Curtain Rises On Colorado Caucuses
[5 Feb 2012 at 7:00am]
Colorado holds its Republican caucuses on Tuesday. Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul have focused their attention there recently. The state will also be a key battleground in the general election contest. From Denver, Kirk Siegler of member station KUNC reports.
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On Defense, Neither Super Bowl Team Wins
[5 Feb 2012 at 7:00am]
In football, defense wins championships, or so the saying goes. That hasn't been true recently. In fact, both teams in Sunday's Super Bowl, the Giants and the Patriots, featured less-than-stout defenses through the season. NPR's Mike Pesca has some possible reasons why.
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Support, Protest And Hiccups During The Nev. Caucus
[5 Feb 2012 at 7:00am]
Mitt Romney was the big winner in Saturday's Nevada caucus, leaving runner-up Newt Gingrich in the dust. Organizers said tens of thousands of people participated in the West's first presidential contest of the year, and some of them were still taking part late into the night. NPR's Carrie Kahn reports.
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Voting Their Own Way: Maine's Extra-Long Caucuses
[5 Feb 2012 at 7:00am]
In the midst of a primary season where every state is trying to outdo the rest, Maine is content to do caucuses its own way. The state's many small towns have long held individual caucuses any time between January and March, and the state Republican Party's efforts to reel them into a single week has had mixed success. Host Rachel Martin speaks with political writer Al Diamon.
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UN Ambassador Susan Rice Fumes At Syria Veto
[5 Feb 2012 at 7:00am]
The U.N. Security Council failed Saturday to pass a resolution aimed at stopping the escalating violence in Syria. China and Russia vetoed the resolution despite days of high-level negotiations, including behind-the-scenes efforts by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Susan Rice. Host Rachel Martin talks with Rice, who says the United States was "disgusted" by the double veto.
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Worshipers Kicked Out Of N.Y. School On Principle
[5 Feb 2012 at 5:10am]
For years, small churches have been meeting in New York City's public schools. One church, Grace Fellowship, has been gathering at PS-150 in Queens since 2006. In one week, though, they will be evicted. "Freedom for a church to take over a school and convert it to a house of worship is not what our Constitution stands for," says a civil liberties proponent.
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Romney Vows To Take Nevada's Vote To Washington
[5 Feb 2012 at 5:09am]
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney won the Nevada caucus Saturday by a wide margin, with Newt Gingrich in a distant second. Romney soared ahead in part because of the state's large Mormon population, but he was dominant across a broad swath of demographics.
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'Driving America': A Cultural Road Trip Through Time
[3 Feb 2012 at 7:13pm]
The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich., is to automobiles what the National Gallery is to art. The museum's new exhibit, "Driving America," looks at the automobile from the point of view of the driver.
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Why Do We Love The Giants? It's All Psychology
[5 Feb 2012 at 5:11am]
In the question of who will win the Super Bowl, there is a growing consensus: the Giants over the Patriots. Some solid analysis backs this up, but mostly we're relying on no good reasons.
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Recliners Score Big With Super Bowl Watchers
[4 Feb 2012 at 2:48pm]
Sales of reclining chairs and sofas are as hot as New York Giants receiver Victor Cruz's touchdown dance. Or, for you New England Patriots fans, as popular as star tight end Rob Gronkowski's sprained ankle.
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Lost Malcolm X Speech Heard Again 50 Years Later
[4 Feb 2012 at 4:17pm]
Brown University senior Malcolm Burnley was working on a class assignment in the library archives last fall when he made a startling discovery: a forgotten speech that Malcolm X, the Muslim minister and human rights activist, had made to the university in 1961.
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Occupy D.C. Camp Dismantled Quietly By Park Police
[4 Feb 2012 at 10:24am]
Since the early a.m., U.S. Park Police have been moving into a park near the White House where the Occupy D.C. movement has been encamped for months. Some officers are on horseback and dressed in riot gear, but there haven't been any major clashes so far.
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Houseboat Company Floats Back To Business
[4 Feb 2012 at 7:00am]
One employer just starting to come back from the brink is Majestic Yachts Incorporated, a houseboat manufacturer in Kentucky. Guest host David Greene checks back in with the CEO, Jim Hadley. He last spoke to Hadley in February 2009 as part of NPR's First 100 Days Project about the impact of the recession.
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Sturgeon Scarcity Affects More Than Caviar
[4 Feb 2012 at 7:00am]
Sturgeon have been swimming around for more than 200 million years, but their eggs are sought after for caviar. This week, the National Marine Fisheries Service placed the Atlantic sturgeon on its endangered species list. Guest host David Greene speaks with Dr. Ellen Pikitch, executive director of the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University.
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