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“There Will Be Blood” (opening January 11 at AMC Mission Valley and on January 18 at Landmarks La Jolla Village Theaters) is not the film fans of Paul Thomas Anderson may be expecting but it's a film that should please them nonetheless. The filmmaker who gave us “Hard Eight,” “Boogie Nights,” “Magnolia,” and “Punch Drunk Love” now turns to an 80-year-old Upton Sinclair novel called “Oil!” as inspiration for his epic tale of greed and ambition.

Two former health ministry officials accused of helping Shiite death squads capture and kill Sunnis were acquitted Monday of all charges for lack of evidence. The case was seen as a test of whether the Iraqi government would hold senior officials responsible for sectarian violence.

A Mexican businessman who was kidnapped for ransom in Chula Vista in June testified in court yesterday in a second day of preliminary hearings. Eduardo Gonzalez Tostado was held for nine days before t

Kathryn Bigelow Directs New Film About a Bomb Squad in Iraq

We discuss "Toy Story 3."

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Why does the San Diego Unified School District board want to remake the district's budget from scratch? We speak to the school board president about the budget plan, the search for a new superintendent, and the district's decision not to go after Race To The Top federal education grants.

In some ways it would have been more accurate to call the film

A new documentary, "8: The Mormon Proposition," focuses on individuals and families impacted by Prop 8. We speak to filmmaker Steven Greenstreet. Closing arguments in the Prop 8 Marriage trial took place last week. A ruling is expected this summer.

Engineers in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province are trying to rehabilitate a half-century-old, American-built dam and power plant in what is the heart of Taliban country. Amid attacks and other security issues, progress is slow.