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We've all seen them, maybe driven over them or even tripped on them. Potholes and broken sidewalks --the bane of any city's maintenance budget, and even the city's law department. Joanne Faryon explai

The La Jolla Playhouse is staging a world premiere musical about the life of Charlie Chaplin. "Limelight" named after one of Chaplin's late films, focuses on the personal life of the film legend and includes a book written by the Tony Award winning writer of "Hairspray" and "The Producers." We'll talk with the musical's creative team.

President Bush falls ill briefly at the G-8 summit in Germany. He is forced to make some changes to his schedule, but does meet France's new president.

Wes Anderson Gets Animated

The monument that is synonymous with the city of Rio de Janeiro is vying to be chosen one of the new Wonders of the World in a Web contest. The city's towering Christ the Redeemer statue is competing with the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower and Machu Picchu for the honor.

What does Jane Austen have to do with vampires, sea monsters, and zombies? A series of mash-up books pairing Jane Austen with pop culture phenomena have become wildly popular. Are these disrespectful perversions? Cheap gimmicks? Dr. Linda Troost, professor and chair of English at Washington and Jefferson College, explores these questions in a lecture at the University of San Diego.

On his 80th birthday, Fidel Castro cautions Cubans that he faces a long recovery from surgery and advises them to prepare for "adverse news." The Communist Youth newspaper published photos of Castro reclining in bed wearing a warm-up suit.

Faculty members at two California State University campuses in San Diego County plan to join a system-wide strike against the administration. CSU officials say they'll try to minimize any disruptions.

Iraq's Anbar province is the heart of the Sunni insurgency, and has proven to be the most difficult for U.S. troops to control. A U.S. Marine commander for the region explains what he thinks it will take to turn security over to Iraqi forces.