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As the state budget crisis deepens and deep cuts are made to the UC and CSU systems, there is increased pressure on the already-stressed community colleges. We look at how the San Diego Community College District is coping with the stress and what it means for prospective students and their families.

Nearly one in five college students takes at least one class online, according to a new survey. For professors, the growth of e-learning has meant a big shift in the way they deal with students and prepare for class, as well as the kinds of students they teach.

Women's voices in Iran have been agents of change through politics, literature, religion and poetry even though women continue to be targets of persecution. And 30 years after the Iranian revolution swept away many freedoms, the women's movement continues to grow.

was directed by Tim Story, who was fresh from his hit film

The rising reservoir from the Three Gorges Dam will cover 400 square miles of land, including a number of rich historic and cultural sites. The Chinese government has spent far less money on cultural preservation than on environmental protection and relocating residents.

With nearly all the votes counted in Mexico's presidential vote, conservative candidate Felipe Calderon has a thin, but insurmountable lead. Calderon has declared victory. His rival, leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, is contesting the results and has called a protest rally for Saturday.

The 37th annual, four-day Comic-Con International wrapped up Sunday at the San Diego Convention Center. Officials say attendance at the country's biggest comic book and popular art convention was sign

German filmmaker Tom Tykwer won a cult audience in 1999 with

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

As a teenager, Diana (Evan Rachel Wood) is a little more rebellious and reckless than most. But her friend Maureen (Eva Amurri) is the opposite -- a shy, studious, church-going teen. They jokingly refer to themselves as "the virgin and the whore." But on a thoroughly typical spring day, the girls are in the school bathroom when they hear gunshots. Then the shooter enters the bathroom and points his gun at them.