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American Roger D. Kornberg, whose father won a Nobel Prize a half-century ago, was awarded the prize in chemistry Wednesday for his studies of how cells take information from genes to produce proteins.

Two Americans have won the Nobel Prize for Physics. John Mather and George Smoot were instrumental in building a satellite that measured ancient radiation left over from the creation of the universe. The measurements support the big-bang theory and helped explain why galaxies cluster together in space.

Before there was Bernie Madoff, there was Ivar Kreuger, the man John Kenneth Galbraith called the Leonardo of scammers. When Kreuger, an extremely successful and much-admired businessman during the 1920s, killed himself in 1932, investors discovered that his financial empire, based in the manufacture of matches, was made of sand, built out of complex financial instruments that are the forerunners of today's derivatives.

Nobel Peace Prize winner and pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi has lived under house arrest as a political prisoner in Myanmar for the better part of twenty years. Now, as her release date nears, Aung San Suu Kyi is on trial for opening her doors to an American man who made an unplanned (and uninvited) visit to her home.

UC San Diego is set to open their new, $53 million Conrad Prebys Music Center on May 8. We'll find out what's in store for the making of great music at the center.

Hollywood kicks off the summer season of movies tomorrow

Trouble the Water is one of the most powerful documentaries I've seen in a long time. It deservingly won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance last year, and is now getting a broadcast run on HBO (I watched it last night). Watch it On Demand, rent it (when it comes out), do what you have to do, but don't miss it.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai believes there's much more to Africa than can be gleaned from a headline. In her book, The Challenge For Africa, she writes about her plan to tackle the many trials Africa faces.

South African voters showed up at the polls in record numbers Wednesday in an election that has stirred more excitement than any since the election of Nelson Mandela ended the apartheid era 15 years ago.

President Obama says he wants Israelis and Palestinians to revive stalled peace talks. He is inviting Israeli, Palestinian and Egyptian leaders to the White House for separate talks. Jordan's King Abdullah, who met Obama at the White House on Tuesday, said he's convinced the U.S. is preparing for a regional approach to peace.