Twitter Rundown for Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Wildfires Ignite Debate Over Aerial Firefighting
With 45 large wildfires burning across the country, we look at why the forest service doesn’t own more firefighting tankers.
Things You Should Know If You’re American
What’s the difference between the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights? Is it illegal to rip a dollar bill in two? We find out in the new book, “Stuff Every American Should Know.”
NATO Convoys Can Roll Again
Trucks carrying NATO supplies are expected to cross from Pakistan into Afghanistan Wednesday for the first time in seven months. Pakistan lifted a blockade after the U.S. said it was sorry for the November air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.
Four Generations Who Posed For Norman Rockwell
Listener Jim Edgerton tells us about the lifelong friendship that began when artist Norman Rockwell and his family moved next door to the Edgertons in West Arlington, Vermont in 1943.
If you find yourself waxing nostalgic for the kind of 1970s investigative journalism that led to the Watergate hearings, you can now relive the chills and thrills of the Washington Post investigation.
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The law requires the IRS to determine whether a group is a social welfare organization, which is allowed some political activity, or a political group, which must disclose its donors.
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A conversation Here & Now’s Alex Ashlock had with Paul Monti about his son Jared Monti, who was killed in Afghanistan, sparked a song that hit No. 1 on the country charts last month.
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