2003 May | Here & Now

Toronto Faces Second SARS Outbreak; Bush to Meet Putin, Iraq on Agenda; Sharon Cautiously Optimistic On Palestinian Talks; Caroll Spinney a.k.a. Big Bird; Beyond Jason Blair; 9/11 Movie Preview; A Decade Under the Influence

Child Tax Credit Dropped from Bush Tax Plan; Looking Back at the O’Neill Report; Combat Continues in Iraq; Thoughts of Regime Change in Iran; Teacher Claims Students Missing Vital Writing Education; Florida’s Third Grade Falls Short; Mailbag; Pat Metheny

Guantanamo Bay Prison Revelations; Amnesty Claims War on Terror Degrades Human Rights; Suspect Arrested in Louisiana Serial Killing Case; W.C. Fields: A Biography; The Role of Young Voters in 2004; Green Party May Support Democrat in 2004; Arizona Bar Blames Business Slump on Smoking Ban; Kathy Gunst’s Fish Kabobs

Sharon Changes Rhetoric on Palestinian Conflict; American Group Pays Jews to Leave West Bank; Canada Moves to Legalize Marijuana; Toronto Back on WHO Watch List for SARS; Mad Cow Disease in Canada; Costa Rica Behavior Program Scandal; Oregon Students Ban Blood Drive; Only the Strong Survive

Growing Tensions With Iran; Korean War MIA Veteran Remembered and Laid to Rest; Names of This Generation’s War Dead; Day in the Life of an Army; G-8, the Franco-American Spat and the World’s Economy; My Father, Marine Veteran – Commentary by Robin Young; James Dean of Jazz: A Look Back at Chet Baker

Bush Plans Middle East Trip; Assessing Civilian Deaths in Iraq; U.S. in Afghanistan; The Truth About Mulching; The Effects of the Tax Cut; Robin Young on Annika Sorenstam; Owning Mahowny

Soros Plans Iraq Watchdog Group; IAE Wants Inspectors Back in Iraq; Norwegian Officials Concerned Over Al Qaeda Threats; Cannibalism, Violence Plague the Congo; Changing Attitudes Toward Nuclear Arms; Study Says One in Five Teens Has Sex before 15; Older Americans Take Summer Jobs; Mailbag; Danny Rivera

Nation’s Terror Alert Set to High; EPA Head Christie Whitman Resigns; U.S. Bans Canadian Beef; Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood; Liberians Flee to Neighboring Countries; Oregon Students Protest Blood Drive; Essential Foods

MCI Agrees to Record Settlement; Bush Supports “Strong” Dollar; Supreme Court Allows Maine’s Lower Drug Costs; Pulmonary Disease Treatments; Report: U.S. Gun Laws Help Terrorists; U.S. Visa Changes; Arizona Group Provides Water Stations in Desert; “Lost Songs” of Lennon and McCartney

“Road Map” Dealt Blow; Analysts Probe Morocco Bombing for Al Qaeda Link; Terrorism Concerns in Chechnya; Sundance Channel Explores the Culture of Islam; The Politics of National Security; Graduating to a Tight Job Market; Miles Davis Live at the Black Hawk

Bush Corporate Tax Plan Approved in Senate; Taiwan Health Minister Resigns over SARS Outbreak; Photojournalist Steve McCurry; Jayson Blair in the News; Fusing Machine to Animal; The Matrix Reloaded

Officials Claim Bush Slanders France; Portion of Iraq Heist Money Recovered; Vinnell Corporation Targeted; Women in Postwar Iraq; High Blood Pressure Standard Adjusted; West Nile Virus Update; Mailbag; Serenity Poem Results

Texas Democrats Holed Up in Oklahoma Hotel; Drew Erdmann; The Patriots Handbook; Philadelphia Murder Shows 911 Problems; Boston Schools Bottle Water for Kids; Sauteed Fiddleheads Recipe

Bomb in Saudi Arabia Kills at Least 20; Assessing an Al Qaeda Link; History of Terrorism in Saudi Arabia; Bioinformatics Technology Conference; Professor Opposes Student-Teacher Dating Ban; David Isay’s “StoryCorps”; The Shape of Things

Bremer Takes Lead Role in Iraq; Iraq WMD Search Coming to a Close; Globe Investigates Jayson Blair; Blocks to Bush Agenda; Stem Cell Research Slowed; Remembering Elizabeth Neuffer; Amazon’s Best Book Reviewer; “Deep Community” by Scott Alarik

Iran Calls for Nuclear Power; Iraqi Art Recovered; Photojournalism in Nicaragua; Scandals in the Spotlight; Americans Out of Work; X2: X-Men United

Congress to Overturn Religion-Based Hiring Ban; NRA Frowns at Bush Stance on Semi-Automatics; Britain’s Labour Party Suspends Galloway; Charles Enderlin on Middle East Peace; Budget Cuts Hit Poor, Elderly; Mailbag May 8, 2003; The Sport of Hockey Violence

Rep. Waxman Claims Halliburton Cover-Up; Bush Denies Wilderness Protection; Critics Claim Nature Conservancy Compromises Goals; Last Stop Vienna; Study Says Fish Have Feelings; Threatened Cod Stocks; Toy Symphony; Sea Food Show

Heist in Iraq; Proposed Gun Bill Protects Manufacturers; The Psychology Behind Cutting; Education Budget Cuts; UNC Required Reading; The Dancer Upstairs

Pakistan Offers Nuclear Disarmament; “Group of 8″ Nations Meet on Terrorism; William Bennett and Gambling; McCarthy Hearings Made Public; Democratic Debate Fallout; “Old Man of the Mountain” Collapses; Holy Minimalism