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This Culture Lust Weekend: Plastic Fantastic at the OMA, movie night with Josephine Baker, and the S.D. Opera goes to Paris.

John Lueth Ukec, Sudanese envoy in Washington, D.C., offers his views on efforts to resolve the conflict in Darfur. Andrew Natsios, President Bush's Special Envoy for Sudan, offers additional thoughts.

Why has very little progress been made on the international level to reduce the effects of global climate change? We speak to UC San Diego Professor David Victor about his new book "Global Warming Gridlock," which explores why the international discussions about fighting global warming have yielded very little progress over the last 20 years. We also speak to Dr. Victor about what the United States can do on a federal level to reduce its carbon footprint.

But the GOP lawmaker says lessons learned may spur bipartisanship on a bill to cut greenhouse gases.

A video of an Arizona Republican congressional candidate saying she doesn't want Middle Easterners in the U.S. is causing a stir on Election Day.

President Obama promised to make overhauling immigration laws a top priority in his first year as president, but the odds that it will happen even in his second year seem long. Thousands of activists plan to converge on Washington, D.C., in hopes of prodding him to action.

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan visits Beirut in an effort to shore up the cease-fire between Lebanon's Hezbollah militia and Israel. It's Annan's first visit since the 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah officially ended.

Guy Ritchie's new "Sherlock Holmes," starring Robert Downey, Jr., disappoints. But there are other options, like Arnaud Desplechin's 2008 movie "A Christmas Tale," currently available "On Demand" through the Sundance Channel.

Celebrated comedian David Steinberg will share his personal stories and reflect on the difficulty and delight of making people laugh in a new one-man show at the La Jolla Playhouse.

Wade Page, who police say killed six people in a Sikh temple on Sunday, had long been on the radar of groups that track white supremacists. But you can't be arrested for hateful thoughts. And observers say finding the real threats has gotten harder for police with the rise of the Internet.