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President Bush flies to Yuma, Ariz., to talk about his plans for slowing illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border. Tighter border enforcement elsewhere has increased illegal crossings in this area not previously known as a hotbed of smuggling.

On Iraq, President Bush has doled out "brave talk" -- but "no clear strategy," says Sen. Dick Durbin, Democrat from Illinois. Durbin's comments came after the President discussed Iraq this morning. Robert Siegel talks with Durbin, who traveled to Baghdad earlier this month.

San Diego's Center City Development Corporation held the first in a series of five workshops on redevelopment plans for the Navy Broadway Pier downtown. KPBS reporter Alison St John has more.

The Mess That Is Hot Ghetto

But we discover that all these people are real and the events relayed are true. Kohn connects his rural frog farmer from the opening to a famously corrupt politician Jder Barbalho. He also interviews a string of people about their various encounters with crime in Brazil and how they connect with each other. There's a woman who was kidnapped for a week and had her ears sent to her family. Then we see kids in the street playing "kidnapper" and "victim" and cutting off each other's ears. We also hear from a plastic surgeon who reconstructs ears from a victim's rib (detailed in a particularly graphic surgery sequence). There are also cops, bodyguards and people who want to create GPS chips into people so they can be tracked when -- not if but when -- they get kidnapped. Kohn even interviews someone who presents himself as a kidnapper and criminal. The man claims to suffer absolutely no guilt about any of the crimes or violence he's committed but he also talks about how he helps the people in his village out and that's why they protect him.

Looking for something to do this weekend? We talk about upcoming concerts, a new open mic poetry event, and a beautiful new bar that has recently come to San Diego.

Ridley Scott's take on the gangster movie opens in theaters this weekend. We'll also talk about a comedy called “Finishing the Game,” Ben Affleck's directorial debut and a new biopic about Joy Divis

Ridley Scott's take on the gangster movie opens in theaters this weekend. We'll also talk about a comedy called “Finishing the Game,” Ben Affleck's directorial debut and a new biopic about Joy Divis

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The Iraq Memory Foundation, created by Iraqi exiles after the ouster of Saddam Hussein three years ago, aims to preserve and analyze Iraqi Baath party records. It hopes that Iraqis can understand the mistakes of the past -- and never repeat them.