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The Christmas Day attempt to blow up a U.S. airplane has exposed critical weaknesses in airport security measures. Critics have focused on technological and intelligence gaps, but some also question whether authorities are focused enough on other measures to identify suspicious people.

Read an exclusive excerpt of Lionel Shriver's latest, Big Brother. Shriver is no stranger to controversial topics, from school massacres to the American health care system. Big Brother is a comedic take on obesity and its effect on an Iowa family.

Scientists studying tumors in Tasmanian devils and dogs have found evidence some cancer cells are being passed between animals through physical contact such as sex or biting. Science reporter and author David Quammen puts the findings in context.

'Toy Story 3' and 'The Goonies' Get Special Treatment

Many women were full participants in the Arab uprisings. Now, some are wondering where it's gotten them. Those who were expecting more rights after the Arab Spring are instead finding themselves frustrated.

In December 1997, a tiger prowled the outskirts of a small town in Russia's Far East. In his book The Tiger, John Vaillant re-creates the events of that terrifying winter in an environment where man and tiger live side-by-side.

The president's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan died Monday at 69, days after suffering a tear in his aorta. He held many diplomatic and foreign policy positions over the years and, in 1995, negotiated an end to the Bosnian War.

When a psychiatric technician at Napa State Hospital was murdered last fall, allegedly by a patient, staffers began going public with their safety complaints. More than 80 percent of the patients at the hospital arrived by way of the criminal justice system — deemed either not guilty by reason of insanity or just too dangerous to be paroled.

Harry Houdini was known for escaping from handcuffs, straitjackets and water tanks, but his greatest trick was escaping from the dustbin of history. A new exhibit at the Jewish Museum in New York asks how Houdini's fame managed to survive.

How have school budget cuts affected the number of police officers on campus in recent years? What provisions exist in Proposition J, the parcel tax ballot measure, to pay for public safety in city schools? We'll talk to KPBS education reporter Ana Tintocalis about crime on campus and find out whether there's a connection between the timing this news and the upcoming election.