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Sex, drugs and oil: Energy ethics scandal (episode)
Money, sex and oil: it sounds like the prime time soap opera "Dallas." But now it's Denver where that dangerous mix is in the headlines. U.S. government officials in charge of colle...
Hillary Clinton got cheers when referred to the people who voted for her in the primaries as "18 million cracks" in the glass ceiling for women in politics; now Sarah Palin has arrive...
In 2001, after the fall of the Taliban, experts warned of a nightmare scenario. They projected that the Taliban and al-Qaida would leave Afghanistan and infiltrate neighboring Pakista...
Fekkak Mamdouh was scheduled for work on the 107th floor of the WTC’s North Tower on the day of the September 11, 2001 attacks. A former waiter at Windows on the World restaurant, he ...
The events of September 11th still seem too fresh to qualify as American history. High school teachers are grappling with how to teach this event to kids, some of them just seven yea...
September 11th, 2001, was the first day of school for John Hockenberry’s twin daughters. He looks back at that day and the lessons he and daughters learned.
For seven years, American officials have tried to work with Pakistan to fight al-Qaeda and the Taliban. But after months of debate, the Bush administration is allowing Special Ops for...
The Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, has arrived in Poland on his first visit since Russia sent troops into Georgia last month. In talks with the Polish prime minister and for...
What you see is what you get, right? Well, it seems it’s not quite that simple. A growing body of scientific work has studied how what we perceive — or think we perceive — can have le...
It’s called “security theater:” highly visible measures that serve no genuine security purpose. Those National Guard troops you see at the airport? Generally those big guns aren’t l...
The iconic chime of Big Ben marks the hours, but an artist found a way to bend time as the clock keeps it. The BBC partnered with American sound sculptor Bill Fontana on a public art...
President Bush will dedicate a memorial at the Pentagon today, as the nation reflects on seven years since the September 11th terrorist attacks. The president starts this morning with...
Power sharing talks continue in Zimbabwe following the disputed election there. President Robert Mugabe has so far refused to yield or share power with opposition leader Morgan Tsvan...
WNYC's Arun Venugopal reports live from Ground Zero.