Oct 6th, 2008 · As the Supreme Court opens its new term, the justices have more business and consumer cases on their schedule. Key cases revolve around packaging rules, state lawsuits and protecting dolphins in California.
Oct 6th, 2008 · The security forces, organized through local churches, are manning checkpoints in Iraq and working with police. The mystery of where their funding comes from seems to center on a media-shy and reclusive political figure.
Oct 6th, 2008 · Fifteen years after it was released, Exile in Guyville still resonates — if not for its faded shock value, then for its brilliant songcraft. It remains a vivid, beautifully realized pastiche of hard rock, moody piano pieces and power-pop. To mark the 15th anniversary of its release, Phair gave this live performance of the entire album, recorded at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, Calif.
Oct 6th, 2008 · Radical bombers battle strike-breaking capitalists while Clarence Darrow squares off against the "American Sherlock Holmes" in this very popular history of a trial that mixed murder, politics and celebrity in 1910 Los Angeles.
Oct 6th, 2008 · The financial turmoil that has shaken Wall Street is also taking its toll in Europe, where governments moved to assure bank depositors their money was safe and a massive bailout was announced for a large German lender. But European leaders are struggling to deliver a unified response to the crisis.
Oct 6th, 2008 · One German and two French scientists won the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine Monday for their discoveries of two viruses that cause severe human diseases. NPR's Richard Knox talks with Steve Inskeep about the prize winners' research.
Oct 6th, 2008 · The lg Nobel Prizes were announced last week. They are a parody of the Nobel prizes and recognize quirky, funny and sometimes legitimate scientific achievement. The winners? In nutrition: scientists showed people will eat stale chips if they're crunchy. In biology: a French team proved dog fleas jump higher than cat fleas. In cognitive science: researchers showed slime molds can solve puzzles. And the lg Nobel for archaeology goes to the team that showed one armadillo can change the course of history.
Oct 6th, 2008 · A teenage student in Nevada was willing to go to jail for his beliefs. His belief was his right to wear a bandana. It violated the dress code at Churchill County High School. When he refused to give it up, he was arrested. And a restaurant in Maine also had a dress code problem. Officials forced the Black Frog Restaurant to stop a promotion. It offered a free sandwich to anybody who went skinny dipping in a nearby lake.
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