Aug 21st, 2007 · An audience-driven online competition -- and a panel of expert judges -- picked two aspiring novelists from among 2,600 would-be literary lights. Now their books are coming to a Borders near you.
Jul 17th, 2007 · Tintin in the Congo won't be in Borders bookstores' children's sections when the book is re-issued in the United States this fall. The installment of the popular series by the Belgian cartoonist Herge was written in the early 1930s and contains racist depictions of Africans.
Jun 21st, 2005 · On the second day of her trip across America, Chideya stopped in El Paso, Texas, to talk with Robert Boatwright, an agent with the U.S. Border Patrol. In the typical blazing heat of summer, they talk about securing the U.S.-Mexico border where Mexico meets the state borders of New Mexico and Texas.
Jun 15th, 2005 · Inside the European Union, the borders are open, most countries use the same currency, but the constitution is dead on arrival. Following stunning "no" votes in France and the Netherlands, European leaders gather to reconsider the ties that bind.
May 27th, 2005 · International law requires nations to report outbreaks of only three diseases: cholera, plague and yellow fever. That's changing under sweeping new regulations approved this week that require nations to tell the World Health Organization about any outbreak with the potential to spread across borders.
May 16th, 2005 · The Supreme Court strikes down state laws forbidding residents from importing wine directly from out-of-state wineries. The court ruled 5-4 that the laws are discriminatory and anti-competitive.
Feb 24th, 2005 · Israeli director Eran Riklis' new film looks at the Middle East conflict through the story of a family divided by political borders -- and a wedding of sadness, not celebration.
Jan 26th, 2005 · The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to reopen the market to Canadian cattle in March. But as NPR's Greg Allen reports, in Canada's cattle country, mad cow disease has sown distrust in an industry where borders once didn't matter.