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Climate change may be responsible for the spread of a virulent new strain of a mysterious fungal disease. First found on Vancouver Island, B.C., 11 years ago, Cryptococcus gattii is spreading south through Washington and Oregon, and several dozen people have died.

Not too long ago, it wasn't clear if the gray-flannel U.S. had a sense of humor. Madonna even exhorted America to "lighten up!" Now, with practically every serious matter reduced to a punch line, the question is: Does this country have a sense of what's important?

Actor Jeffrey Wright could watch Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now a million times. "It probably features the most effective narration of any film in the history of cinema," he says.

The items under investigation in last week's raid at the Mingei International Museum are from Thailand, specifically from the Ban Chiang culture and excavation site, which dates back to 1000 B.C.. & In fact, most of the looted art in Southeast Asia goes through Bangkok, according to Terressa Davis, a law student at the University of Georgia who specializes in international law regarding cultural heritage and preservation. & "A lot moves through Thailand, it's a mecca of collectors and high end galleries showing a lot of looted art from places like Cambodia and China. & As a result, there is a lot of money going into Thailand because of the antiquities trade."

Dogfish Head brewery is known for making exotic beer with ingredients like crystallized ginger or water from Antarctica, so it might not sound surprising that one of its recent creations is a brew flavored simply by grapes and flowers. But it's not the recipe that makes this beer so special; it's where that recipe was found.

On his second album, Unorthodox Jukebox, Mars traverses the pop landscape, pulling in far-flung influences and making them his own.

Algae is being used as a biofuel and now UC San Diego researchers are using the tiny organisms to produce medicines to treat cancer.

Another insurer in California is under fire for revoking health insurance coverage. The California Department of Insurance says B.C. Life and Health improperly canceled a number of policies in 2004 an

The Chargers head into the second round of the NFL playoffs, while the nation's top college football teams battle it out for the BCS National Championship. We analyze the latest news from the sports w

Weekend Edition Sunday host Liane Hansen has just returned from Egypt, and over the next few weeks, she will be filing stories on climate change. While in Alexandria, she visited the city's legendary library, where she discovered some fascinating artifacts.