2010 May | Here & Now

Clean-up Crews Prepare For Long Haul, BP Plans Another Plug Attempt, Military Correspondent Asks Whether First Lady Advocates Enough For Military Families, Gaza Ship Attack Kills 10, Reverberates Globally, Kathy Gunst Breaks Out The Grill For Feta Cheese And Greek Olives, A Soldier Tells His Story From Vietnam

J. Richard Watkins earned more than a dozen medals for his service during the Vietnam War as a radio operator, calling in artillery support for his unit. He described his experiences in his book, now out in paperback.

As Louisiana Fends Off Oil, Obama Visits Gulf Coast, One Man’s Search For Silence, New Hampshire’s Pembroke Academy Cracks Down On Revealing Clothing, Judge Oversees ‘Foreclosure Bizarre’ Bringing Banks, Troubled Homeowners Together

A recipe from Here & Now resident chef Kathy Gunst’s for Greek-style chicken salad.

George Michelson Foy chronicles his search for peace— and complete silence– in his new book.

President Obama Defends Administration, Suspends Offshore Drilling Leases, ‘Top Kill’ Slowing Oil, MMS Head Resigns, Tension Escalates Between North and South Korea, Group Uses Zero Rupee Note To Fight Bribery In India, Oceanographer Sylvia Earle Bemoans Lack of Preparedness, Dependence on Oil, Remembering The Life Of Satchel Paige

BP Plans ‘Top Kill’ As Officials Get Grilled, A Harvard Psychologist Gets the Hollywood-Treatment, The Harsh Lives Of Kabul’s Street Children, Islamic Center Near ‘Ground Zero’ Gets Initial OK, How Students React To Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice

Dr. Ellen Langer discusses her research on the illusion of control, aging, decision-making and mindfulness theory.

Congress Considers Quadrupling Tax On Oil, Facebook Users Threaten To De-Friend Facebook, President Proposes Changes In Coin Composition, Medical Identity Theft Presents Growing Problem, David Foster Wallace In His Own Words

In 1996, Rolling Stone sent David Lipsky to profile David Foster Wallace. The two men spent five days together and Lipsky recorded their conversations on cassettes and the transcript is published in his new book. We speak to Lipsky about his memories of Wallace, who committed suicide in 2008.

Top Kill Slated For Wednesday, Dr. Sunshine Recommends Sun But Dermatologists Don’t, Arkansas Cop Killer Linked To Anti-government ‘Patriots,’ Education Secretary Duncan Denies He Wants To Bust Teacher Unions, Time Is Up For 24

Dr. Michael Holick bucks the conventional wisdom of the American Academy of Dermatology, to recommend that people seek out the midday sunshine on their arms and legs for 15-30 minutes several times each week.

Texas School Officials Set To Influence Social Studies Textbooks Nationwide, Worried About His Daughters, Cancer-Stricken Author Bruce Feiler Considers Council Of Dads, Thailand Tries To Move Forward After Deadly Anti-Government Protest, Homeland Security Eyes Farmland In Vermont, Bud Collins Readies His Pants For The French Open, Food: The New Culinary Order

In his new book, “The Council of Dads,” author Bruce Feiler details how after being diagnosed with cancer, he enlisted six men to stand in for him in his children’s lives after he was gone.

Five immigration activists staged a sit-in at Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) Tucson, Ariz. office on Monday. Three of them, who are undocumented immigrants, now face deportation hearings.

Oil From The BP Spill Clogs Louisiana’s Marshes, Financial Regulation Is Within Sight On Both Sides Of the Atlantic, Pakistan Cracks Down On YouTube And Facebook, Second Grader Asks Michelle Obama If President Will Take Away Her Mom, So You Think You’d Make a Great Book Narrator

Taliban Insurgents Target Bagram Air Base In Afghanistan, States Set Out To Copy Arizona’s Immigration Law, Legal Fallout May Follow George Rekers Sex Scandal, Will John Hinckley, Jr. Be Set Free?, Music That Messes With Your Brain To Help You Sleep, Or Focus

Tar Balls Wash Ashore In Key West, Investigation Reveals Fraud at Harvard, Colleges Increase Student Aid To Offset Climbing Tuition, Richard Blumenthal Clarifies Vietnam Record, Donors Retreat From The War On AIDS, The Rolling Stones Revisit ‘Exile On Main Street’

BP Claims Limited Success Siphoning Oil, As Large Underwater Plumes Spread, Primary Candidates Make Final Push, Returning Combat Vets Adjust To Life As U.S. Police Officers, Financial Crisis Provides Backdrop For New Wall Street Film

While Big Banks Made Bad Bets, Savvy Investors Thrived, As Oil Flows Into Gulf, Shell Oil Moves Forward With Arctic Drilling Plans, China Is Rattled By Series Of School Attacks, Soldiers In Afghanistan Spoof Lady Gaga’s ‘Telephone’ Video, Non-profit Sends Music To Troops