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Cinema En Tu Idioma Kicks Off 12th Season

President Obama said the deaths were a reminder of the "extraordinary" price the U.S. military is paying in the decade-long Afghan war. The helicopter was reportedly shot down by the Taliban as it was conducting an overnight raid.

The downgrade by Standard & Poor's is guaranteed to become a major piece of evidence used by Obama's political opponents against him, as they make the case that he has failed to lead the nation and should not be rewarded with a second term.

Citing political risks and a rising debt burden, Standard & Poor's lowered the U.S. AAA credit rating by one notch to AA-plus. This is the first time in history that the United States has had its credit rating lowered. The agency said the deficit plan passed by Congress did not go far enough to stabilize the country.

The World According to Shorts Takes Us on an Animated World Tour

The racial and ethnic demographics of San Diego county have changed dramatically but the look of the county board has not. It's still comprised of five white Republicans. Can this be affected by drawing new political boundaries that give more power to minority voters? That's the question at hand.

President Obama signed a bill on Tuesday that allows borrowing to continue and allows the nation's debt to increase. Today we look at the local political and economic fallout.

A labor-backed group is fighting an effort by San Diego Councilman Carl DeMaio to eliminate city pensions for new employees by linking a petition-signature drive to the possibility of identity theft.

Arab Reform Initiative executive director Bassma Kodmani says the international community is limited in what it can do to stop the bloodshed in restive Syria. The key to stability in the country, Kodmani argues, lies with the Syrian people, specifically a minority sect called the Alawites.

Humans have been speaking thousands of years longer than they have been writing. Yet many assume the written word is superior to the way we speak. In What Language Is: And What It Isn't And What It Could Be, John McWhorter argues that most of our assumptions about language are wrong.