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What's the outlook for the local construction industry in 2011? We review the key issues for the new year, and discuss which segments of the local construction industry might experience an uptick.

The Seattle Gum Wall, the Montana Testicle Festival, and the entire state of Nevada are just a few of the non-destinations Catherine Price lists in her anti-travel guide, 101 Places Not To See Before You Die. Price takes it upon herself to go to terrible tourist destinations ... so you don't have to.

We talk to a team of KPBS journalists about the work they've done over the last six weeks, research and reporting on the food we eat. Some of what they've found out might surprise you.

Renee Montagne talks with U.S. Army Captain David Moses. He served two tours in Iraq, and will be one of the speakers marking Memorial Day at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington today. Moses was one of the thousands of children in Sudan displaced by civil war. He is known as one of the "Lost Boys." He tells us how serving in Iraq reminded him of the rough days he survived as a child in Sudan.

The number of contractors hired to work in Afghanistan and Iraq puts the total number of personnel there at a level comparable to the Vietnam War. The use of contractors frees up troops to perform combat missions and saves money — but it also has drawbacks.

The Old Globe's Shakespeare Festival is underway with new artistic direction from Adrian Noble, former head of the Royal Shakespeare Company in England. The plays running in repertory are Shakespeare's tragedy, "King Lear," the comedy "Taming of the Shrew," and the Alan Bennett-penned "The Madness of George III." We'll talk with Noble about the Globe's 2010 Shakespeare Festival.

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From Prague to Krakow

A flurry of bombings in Baghdad killed 26 people Sunday, and officials said the death toll from a giant suicide truck blast that devastated the market of a Shiite farming town north of the capital a day earlier could reach 150.

Are the Chargers preparing to bolt from San Diego? Or, is the team committed to staying in the city even if a proposal to build a new stadium falls through? We speak to Chargers Special Council Mark Fabiani about the news that minority owner Alex Spanos is looking to sell his share of the team, and we discuss how a recent deal to lift the CCDC redevelopment cap could impact efforts to build a new stadium downtown.