Finding A Home For The Homeless' Belongings
Mar 16th, 2010 · Cities have taken various approaches to dealing with property left out in public by the homeless. Many seize and destroy it, but some are trying to find ways to store and protect it.
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Poppies Escape Marjah Offensive
Mar 14th, 2010 · Afghanistan produces about 90 percent of the world's supply of opium poppies, the plant used to make heroin. About half of that supply comes from the Helmand province. Earlier efforts by NATO forces to destroy the poppy crops were unsuccessful; when the Taliban came back, so did the farmer's poppies. In the most recent offensive, NATO took a mostly hands-off approach, leaving the farmers and their crops alone. Guest host Audie Cornish speaks with author and journalist Gretchen Peters about the effects of the NATO offensive around Marjah on the poppy trade in Afghanistan.
McConnell's Strategy For Health Care: No
Mar 12th, 2010 · Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is on a search-and-destroy mission for anything that comes from the Democrats. This especially applies to health care, where he has decided that opposition boils down to one word: No. Is this a winning strategy? McConnell and his GOP colleagues are betting on it.
McConnell's Strategy For Health Care: No
Mar 12th, 2010 · Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is on a search-and-destroy mission for anything that comes from the Democrats. This especially applies to health care, where he has decided that opposition boils down to one word: No. Is this a winning strategy? McConnell and his GOP colleagues are betting on it.
Calif. Assemblyman On Sex Offender Record Change
Mar 11th, 2010 · California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has ended the state's practice of destroying the parole records of convicted sex offenders a year after they finish their paroles. The move was prompted by Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher who urged the governor to make that change after a registered sex offender was charged in the murder of a San Diego teenager, and Fletcher discovered his parole file had been destroyed. Fletcher offers his insight.
Chile Quake Shortens Length Of Day
Mar 2nd, 2010 · The deadly quake in Chile killed close to 800 people and destroyed buildings, but it also had an effect on the Earth's rotation. Shifting plates may have shortened the duration of a day by one-millionth of a second. Richard Gross, a geophysicist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, offers his insight.
Karadzic Blames Islamic Militants For Violence
Mar 1st, 2010 · Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic told the U.N. War crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia that his people were defending themselves against Islamic fundamentalists. He is accused of trying to destroy the Muslim and Croat communities to create an ethnically pure Serbian state.
Bernanke Sentence Moves Market
Feb 26th, 2010 · This week has been a crucial one for the U.S. economy. Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before Congress on the Federal Reserve's exit-strategy. That is: How will officials turn the life support system off for the U.S. financial sector without destroying the system.
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