've followed movie hype over the last few months, you would know that this holiday season isn't so much about Christmas, Kwanzaa or Hanukkah, but more about the release of James Cameron's "Avatar."

Mayor Jerry Sanders released his plan last week for reducing the city's structural deficit by 2012. We talk to Reporter Katie Orr about the key elements of the mayor's budget plan. Why is the mayor backing a ballot initiative to eliminate defined benefit pensions for new hires? What are Mayor Sanders' ideas for streamlining the city's services?

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Raimi Splatstick Horror Film Now on DVD

The City of San Diego’s well-publicized budget struggles include pay cuts and fee hikes. But even cuts and hikes aren’t enough to quell Mayor Jerry Sanders’ worry, anger and frustration at Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s intention to borrow $2 billion from local governments. So I assumed that other cities in San Diego County would also be worrying at the prospect of state legislators shoveling property taxes from small municipalities into California’s coffers. After all, fewer city dollars mean fewer city services and smaller staffs to serve local residents.

The new trailer for Bond 22, Quantum of Solace recently came out so I had to put it up. This new trailer reveals more plot and lets us see a little more…

The nation's economy posted its largest job gain in three years last month, while the jobless rate remained at 9.7 percent for the third straight month. It's the latest sign that the economic recovery is sustainable, and healing in the job market is beginning. The Labor Department said employers added 162,000 jobs, including 48,000 temporary workers hired for the U.S. Census.

New Horror Film Adopts a Familiar Formula