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The Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans are simulating hurricane conditions that caused levees to fail two years ago in order to test whether dozens of new pumps in two of the city's canals can hold back a storm surge.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has won the GOP Iowa caucuses, while Illinois Sen. Barack Obama won on the Democratic side. Both victories represent the triumph of insurgent candidates over their more established rivals.

As the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is to be filled to capacity, controversy has resurfaced, following official admissions that the dam could cause major ecological disasters unless preventive measures are taken.

Troy Johnson and Kinsee Morlan of “San Diego City Beat” magazine give us a rundown of what’s going on around town this weekend.

Israeli officials are working to gain the release of a soldier who was seized by Palestinian militants during a guerrilla raid Sunday in southern Israel. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is warning of a major incursion into the Gaza Strip unless Palestinian authorities hand over the abducted soldier.

It's time to celebrate the art of horror and gore and, to that end, KPBS film critic Beth Accomando searched San Diego stages looking for the spooky blend. She finds it at Sledgehammer Theater with th

Hannibal was kept behind bars for his next screen appearance in

BETH ACCOMANDO : Looks like you are covering your bases by setting up sites with FaceBook, MySpace and YouTube. Are you tailoring the sites for each and…

Two local chefs who love to travel have written a cookbook called "Flying Pans: Two Chefs, One World." Chefs Bernard Guillas and Ron Oliver from the Marine Room restaurant in La Jolla have gathered all of their favorite recipes from around the world and compiled them into a book for you to use at home.

Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Goya were all victims of cranioklepty, or having their skulls stolen in the name of science. This bizarre phenomenon is the subject of Colin Dickey's new book Craniokelpty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius.