Mar 16th, 2010 · The FCC wants to speed the Internet to millions of American families who don't currently have access. That's part of a plan the agency will present to Congress Tuesday. Some of the funds could come from an auction of public airwaves. And that could mean a fight with broadcasters currently using the spectrum for free.
Mar 15th, 2010 · Authorities suspect members of a gang of hit men allied with the Juarez drug cartel separately ambushed two cars carrying families with ties to the U.S. consulate in this violent border city, killing an American couple and a Mexican man.
Mar 14th, 2010 · Kulthum's legendary concerts were broadcast live from Cairo, on the first Thursday of each month from the 1930s to the early '70s. The Arab world's buzz and bustle stopped, from Medina to Marrakesh, from Jeddah to Jerusalem. Shops closed. Families gathered to listen for four, five, even six hours of rapture.
Mar 14th, 2010 · NATO forces, who took the southern Afghan region of Marjah last month, are now trying to establish their hold on it by winning the confidence of local people. That includes paying for damage to businesses and farms from battle and paying condolences to families of civilians who were killed. A U.S. Marine commander faces one of his hardest tasks: apologizing and paying compensation to the family of a father whom Marines killed by mistake.
Feb 22nd, 2010 · The foreclosure crisis has hit families across America, with marriages disintegrating in the face of economic hardship. Janis Bowdler is deputy director of the Wealth Building Policy Project at the National Council of La Raza. Last week, the council published a survey of 25 Latino families and how they are affected by the current economic crisis. Joel Kotkin, distinguished presidential fellow at Chapman University in Orange, Calif., talks about the effect of foreclosures on families. He is the author of The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050 , a look at how the nation will evolve in the next four decades.
Feb 17th, 2010 · Further tests of a Belgian man in a vegetative state found that he was not able to communicate with researchers. The findings debunk reports from a few months ago that gave hope to families of coma patients around the world.
Feb 13th, 2010 · In World War II, Bill Mauldin created two cartoon soldiers named and Willie and Joe. His drawings are now starring on t-shirts sold to benefit a nonprofit for military personnel and their families called The Soldiers Project. Host Scott Simon speaks to Sam Mauldin about his father's illustrations.
Feb 11th, 2010 · This year, Valentine's Day shares the 14th with Chinese New Year. Cupid had better flap his wings because it's the Year of the Tiger, and tigers don't eat chocolate. To commemorate this rare alignment, here are three books about love in Chinese families.