Search results for

Host Bob Edwards talks to Sue Bostrom of Cisco Systems about the firm's annual survey on Internet use. The study concludes the Internet is being used mostly by older businesses, not the newer ones.

Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Peter Overby about the Justice Department announcement last night that Indonesian financier James Riady will plead guilty to making illegal contributions to the Democratic Party and pay an eight-point-six million dollar fine. Riady will admit to a felony charge that he used corporate funds from his foreign company to reimburse contributors to the 1992 Clinton presidential campaign. Foreign campaign contributions are illegal under US law.

Commentator Russell Roberts says if President Bush wants to convince Americans of the need for his tax cut, he should rent an old Marx Brothers movie and brush up on Groucho's sales-pitch.

Cy Musiker of member station KQED in San Francisco reports that public utility commission officials are set to approve a rate hike in electricity today. They hope to stunt usage by charging higher prices.

NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports from Chicago on the city school board's new safety policy. It requires that students released from jail or juvenile detention, be evaluated to determine whether they should be allowed to return to their regular school or be sent to an alternative school. The school board says the policy intends to protect other students from violence. Akers visits the "Second Chance" alternative school in South Chicago.

Part II in a week-long series of essays from prospective college students. Today we hear from Ambar Espinoza, of University High School in West Los Angeles, who tells about growing up in a single-parent family. Read the essays online.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with Secretary of Education Roderick Paige. The former Houston superintendent of schools says that although in the past Republicans have wanted to abolish the Department of Education, President Bush is dedicated to public schools.

Host Bob Edwards talks with reporter Caroline Gluck about changes South Korean President Kim Dae Jung has ordered in his cabinet.

NPR's Alex Chadwick reports on a biological enigma in the forests of the Republic of Congo. This story is part one of our latest NPR/National Geographic Radio Expedition.

Ivan Watson reports that because Nigerian officials have stepped up efforts to stem drug traffic, they've been allowed to begin a direct flight from Nigeria to New York. But many recognize that Nigeria still has many obstacles in the battle against drugs, including a corrupt judicial system.