Aug 15th, 2008 · A global study shows the number of "dead zones" — areas of ocean with too little oxygen for most marine life — has increased by one-third since 1995. In the latest issue of the journal Science, researchers say these polluted waters are the leading threat to life in coastal oceans.
Jul 31st, 2008 · Former Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzic stands before the war crimes tribunal in The Hague on Thursday. Deborah Amos talks with Richard Goldstone — a former U.N. war crimes prosecutor who filed genocide charges against Karadzic back in 1995 — about the Bosnian genocide and the charges Karadzic faces.
Jul 23rd, 2008 · After living as a fugitive for more than a decade, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was arrested Monday on charges related to genocide and war crimes during the Bosnian war. U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke discusses a meeting he had with Karadzic in 1995.
Mar 13th, 2008 · The last time the U.S. dollar sank to 100 yen was 1995. Melissa Block examines what else was going on at that time.
Mar 13th, 2008 · Worries about the U.S. economy sent the dollar tumbling to a 12-year low against the Japanese yen and to record lows against the euro. The euro exceeded $1.56 for the first time, and the dollar fell as low as 99.75 yen, before bouncing back to 100.16 yen. It was the first time the U.S. currency has traded below 100 yen since November 1995.
Oct 26th, 2007 · During this World Series, baseball games are being played in two very different stadiums. Fenway Park in Boston is nearly a century old, while Coors Field in Denver opened in 1995. How might those differences and others affect the series?
Aug 24th, 2007 · All week, forecasters have been warning about the possibility of a phenomenon known as seiches along Lake Michigan. They are a common occurrence on the Great Lakes -- continuous oscillations that shift the water level, usually minutely. But in extreme cases, they can cause a huge water level drop-off -- like in July 1995, when a seiche in Lake Superior caused the water to rise and fall in the lake by 3 feet in 15 minutes, or in June 1954, when a 10-foot seiche hit Chicago's lakefront, sweeping away eight fishermen who drowned. Dr. Stephen Bortone, the director of Minnesota Sea Grant, part of the University of Minnesota, talks with Robert Siegel.
Jul 31st, 2007 · Michelangelo Antonioni's depiction of alienation made him a symbol of art-house cinema with movies such as Blow-Up and L'Avventura. He was awarded an Oscar for career achievement in 1995.