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Hou Hsiao Hsien is quite simply one of the world's premier filmmakers yet his films are lucky to play a few festival dates here in the U.S. The San Diego International Film Festival used to champion his work and Madstone Theaters brought in Hou's

San Diego voters living in the 50TH Congressional district vote today on who will complete the unfinished term of convicted congressman Randy Duke Cunningham. KPBS reporter Alison St John has more.

The Donna Frye rebellion in our chaotic city election earns its own chapter in history.

Anthony Glees, director of Brunel University's Center for Intelligence and Security Studies, discusses what can be done to improve anti-terrorism intelligence in Britain.

The west Baghdad neighborhood of Amiriya is one of the city's most dangerous. There are daily sectarian killings, which has included people being pulled off buses and shot, others burned alive in their homes. Residents are gathering arms, and new militias have sprung up.

The Prestige

NASA scientists are increasingly confident they will retrieve useful scientific data from the crushed remains of the Genesis spacecraft. The recovery effort is something approaching archeology, as scientists dig shards of equipment out of the ground. NPR'S Howard Berkes reports.

Where Do You Stand on Same-Sex Marriage?

The results of a new large-scale study of the federal Head Start program suggest that in some areas, the childhood development program produces only minimal, short-term benefits. The findings are from the study's first phase. Program supporters say it's too early to draw conclusions.

Hurricane Rita is losing power as it makes its way through eastern Texas. The Texas towns of Galveston, Lumberton and Port Arthur and Lake Charles, La., absorbed the brunt of the storm so far. Rita reached land early Saturday as a Category 3 hurricane.