May 03 In Louisiana, Local Fishermen Tapped to Help Oil Spill Cleanup Effort Correspondent Tom Bearden is reporting from Louisiana on the impact of the Gulf Coast oil spill and filed this dispatch for the Rundown. There's a new billboard in Buras, La. A personal injury lawyer is soliciting clients injured… Continue reading
May 03 Foreclosure Bargains Hurt By Chinese Drywall By Business Desk Editor’s note: As part of Paul’s continuing reporting on the foreclosure crisis, the report below examines a factor that is turning some foreclosed houses from bargains into liabilities. At the height of the building boom, contractors in the southern United… Continue reading
May 03 Watch United, Continental Airline Merger Could Be Complete by Year's End After weeks of negotiation, United Airlines announced it will buy Continental in a deal totaling more than $3 billion. Judy Woodruff talks to travel writer Rudy Maxa about the proposed merger to form the world's largest airline. Continue watching
May 02 Dispatch From Louisiana: One Bird Covered in Oil, Many Cameras Correspondent Tom Bearden is reporting from Louisiana on the impact of the Gulf Coast oil spill and filed this dispatch for the Rundown. Three dozen cameras, 50 reporters and one oil-soaked bird. An organization called Tri-State Bird… Continue reading
May 01 Dispatch from Louisiana: Fishermen Voice Their Frustrations on Oil Spill Correspondent Tom Bearden is reporting from Louisiana on the impact of the Gulf Coast oil spill and filed this dispatch for the Rundown on Saturday. The weather isn't cooperating. For several days after BP's leased oil rig… Continue reading
Apr 30 A Downbeat Derby Weekend: Writer Trots Out Horse Racing's Money Woes By Jeffrey Brown This annual running of the Kentucky Derby -- this weekend marks the 136th running -- is meant to mark a joyous time of the year, with its frilly hats, mint juleps, betting slips, and of course, the horses. Continue reading
Apr 30 Senate Primary Heats Up in Arkansas By Spencer Michels _pap_embed_custom('news01s3f05qe7c',482,304,""); One of the things U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln told me that irks her the most about Washington is the fact that she can't get a direct, non-stop flight from the capital to Little Rock. She's the senator from… Continue reading
Apr 30 Summit Aims to Broaden U.S. Ties With Muslim Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurship summit attendees. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of State It was an unprecedented gathering of Muslim entrepreneurs in an unlikely place: America's capital. More than 200 men and women, handpicked from 50 countries, return home Friday after… Continue reading
Apr 30 Friday: Traces of Oil Reach Coast; Economy Grows 3.2 Percent Communities along Louisiana's coast are bracing as oil from a vast spill in the Gulf of Mexico was expected to reach land Friday. An estimated 210,000 gallons of oil per day are believed to be leaking. (Photo by Chris… Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch News Wrap: Goldman Sachs Faces Criminal Probe In other news Friday, the federal government began a criminal probe into financial firm Goldman Sachs, following the civil charges launched by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The government also reported that consumer spending helped lift the economy last quarter,… Continue watching