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As the nation paused for a moment this week to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., former New Hampshire state Rep. Harvey Keye recalls his battle to have the holiday observed in his state. For the program's Wisdom Watch series, Keye discusses meeting the late reverend and the influence he had over Keye's life.

Women's rights lawyer Seyran Ates, a Turk who grew up in Berlin, blames the rise of political Islam in Europe in part on what she calls excessive tolerance of repressive traditions in minority cultures and a widespread resistance to integration.

Just to clear up any confusion, although much of the story is set in Iran, the film was made in France and in the French language. That is because Satrapi and co-filmmaker Vincent Paronnaud both live in Paris, and Satrapi was educated in French schools. But ultimately her film attains a very universal appeal. For one thing, the animation style is simple and appealing. In adapting the graphic novels, Satrapi and Paranoud remain very faithful to the hand drawn style of the books. This is more like

Cloverfield

Persepolis/Interview with Marjane Satrapi

We often figure fire burns randomly as it destroys one home but not another on the same street. But many fire experts say it’s more predictable than that: defensible space, building materials and an

In a recent night of bloody violence in Tijuana, men armed to the hilt went on a shooting rampage. By early Tuesday morning, in the space of just six hours, they murdered at least six people including

Getting Ready for February 5th

“There Will Be Blood” (opening January 11 at AMC Mission Valley and on January 18 at Landmarks La Jolla Village Theaters) is not the film fans of Paul Thomas Anderson may be expecting but it's a film that should please them nonetheless. The filmmaker who gave us “Hard Eight,” “Boogie Nights,” “Magnolia,” and “Punch Drunk Love” now turns to an 80-year-old Upton Sinclair novel called “Oil!” as inspiration for his epic tale of greed and ambition.

San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders delivered his third State of the City Address last night and struck a note of hope that the worst of San Diego's financial nightmares are in the past. KPBS reporter Aliso