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In "Yonkers Joe" (opening January 30 at the Reading Gaslamp Stadium Cinemas), writer-director Robert Celestin seems to know his way around a small neighborhood cash-stakes game of craps or poker. Watching the title character (played by Chazz Palminteri) work his magic - of inserting new cards in a deck or swapping out regular dice for weighted ones - is mesmerizing. Any time a filmmaker can give you an insider's look at a secretive world, it's a tantalizing point of view. Too bad Celestin wasn't content to stick to that world.

There have been at least 110 suicide attacks in Afghanistan this year. An Afghan doctor who conducts bombers' autopsies says that up to 80 percent of suicide bombers in Kabul are disabled.

Until a year ago, Beverly Harvey was more familiar with balance sheets than attendance sheets. Harvey had spent 25 years in the banking industry before switching careers and becoming an elementary-school teacher.

Today marks the end of an international symposium at San Diego Hospice that's focused on keeping people comfortable as they die. They say their brand of medicine saves money and it makes a lot more se

New Doc Looks at the Closing of State Factory 420 in China

Exhibits at the Mingei International and the Museum of Photographic Arts explore women's issues in India and throughout the world.

Jen Davis takes self-portraits as a way to understand her body in relationship to cultural standards of beauty. Her images are quiet, intimate portraits of a woman exploring ideas of body image, domesticity, and desire.

We'll hear about the troubles plaguing the fast-growing San Diego company Bridgepoint Education.

The World Series resumes tonight, and as the Rockies play Boston in Denver, you might hear something about a humidor. It's where the baseballs are kept, because in the Mile-High City, low humidity causes the balls to dry out, which makes them better home-run candidates.