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Colorado Fires: New Evacuations, More Homes Burned

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

All Things Considered - By Mark Memmott - Jun. 13 (News Report) - The news continues to be bad in parts of Colorado, where three major wildfires are burning. One, the Black Forest blaze near Colorado Springs, remains "zero percent contained" and has already destroyed about 100 homes, according to The Associated Press and other news outlets.

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Argentina's Cardinal Bergoglio Is The New Pope; He Will Be 'Francis' : The Two-Way : NPR

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

All Things Considered - By Mark Memmott - Mar. 13 (Breaking News) - The world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics have a new spiritual leader. As afternoon turned to evening in Vatican City on Wednesday, a little after 7 p.m. local time, white smoke rose from a chimney above the Sistine Chapel and bells rang through St. Peter's Square — the traditional signals that the church's cardinals have chosen a new pope.

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U.S. Sues Bank Of America Over Mortgage Loans To Fannie And Freddie

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

NPR - By Eyder Peralta - Oct. 25 (News Report) - Federal authorities allege bank executives knew they were handing out mortgages to unqualified buyers. They then shuffled those loans to the government-controlled housing giants.

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Army Seeks To Curb Rising Tide Of Suicides

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

All Things Considered - By Larry Abramson - Sep. 27 (Special Report) - At Fort Myer, Va., a small Army base across the river from Washington, D.C., Chaplain Mark Worrell is talking to about 100 soldiers, reciting the grim numbers. "This year, 2012, there have been more suicides in the Army than combat deaths," he says.

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Mormon Demystified

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

onbeing.org - By Krista Tippett - Aug. 15 (Interview) - Ask Mormon Girl blogger Joanna Brooks talks about "white-knuckling it through the campaign" of the first Mormon presidential candidate.

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Penn State Sanctions Charter 'Unprecedented' Ground, Author Says

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

All Things Considered - By Scott Neuman - Jul. 24 (News) - The decision to forfeit the football team's victories since 1998 represents "a huge blow" all on its own, said author Ted Kluck. But that was only one of several harsh penalties leveled against the Nittany Lions.

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The Cost of Women's Rights In Northwest Pakistan

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

All Things Considered - By Mike Shuster - Jul. 19 (Special Report) - Earlier this month, 25-year-old Farida Afridi, who ran an organization that provides information for women about their rights, was gunned down in the street, near the city of Peshawar in northwest Pakistan. No one has been arrested for this killing. In all likelihood no one will be.

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Drought In U.S. Now Worst Since 1956; Food Prices To Spike, Economy To Suffer

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

NPR - By Mark Memmott - Jul. 17 (Special Report) - With about 55 percent of the continental U.S. suffering from "moderate to extreme drought" conditions the nation is withering under conditions that haven't been this bad since 1956, according to a new report from National Climatic Data Center.

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A Tale Of Two Cities: Too Many Jobs, Or Not Enough

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

All Things Considered - By Stefania Ferro - Jul. 15 (News Analysis) - Yuma, Ariz., along the Mexican border, has the country's highest jobless rate, at 28.9 percent — more than three times the national rate. Bismarck, N.D., has the lowest rate, at just 2.5 percent. Both communities are struggling with the realities of those economic extremes.

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What's Different About The Brains Of People With Autism?

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

NPR - By Jon Hamilton - Jun. 10 (Research) - There's growing evidence that the difference involves the fibers that carry information from one part of the brain to another. Brain scans of people with autism show a lack of synchrony between different areas of the brain.

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Psychology Of Fraud: Why Good People Do Bad Things

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

NPR - By CHANA JOFFE-WALT, ALIX SPIEGEL, Adam Cole, Maria Godoy, Anne Gudenkauf - Jun. 02 (Special Report) - Enron, Worldcom, Bernie Madoff, the subprime mortgage crisis. Over the past decade or so, news stories about unethical behavior have been a regular feature on TV, a long, discouraging parade of misdeeds marching across our screens. And in the face of these scandals, psychologists and economists have been slowly reworking how they think about the cause of unethical behavior. In general, when we think about bad behavior, we think about it being tied to character: Bad people do bad things. But that model, researchers say, is profoundly inadequate. Which brings us to the story of Toby Groves.

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Thousands Rejoice As Japan Shuts Off Nuclear Power

Sat, 05 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

NPR - May. 05 (News) - Japanese marched to celebrate the switching off of the last of their nation's 50 nuclear reactors Saturday, waving banners shaped as giant fish that have become a potent anti-nuclear symbol. Japan will be without electricity from nuclear power for the first time in four decades.

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Truth And The World Of Wikipedia Gatekeepers

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

NPR - By Timothy Messer-Kruse, Andrew Lih, Steven Walling, Neal Conan - Feb. 22 (Interview) - Wikipedia is the go-to source for succinct information on almost every topic imaginable. It strives to reflect neutral truths that can be verified by reliable sources. The site, known as "The Free Encyclopedia" is written and edited by volunteers.

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Is Lying On The Internet Illegal?

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

NPR - Nov. 16 (Special Report) - Under a Department of Justice interpretation of existing law, it's possible for the government to bring charges against Internet users who for example lie about their weight on Match.com.

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Generation Gap: How Age Shapes Political Outlook

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700

All Things Considered - Nov. 03 (Poll) - A new survey from the Pew Research Center finds wide gaps in how different generations view politics. Older voters are more conservative and less hopeful about the future of the country. Younger voters lean left and believe the nation's best days are yet to come. But they are less engaged.

