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Intelligence officials say that while they failed to catch a suspected terrorist before he boarded Northwest Flight 253 on Christmas Day, they did try to foil the attack. They intercepted communications among al-Qaida operatives and launched a series of raids against training camps in Yemen.

Hundreds of communities far from congested highways and belching smokestacks could soon join America's big cities and industrial corridors in violation of stricter limits on lung-damaging smog proposed Thursday by the Obama administration.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into law sweeping education reforms that will let California compete for up to $700 million in federal money. Many of the steps were opposed by teachers unions and other education groups.

Donna Frye, elected to represent the 6th District on the San Diego City Council in 2001, is termed out at the end of this year. We talk with her about her advocacy of open government, the budget crisis of 2009 and what's next in 2010, both for the city and for Frye herself.

Conservative Democrats could face tough election challenges in a political climate that is increasingly sour for their party. With the retirements of two House members, Tennessee will be problematic for Democrats in this year's congressional elections.

Democratic activists say the departures of Sens. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and Byron Dorgan (D-ND) should be a wake-up call for the party as it heads into this year's midterm elections. In the year since Barack Obama was elected president and Democrats took over both houses of Congress, the party has been steadily losing ground with voters.

James Cameron's "Avatar" may be all the current rage, but according to our critics, 2009 offered plenty of great movies. We'll talk with Beth Accomando and Scott Marks about their picks for the best and worst in film for 2009. We'll also talk about some of the big stories from the year, including a little movie by a San Diegan that scored big at the box office.

We talk to San Diego author Linda Patterson about her self-published book, 'Hate Thy Neighbor: How the Bible is Misused to Condemn Homosexuality.'

Last week's deadly attack at a CIA base in Khost resulted from the failure of "counterintelligence," the work of keeping your enemy from penetrating your own defenses. During the Cold War, counterintelligence was largely a spy-versus-spy game. Now, the challenge is different but no less important.

What issues should Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger address in his State of the State speech? We speak to KPBS Political Correspondent Gloria Penner about the key issues California faces in 2010. And, after the speech, we talk to San Diego Union-Tribune Political Writer John Marelius to get his reaction to the governor's address.