Nov 29th, 2008 · The president has offered India the assistance of U.S. law enforcement and intelligence officials as the country begins its investigation into a bloody three-day seige that killed nearly 200 people.
Nov 28th, 2008 · While Thanksgiving is a welcomed as holiday, for some Americans it's an emotional reminder of the tragic history of Native Americans. Kevin Gover, director of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC; Victor Montejo, a professor of Native American Studies at the University of California Davis; and Kathleen Mahoney, a professor of Law at the University of Calgary in Canada discuss whether there's been enough done to reconcile the past, the power of official apologies and what steps need to be taken in the future.
Nov 24th, 2008 · Indiana is running out of funds to pay its jobless residents unemployment benefits. Officials from the state, which provides the minimum benefits required by federal law, say they will likely need to borrow money from the federal government by next month.
Nov 21st, 2008 · Private law firms charge their clients a fortune in billable hours. Now, some firms are doing away with this way of billing because clients just can't afford it any more. With the economy failing, some lawyers are finding themselves out of a job too.
Nov 21st, 2008 · What's fit to print? For Barney Rosset, the answer is an invariable "anything." His Grove Press was known for printing books other publishers wouldn't touch — and for legal crusades that changed American censorship law.
Nov 21st, 2008 · Think about that phrase in the Constitution - about how the President must be a natural-born American. If similar laws apply to the nations of central Asia, we may have to ask if a newborn baby will be entitled to run for president of Kazakhstan. A Swedish woman was on a flight over the Asian country when she gave birth. Two doctors and two nurses were on board the 11-hour flight. The baby's fine, born at 35,000 feet.
Nov 21st, 2008 · Every year as Thanksgiving approaches, friends ask NPR's Susan Stamberg for her mother-in-law's recipe for cranberry relish. The side dish combines the sweet tartness of cranberries with soothing sour cream — and gets a kick from a little horseradish. "It sounds terrible but tastes terrific," Stamberg says.
Nov 21st, 2008 · Meeting in a special session this week, lawmakers changed a controversial safe haven law they passed only last spring. The original law was intended to protect babies but led to the abandonment of kids as old as 17.