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Crucial provincial elections will be taking place in Iraq at the end of January. In many places, it appears as if traditional parties will lose ground to newer groups, and nowhere is that more likely to happen than in Sunni-dominated Anbar province west of Baghdad.

Seniors at Mira Mesa High School got a hefty financial gift today that will help them pay for their prom this year. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.

If money doesn't make you happy, what does? That's a question that economists and psychologists are trying to answer. One answer comes from a national study that a professor at UCSD took part in. We f

Clint Eastwood stars in and directs Gran Torino (Warner Brothers)

Amazingly the film spends hardly any time on Marley as a puppy (you'd think they'd want to milk these adorable months of a dog's life), and focuses mainly on the adult dog eating everything in sight. We don't really see (except in one scene after a family tragedy) how the dog manages to endear himself to the family. Only at the end, in a schmaltzy, tear-jerking finale does John reveal how important the dog was to the family. I wanted more puppy love!

George Heilmeier is a 2005 Kyoto Prize laureate in Advanced Technology. Today he joins These Days guest host, Dwane Brown, to discuss his major contributions to the field of electronics, including inv

Host Dwane Brown talks to Copley News Service Reporter Marcus Stern about the announcement that the San Diego Union-Tribune and Copley News Service won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for its investigation in

China is worried about unemployment. Recent college graduates are among the hardest hit. More Chinese are attending universities than ever, but now, there are more college graduates than jobs.

This year's Pritzker Prize for Architecture -- the Nobel of the profession -- goes to Paulo Mendes da Rocha. The 78-year-old architect creates "honest" buildings, according to the Pritzker jury. For the past six decades, he has built high-rises, stadiums, houses and a chapel -- all in concrete.

José Saramago's Blindness Is Recommended Torture