Jun 24th, 2005 · A solid majority of the House votes to restore $100 million in funds for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Despite that vote, the House has eliminated more than $100 million designated for CPB in other funds for digital technology and children's programming. Also Thursday, former Republican National Committee co-chair, Patricia Harrison, is named president and chief executive of the CPB.
May 2nd, 2005 · The home of Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner was rededicated this weekend in Oxford, Miss. Rowan Oak, which underwent a $1.3 million restoration, draws more than 20,000 literary pilgrims each year.
Apr 29th, 2005 · Taxpayers and foundations spend more than $1.5 billion a year to save and restore U.S. rivers, says a new study published in the journal Science. But although billions of dollars are spent on river restoration projects, there is little agreement on how their success is measured. A look at the controversy surrounding reengineering waterways.
Mar 25th, 2005 · An artist, a novelist and a paleontologist talk about restoration as it occurs in the art gallery, in a novel and in the Mongolian desert.
Mar 17th, 2005 · The Senate amends its version of the new federal budget to restore billions of dollars in proposed cuts to the Medicaid program. The amendment was approved on a vote of 52-48, with seven Republicans joining Democrats.
Jan 25th, 2005 · As Iraqis prepare to go to the polls, commentator Steve Coll reflects on Afghanistan, which held elections for the first time a few months ago. In part because of the success of those elections, Coll says, Afghanistan once again has room for much more than war and politics -- including a return to its poetic tradition.
Jan 2nd, 2005 · NPR's Jennifer Ludden talks with Andrew Jack, outgoing Moscow bureau chief for the London-based Financial Times newspaper, about his new book Inside Putin's Russia.
Sep 12th, 2004 · The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History is near the completion of its five year task to clean and restore the Star Spangled Banner, believed to have flown over Ft. McHenry during the bombardment of 1814. NPR's Liane Hansen went to the museum and got visitors' comments on the restoration.