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Pediatricians Fact-Check Bachmann's Bashing of HPV Vaccine

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

NPR - By Scott Hensley - Sep. 13 (Fact Check) - The American Academy of Pediatrics said there is no validity to statements that a vaccine against cervical cancer is dangerous and can lead to mental retardation. Now the nation's pediatricians have waded deep and early into the race for the presidency. In an unusual instance of political fact-checking of a candidate's statements by physicians themselves, the American Academy of Pediatrics has a tough prescription for Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann: Get your facts straight on the HPV vaccine. In case you missed it, she sparred with Texas Gov. Rick Perry Monday night over his executive order that would have mandated vaccination of state schoolgirls against human papillomavirus, a cause of cervical cancer.

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Gov. Perry Disappoints Some Tea Party Supporters

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

NPR - By Greg Allen - Sep. 13 (News Report) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry may not have won over many new supporters from the Tea Party ranks after Monday night's presidential debate in Tampa, Fla. If Perry lost points with some in the audience, his closest rival, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney, was not gaining many either.

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Reports: Obama To Propose $300 Billion Package Aimed At Boosting Jobs

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

NPR - By Mark Memmott - Sep. 07 (News Report) - President Obama will propose "$300 billion in federal spending and tax cuts" when he addresses the nation Thursday night during a joint session of Congress, The Associated Press and other news outlets are reporting.

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CBO: Economy Remains In 'Severe Slump'

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

NPR - By Eyder Peralta - Aug. 24 (News Report) - The Congressional Budget Office has just released the summer update of its Budget and Economic Outlook. The non-partisan government agency took in to account the recently enacted Budget Control Act, but not the recent market volatility. If you were looking for good economic news, this report is not it. Here's the bottom line as Director Douglas W. Elmendorf puts it in his blog: Although economic output began to expand again two years ago, the pace of the recovery has been slow, and the economy remains in a severe slump. Recent turmoil in financial markets in the United States and overseas threatens to prolong the slump. CBO expects that the recovery will continue but that real (inflation-adjusted) GDP will stay well below the economy's potential—a level that corresponds to a high rate of use of labor and capital—for several years. The AP reports that the agency reports the budget deficit will hit $1.28 trillion this year, which is down from the previous two years. Taking into account the deficit reduction package passed by Congress, however, that deficit will be reduced by $3.3 trillion over the next ten years.

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Debt 'Super Committee' Nearly Complete, At 9 Members

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

NPR - Aug. 10 (News Report) - BILL CHAPPELL The new "Debt Supercommittee" created by the recent deficit ceiling deal now has 9 of its 12 members, as House Speaker John Boehner says Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas will co-chair the new committee, according to the AP. The panel's task will be to create a bipartisan plan for cutting the federal deficit by around $1.5 trillion. That money could come from a combination of spending cuts and raising revenue. If the panel fails to reach an agreement, automatic cuts would be made — and the automated cuts were crafted to be unpalatable to both of the major political parties.

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Out Of The Mouths Of Hosts, Oft Times, Come Flubs

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

NPR - By Scott Simon - Jul. 02 (Opinion) - I have sympathy for anyone who says something stupid into a microphone — any politician, pundit or nervous best man who makes an inane wedding toast. Been there. Done that. Mark Halperin, Time magazine's senior political analyst and a frequent commenter on MSNBC, was suspended by the cable network this week for using a locker-room profanity to critique President Obama's latest press conference. The hosts of the Morning Joe program assured Mr. Halperin that a seven-second delay switch would delete any coarse assessment that he wanted to make.

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The Hardest Cases: When Children Die, Justice Can Be Elusive

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

ProPublica - By A.C. Thompson, Chisun Lee, Joe Shapiro, Sandra Bartlet - Jun. 28 (Investigative Report) - If Lopez is ultimately exonerated, his case will not be unique. An investigation by ProPublica, PBS "Frontline" and NPR has found that medical examiners and coroners have repeatedly mishandled cases of infant and child deaths, helping to put innocent people behind bars.

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Presidential Hopefuls Geek Out At GOP Conference

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

NPR - By Ina Jaffe - Jun. 19 (News) - Several Republican presidential contenders spoke on Saturday at the RightOnline conference, a gathering of conservative technology activists.

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The Big Man, E Street Band Sax Player Clarence Clemons Dies

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

NPR - Jun. 19 (News Report) - Clarence Clemons, the larger-than-life saxophone player for the E Street Band who was one of the key influences in Bruce Springsteen's life and music through four decades, has died. He was 69. Clemons died Saturday night after being hospitalized about a week ago following a stroke at his home in Singer Island, Fla. Heard On 'Weekend Edition Sunday' Remembering The Big Man Springsteen acknowledged the dire situation earlier this week, but said then he was hopeful. He called the loss "immeasurable." "We are honored and thankful to have known him and had the opportunity to stand beside him for nearly 40 years," Springsteen said on his website. "He was my great friend, my partner and with Clarence at my side, my band and I were able to tell a story far deeper than those simply contained in our music. His life, his memory, and his love will live on in that story and in our band."

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Gil Scott-Heron, Poet And Musician, Has Died

Sat, 28 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

NPR - By Daoud Tyler-Ameen - May. 28 (News) - The influential poet and musician is often credited with being one of the progenitors of hip-hop, and is best known for the spoken-word piece "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised."

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