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In this artist rendering, Jared Lee Loughner, right, makes a court appearance with his lawyer, Judy Clarke, at the Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse in Phoenix in January.

Tucson Rampage Shooter Sentenced To Die In Prison

Judge Larry Burns called the seven consecutive life sentences symbolic, one for each person who died and one more for the attempted assassination of the Congresswoman.

'Crushing Eastern Europe' Behind The 'Iron Curtain'

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum describes the tactics the Soviets used after World War II to take over and transform much of Eastern Europe. Her book Iron Curtain was recently nominated for the National Book Award.

Concept photo of the proposed expansion of the San Diego Convention Center.

San Diego, Unions Reach Agreement On Convention Center Expansion

San Diego labor groups have agreed to drop their opposition to the proposed Convention Center expansion. The mayor announced the deal with labor on Thursday.

San Diego Mayor Has New Job Once He Leaves Office

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders has a new job. The two term mayor will become CEO of the Regional Chamber of Commerce.

With NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft sealed inside its payload fairing, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket rides smoke and flames as it rises from the launch pad at Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 10:02 a.m. EST Nov. 26. MSL's components include a car-sized rover, Curiosity, which has 10 science instruments designed to search for signs of life, including methane, and help determine if the gas is from a biological or geological source.

NOVA: Ultimate Mars Challenge

Airs Sunday, December 15, 2013 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV

Chinese Communist Party leaders attend the opening session of the 18th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on Thursday. The meeting marks the beginning of a once-in-a-decade transfer of power.

Highly Scripted, China Moves Toward New Leaders

China began its once-a-decade leadership transition as the 18th Communist Party Congress opened Thursday. The message focused on cleaning up government corruption, which President Hu Jintao said could be "fatal" to the party and the state.

Jerry Sanders To Lead San Diego Chamber Of Commerce

Jerry Sanders will be changing work addresses next month, but only by a few blocks, as the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce announced today that the outgoing mayor will become its new president and CEO.

San Diego-based artist Kelsey Brookes in his studio standing next to his painting "Serotonin" (2012), one of the new works on view at Quint Contemporary Art in La Jolla.

Weekend Preview: Kelsey Brookes, Kingston Trio Retrospective And The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Music, art and a dose of science. Here's a taste of what's happening this weekend.

Mike Reynolds authored California's three-strikes law after his daughter, Kimber, was killed in a 1992 purse snatching. On Tuesday, Californians approved a ballot initiative that weakens the law — a measure Reynolds opposed.

Calif. Affirms Death Penalty, Amends 'Three Strikes'

Several thousand prisoners in California may be eligible to apply for sentence reductions, after voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative Tuesday that alters the state's controversial three-strikes law.

Calif. Affirms Death Penalty, Amends 'Three Strikes'

California voters rejected a ballot measure that would have ended the death penalty in the state. But they did pass a proposition that weakens the state's three-strikes law, which served as a model for other states around the nation.

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