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Scripps Glaciologist Helen Amanda Fricker was awarded the Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica for her work on sub-glacial lakes and remote sensing techniques. We'll talk to her about Antarctica, which she calls the most unobservable place in the world, and the work she's doing to detect changes in the ice sheet. We'll also find out about the iceberg, four times the size of Manhattan, which just broke apart from Petermann Glacier in Greenland and began drifting into the Nares Strait.

The writer once said about his fellow Americans, "It is astonishing that in a country so devoted to the individual, so many people should be afraid to speak." Baldwin was African-American and openly gay — but he was not afraid to speak, and his writings challenged black and white readers alike.

"The Expendables" reunites iconic action stars and and Julia Roberts stars in the film adaptation of the bestselling memoir "Eat Pray Love." It was a big weekend at the box office. We'll talk about both of those films this Film Club of the Air, along with "Cairo Time," "Mesrine," and "Life During Wartime."

As Russians prepare to vote for a new president on Sunday, it's a foregone conclusion that Vladimir Putin's chosen successor Dmitri Medvedev will win in a landslide. The Kremlin appears to be so sure of Medvedev's victory that it has spent almost nothing on campaign advertising.

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Rwanda native Beatrice Munyenyezi faces charges in a U.S. federal court that she lied on immigration and naturalization forms about her role in Rwanda's genocide. If convicted, Munyenyezi could spend up to 10 years in prison and lose her U.S. citizenship. But legal experts say the evidence is not clear-cut.

This weekend, we'll talk food and music in San Diego. If you want to dine at the latest hot spot or see some live live music, we have a Weekend Preview for you.

As more and more plug-in hybrids and all-electric vehicles are hitting the market in San Diego, one of the earliest markets to have them, and across the U.S. -- including the new the Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf -- questions are coming up. What are the region's infrastructure plans for these vehicles? What are these new cars like to drive? What else is on the horizon?

Recent attacks by militants on security personnel in Baghdad have focused attention on the role of the Sahwa, Sunni groups who were largely credited with helping beat back al-Qaida in Iraq during the most violent years of the war. The Sahwa has been increasingly marginalized by the Iraqi government and is no longer getting paid.

A month-old baby boy, who had been diagnosed with whooping cough, died at a San Diego hospital, county health officials announced today. The baby died Tuesday at Rady Children's Hospital, according to the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency.