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Watching the price of oil go up these days is a little like watching a river rise. At what point do we need to get the sandbags? When should we sound the warning horns? What is flood stage?

San Diego pop band The Softlightes play the Casbah with Anya Marina, a magic card convention takes over downtown, and cross the border for some compelling contemporary art and music. These recommendations and more from our guests.

Next month, the people of Southern Sudan will choose whether to break up Africa's biggest state and create the world's newest nation. Much is at stake, including most of Sudan's oil reserves and -- potentially -- peace in one of the continent's more volatile countries.

Amor, Dolor, Y Viceversa (Love, Pain and Vice Versa)

Diageo, the company that manufactures Captain Morgan, wants to move production of the rum from Puerto Rico to the U.S. Virgin Islands. The move would cost Puerto Rico billions of dollars in lost revenue.

Would-be borrowers who have iffy credit ratings are turning to those with strong credit for help — and a cottage industry of credit-for-rent companies has sprung up to match them. Federal regulators are investigating the practice, but they haven't banned it.

For a route of its historical stature, the Grand Trunk Road's starting point in eastern India is not particularly easy to find. But the opinions of young people who live along the road are clear. They stressed that India is a country in which corruption is rampant.

The price of the main U.S. oil contract hit $100 a barrel Wednesday — the highest in more than two years. And when the price of oil rises, the price of just about everything else — driving, heating, eating, shopping and more — starts to move up too. Is it time to get really worried?

When several sisters of the nation's oldest black sorority alleged the organization's president was grossly misusing funds, their membership was suspended. Now many members refuse to talk, saying they fear being blacklisted.

Local Filmmaker Evaluates the Cannes Experience