Aug 9th, 2005 · Bill Maher, host of HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher, has a new book, New Rules: Polite Musings of a Timid Observer. It's a compilation of satiric segments from the show, in which he takes aim at everything from cell phones and fast food to politics.
Aug 8th, 2005 · The energy bill signed into law by President Bush offers billions of dollars in tax incentives, loan guarantees and other federal aid to promote energy production. Included in the plan is nuclear power, which supplies 20 percent of the electricity in the United States.
Aug 8th, 2005 · President Bush says the new energy bill won't bring down gasoline prices right away but would make a contribution to long-term energy independence. The president interrupted his vacation in Texas to visit the Sandia laboratory near Albuquerque, N.M., where he signed the bill into law.
Aug 7th, 2005 · Bill Moss, the founder of Capsoul Records died last week. Capsoul was a small R&B and soul music label that was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1970. During its four years, Capsoul produced a dozen singles and one album that is now considered a collector's item. Last year, the Numero Group released a compilation called Eccentric Soul: The Capsoul Years.
Aug 5th, 2005 · Forty years ago tomorrow, on August 6, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Voting Rights Act. Passage of the bill was aided by a civil-rights march in Selma, Ala., in March 1965 -- and the nation was transfixed by images of a violent suppression of the demonstration. At the center of the violence in Selma was Sheriff Jim Clark, a segregationist who came to symbolize white resistance to the Civil Rights Movement. Recently, commentator John Fleming tracked down Sheriff Clark.
Aug 4th, 2005 · Former President Bill Clinton talks to Ed Gordon from Atlanta, where earlier this week Clinton delivered the keynote address at the 30th-annual National Association of Black Journalists convention.
Aug 1st, 2005 · The gigantic energy bill headed to the president's desk would encourage new nuclear power plants, make the electricity grid more reliable and extend daylight savings time. But, it would do little to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Join host Neal Conan and guests for an exploration of energy independence.
Aug 1st, 2005 · New York's Gov. George Pataki confirms he will veto a bill that would make the so-called "morning-after" pill available without a prescription. Abortion-rights advocates in the state are hoping to pressure him into signing the legislation. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney recently vetoed similar legislation; both men are eyeing possible presidential runs in 2008.