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Encore Monday, Sept, 11, 2023 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV (not in the PBS App). The film shows how we preserve the past and speak to the future through objects that have been transformed into irreplaceable conveyers of experience, aspiration, and identity. Guided by Frank Langella's narration and set to the music of Philip Glass, the film examines items recovered or offered in response to 9/11, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the Vietnam War, along with stories of people who find them important.

What do the Padres need to do to hold their slim lead in the National League West? What did we learn from the Chargers season-opening loss to Kansas City? And, will the Aztecs football team surprise people this season? We speak to Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton about this week's top local sports stories.

We'll talk about a new exhibit at the San Diego Museum of Man called Strange Bones. It's an opportunity to present some intriguing skeletal curiosities to the public and to find out what's true and what's not when it comes to bones in forensic science.

Many high school seniors will walk across stages to accept diplomas in the next couple of weeks. There's at least one graduate for whom performing that simple act tonight will be a triumph in itself.

A musical device called an appoggiatura creates tension and emotions, says one musical psychologist. Also, "a good song allows us, the listeners, to walk through the songwriter or composer's thoughts and emotions as they wrote the song," says Dan Wilson, who co-wrote "Someone Like You" with Adele.

Apple's Steve Jobs says shared online services will "demote the PC" and usher in a computing revolution. Others have their doubts and are particularly concerned that cloud computing raises fresh security issues.

As Mitt Romney and President Obama get ready for their second debate, a new bipartisan survey shows a surge for Romney in a key voter group following their first debate Oct. 3.

The information people searched for the most this year on the Internet site of Scripps Health involved maternity issues, the hospital system announced today.

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A remote section of Kazakhstan was once the secret testing ground for the Soviet nuclear arsenal. Now, with the help of a $219 million U.S. program, this isolated plain is the perfect place to secure dangerous nuclear material left behind in Kazakhstan by the collapse of the Soviet Union.