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  • What kind of challenges are local Marines facing during their assault on the Taliban stronghold of Marja? We speak to Los Angeles Times reporter Tony Perry live from outside of Marja, Afghanistan.
  • How are U.S. and Afghan forces faring in their assault on the Taliban stronghold of Marja? We speak to Los Angeles Times reporter Tony Perry live from Afghanistan.
  • Steve Earle's singer-songwriter son plays The Loft, the Editors play the House of Blues, and that's just two of your music options for the weekend. Also, next week marks the beginning of the San Diego Jewish Film Festival and their 20th anniversary. We'll talk music and film on this Weekend Preview.
  • The Supreme Court reinstated the death sentence of a neo-Nazi who shot and killed three people and seriously wounded a fourth during a 1980s murder spree in Ohio. Frank Spisak, 57, was convicted during a sensational trial in which he grew an Adolf Hitler-style mustache, gave Nazi salutes to jurors and carried a copy of Hitler's Mein Kampf.
  • President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize during a ceremony in Norway Thursday, acknowledging the paradox of receiving the award as the U.S. is embroiled in two wars and maintaining that instruments of war have a role in preserving peace.
  • In Oslo, the president says the U.S. must remain a standard-bearer in the conduct of war.
  • Herbert Lawrence Block, commonly known as Herblock, received the Pulitzer Prize four times during his 70 year career as a political cartoonist. We speak to Harry Katz about the new book HERBLOCK: The Life and Work of the Great Political Cartoonist. We discuss what made Block's cartoons unique, and the influence he had on politics in Washington, D.C.
  • Are humans and other animals predisposed to take care of each other? We'll talk with noted psychologist Frans de Waal about his latest book "The Age of Empathy."
  • President Obama was never considered a front-runner for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. But the names of the nominees are kept secret, which fuels a vigorous guessing game each year before the announcement.
  • Actor Richard Dreyfuss has committed his life to a new passion: reinstating civics in the American classroom. He joins us today.
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