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  • An Adventure On The High Seas Stormed By Pirates
    British retirees Rachel and Paul Chandler were sailing in the Indian Ocean in 2009 when their boat was hijacked by Somali pirates. They were held captive in Somalia for more than a year. Guest host Viviana Hurtado speaks to the couple about their experience, which they documented in the memoir Hostage: A Year at Gunpoint with Somali Pirates.
  • Details Emerge In Shooting By Empire State Building
    A gunman opened fire outside the Empire State Building on Friday, shooting and wounding several people. The Associated Press reported that the gunman had recently been fired, and that he shot a former colleague to death.
  • Penn State freshman Samuel Russ, of Germantown, Md., and his mother, Rina Russ, moving his things into the dorm.
    At Penn State, New Students Weigh Stigma Of Scandal
    The university reports it will exceed its enrollment goal as the fall term begins. Still, new students and their parents have some pragmatic questions about how the scandal will affect them.
  • EPA awards $17M grant to La. for water systems
    Louisiana is receiving a $17 million federal grant for improvements to public drinking water systems.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced…
  • LA Swift bus service hits millionth ride benchmark
    LA Swift, the state-run commuter bus service between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, will reach its millionth ride this month.That's according to the state…
  • Subsidy increase to Cajundome to be considered
    The Lafayette City-Parish Council is considering an increased subsidy to the Cajundome.The Advertiser reports the council this week briefly discussed…
  • A Century Of Forest Philosophy In One Image
    A panorama of a forest in Arizona compares forest lands that have been trimmed and thinned with untreated tree stands. Untreated stands are more vulnerable to bigger fires.
  • ACT Says A Quarter Of High Schoolers Are College Ready
    Surprisingly, this is good news, as the test-takers have improved their science and math scores.
  • Joao (Gustavo Jahn) and Sofia (Irma Brown) are among the inhabitants of the Recife, Brazil, street where <em>Neighboring Sounds</em> takes place.
    How Brazil Lives Now, In 'Neighboring Sounds'
    Brazilian culture is often portrayed as either joyful folk tradition or brutal gang violence. But Kleber Mendonca Filho's Neighboring Sounds penetrates into the daily lives of suburban Brazilians — and criticJohn Powers says it may be the best Brazilian film since the '70s.
  • David Eagleman Gets Inside Our Heads
    In his book Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain neuroscientist David Eagleman says "most of what we do and think and feel is not under our conscious control." Eagleman discusses the book, and his latest research on the possible link between time perception and schizophrenia.
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