Search results for

The Mississippi River is expected to crest today in the small Wisconsin town of Prairie du Chien. But the floods have already placed a tremendous financial burden on homeowners and businesses. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

Cisco Systems announced this week that they cutting 8,500 jobs. Cisco is considered a pillar of the Internet industry. Scott speaks with Fortune magazine's executive editor Joe Nocera.

Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's sports commentator Ron Rapoport about the NBA playoffs, which begin this weekend.

NPR's Brooke Gladstone reports on the information war waged by the Pentagon since the collision between a U.S. Navy surveillance plane and a Chinese fighter jet. The Pentagon released video of previous reconnaissance craft encounters with Chinese fighters. In doing so, they've steered the discussion toward the cause of the crash -- rather than the right of the U.S. plane to conduct its surveillance.

Dan Schorr discusses the week's events in the Middle East with Shibley Telhami, who holds the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, and Robert Satloff, who directs the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Debbie Elliott reports that the trial of a former Ku Klux Klansman in the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham has stirred memories and resentments of that turbulent time, even as the city tries to project a new image. The Klansman's attorney says there is no way his client can get a fair trial in Birmingham, which is seeking redemption for its racist past.

A new paper in the journal Science reports that families tend to grow and prosper when they're led by big old females who can hear trouble coming when it's still miles away. We're talking about elephants, of course. NPR's John Nielsen has more on a study with important conservation implications.

Scott speaks with NPR's Don Gonyea who is in Quebec City at the Summit of the Americas.

Scott with some thoughts on Anti-Semitism.

Richard Nixon's White House tapes are now available for the public to copy. The National Archives is allowing people with their own tape recorders to make copies.