Nov 11th, 2008 · Observant Mormons symbolically baptize dead people to give them the chance to accept Christ in the afterlife. Holocaust survivors complain that they are sometimes using names of people who died in Nazi concentration camps.
Nov 8th, 2008 · A three-story school in Haiti crashed to the ground Friday while morning classes were in session. At least 75 children were killed. Isabelle Mouniaman Nara, the head of the mission in Haiti for Doctors Without Borders, talks about rescue efforts.
Oct 30th, 2008 · Singer-songwriter Ellis Paul has released 14 albums in a career spanning two decades, including his recent Dragonfly Races. In his latest appearance on Mountain Stage, Paul performs selections from a record due out early next year, as well as a ballad about Hurricane Katrina survivors.
Oct 17th, 2008 · Volunteers are searching for remains of victims from the Spanish Civil War in an effort to bring posthumous justice to those who were killed in the 1930s conflict. Time is against them, as there are few remaining survivors who remember what actually happened.
Oct 6th, 2008 · J.T. Nesbitt lost everything he had in Hurricane Katrina, including a thriving motorcycle design business. Now the motorcycle mechanic is hoping to put his life back together, by breaking a 200 mph land speed record using a car he salvaged from the flood.
Sep 16th, 2008 · Almost seven years after being exposed to anthrax, postal worker Patrick O'Donnell says he's a different man. He says he's glad the FBI found a suspect in the case, but the development can't solve all his problems.
Sep 14th, 2008 · Texas and Louisiana have been declared disaster areas, more than a million people are away from their homes, and gasoline prices are on the rise. All are consequences of the enormous Hurricane Ike which slammed into south Texas Saturday, flooding thousands of homes and sending hundreds of rescue personnel out searching for survivors.
Sep 4th, 2008 · Survivors of the raid in Azizabad, the Afghan government and the U.N. counted many more dead from the Aug. 22 raid than the U.S. government.