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  • NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with former State Department official Wendy Sherman about North Korea's announcement that it possesses nuclear weapons. Sherman negotiated with North Korea during the Clinton administration and personally met with the country's leader Kim Jong-Il.
  • Guy Delisle's new graphic novel Pyongyang documents the two months he spent overseeing cartoon production in North Korea. Delisle's images depict his sense of the obedience of North Korean citizens to their government and the bleakness of his surroundings.
  • A Post Mortem on Horror Film Festival
  • The move is punishment for Seoul's blaming Pyongyang for the sinking of a South Korean warship. Seoul resumed psychological warfare operations against North Korea after a six-year halt, and Pyongyang said its troops were bracing for war as tensions spiked on the divided peninsula.
  • The Senate votes overwhelmingly to block funding to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, pledging to keep a tight rein on the purse strings until President Obama announces details of what will be done with the 240 detainees being held there.
  • The drones are used to target senior al-Qaida operatives and Taliban in Pakistan's tribal area along the border with Afghanistan, but the agency has never publicly confirmed its role in the operation.
  • NPR's Tony Cox talks with North Korea expert Bradley K. Martin about his new book on the Stalinist regime of Kim Jong Il and his father, Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty.
  • Republicans promise a fair examination of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, but conservatives question her ability to let the law — not ideology-- guide her decisions. Democrats and liberal groups praise the diversity that Sotomayor, a Latina, would bring to the court.
  • San Diego REP and SCPA Form Mutually Beneficial Partnership
  • The recession has put the brakes on all sorts of industries, but the upward spike in gun sales that began about the time President Obama was elected continues. The FBI reports a strong surge in applications for background checks — the best available indicator for gun sales.
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