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"Adult education doesn't have to be dowdy," says Sophie Howarth, founder of London's School of Life. The school is a place of higher learning dedicated to "the practical application of philosophy on life's core subjects — love, politics, work, family and play."

Comics Answer to the Oscars

Democratic presidential candidates try to score some last-minute points during their final debate in Iowa, which goes to the polls on Jan. 3. Voters are looking for a change of direction.

The House votes to expand federal funding for human embryonic stem-cell research. Last year, President Bush cast the only veto of his tenure to keep a similar measure from being enacted. The Congress, then controlled by Republicans, failed to override it.

That's why fans are worried about the new film adaptation of the groundbreaking Alan Moore-Dave Gibbons twelve-part comic. Their story spun an alternate history in which Richard Nixon is serving his fifth term in office in the 1980s and costumed superheroes roam the streets. Sebastian Castillo appreciates what the graphic novel

Victor Mancini has a lot on his mind.

If California is ungovernable, what can we do about it? Overhaul the constitution or tweak it here and there through the initiative process? Common Cause and the League of Women Voters are examining the alternatives, and we talk with Thad Kousser about possibilities.

After rescuers again failed to find any sign of the six men trapped in the collapsed Crandall Canyon coal mine in Utah, officials say a fifth hole will be drilled. Meanwhile, a community struggles to hang on to hope that the miners will ever come out alive.

Ghost Rider

Cartoon Network's short animated series Clone Wars (20th Century Fox)