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  • Criterion and StudioCanal Go to the Archives
  • Thailand's army has taken control of Bangkok in an apparent bloodless coup timed to Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's visit to the United States. Military leaders revoked the constitution, but they have also promised a return to democracy.
  • Airs Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV
  • To better target non-English speaking communities nationwide, corporate giants like McDonald's and Wal-Mart are creating ads in different languages, including Mandarin, Korean and Vietnamese. As companies build these ad campaigns, they're learning what memes and mediums best appeal to different cultures.
  • When the FBI brought reputed mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger back to his old stomping ground of South Boston to be tried in federal court after 16 years on the lam, he must have done a double take. The neighborhood that Bulger is accused of terrorizing with murders and extortion is booming.
  • Airs Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV
  • Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and Los Angeles public schools started a food fight this week. The second season of Oliver's reality show Food Revolution features him badmouthing L.A. school lunches — and the school district is now fighting back with some new cuisine.
  • Frank Deford puts aside his gripes this week to pay tribute to the poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, first published in the San Francisco Examiner 125 years ago June 3.
  • New restaurants around town and new activities: from daily art assignments to dodgeball. Get ready to have your tastebuds tickled and your interest piqued in today's edition of the weekend preview.
  • Thailand is back to work as usual, just three days after a military coup. The change in power was condemned abroad, but legitimized by the royal palace and greeted by many Thais with relief.
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