2011 April | Here & Now

Does the Navy need 50 attack submarines when the nation’s main enemy hides in caves? Does the Army still need 80,000 troops in Europe? TIME Magazine asked provocative questions about U.S. military spending.

From The Rolling Stones, Radiohead and more.

In the course of their study on information processing, Harvard University professor Gary King discovered that members of Congress spend more than a quarter of their time on partisan taunting.

From Moby, The Lickets and more.

Two Western photojournalists were killed Wednesday in Libya while covering battles between rebels and Libyan government forces. Tim Hetherington co-directed an Oscar-nominated documentary and Chris Hondros was a world-renowned war photographer.

Security officials in Pakistan say they now believe the vast majority of those involved in suicide bombings in the country are teenage boys who’ve been groomed by the Taliban.

A memoir in six words — beautiful.

About 12 million Americans have food allergies and the rate of allergies is rising sharply. New research questions whether steering clear of peanuts is a good thing.

From Deathcab For Cutie, Ashley MacIsaac and more.

We discovered what SMITH Magazine discovered — sometimes it takes just six words to tell a touching story, make someone laugh or get an inside window to someone’s head. So, last chance, can you write your life’s story in six words?

What happens to your Facebook posts and emails after you die? Can your family have access to them? Can you will your Facebook page to someone else? We look at the digital afterlife.

A year later, what is known about what went wrong during the BP oil spill? And what system is now in place to cap an oil leak, should it happen again?

France says it already has military liaison officers on the ground in the rebel-held city of Benghazi and, at the request of the rebels, President Nicholas Sarkozy says France will intensify air strikes against Moammar Gadhafi’s forces. France and Italy are joining Great Britain in military efforts to aid Libyan rebels.

Drought in many cotton growing countries has effected the crop and demand for cotton is growing. Could synthetics be in the future?

The oil that spewed from BP’s Macondo well last year killed 7,000 birds throughout the Gulf of Mexico. The HBO documentary, “Pelican 895″ tells the story of the rescue effort by following the rehabilitation of one brown pelican.

Today we look at the health of the Gulf waters one year after the BP spill, and the dust-up over new allegations that author Greg Mortenson’s book “Three Cups Of Tea” is full of inaccuracies.

A year after the start of the BP spill, we look at the health of the Gulf, and speak with an Oysterman about his business in Louisiana. The state traditionally generates more of the oysters eaten in the U.S. than any other.

We check in on the world of (very) young Gospel, with the Oladipo sisters, which includes 5-year-old Olajuwon, 12-year-old Oladunni, and three other sisters. They’re putting gospel to R&B beats, which you can hear in their new songs and a video.

From Ahmad Jamal, Radiohead and more.

CBS’ 60 Minutes and Journalist Jon Krakauer are accusing author Greg Mortenson of fabricating parts of his famed book “Three Cups Of Tea.” Was it, as Krakauer alleges, “Three Cups Of Deceit?”