Search results for

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that the British government has called-in its military to help with the outbreak of foot-and mouth disease there. Nineteen new cases were found yesterday. Farmers are furious about the government's handling of slaughtered animals, as corpses pile up and rot. The tourism industry faces hundreds of millions of dollars in losses.

A study filed with federal regulators today alleges that wholesale electricity suppliers overcharged California by $6 billion in the last year. The California state power grid operator prepared the study of pricing data in an effort to seek reimbursement for the overcharges. Scott Horsley reports from member station KPBS in San Diego.

With the continuing violence, convincing tourists to come to Israel has been a hard sell these past few months. Israeli officials say tourism is down about 60 percent. With that in mind, they've launched a new ad campaign, urging people to visit "the Israel you don't see on the nightly news." Uzi Gafni, who represents Israel's ministry for tourism in North America, talks with Linda Wertheimer.

In the final part of our Changing Face of America series on homeschooling, NPR's Chris Arnold reports on some of the companies that are marketing educational materials to homeschool families. Parents must decide on a curriculum for each of the some $2 million homeschooled children in the country -- and there are plenty of companies willing to sell them textbooks, video courses and 8th Grade in a Box CD-Roms.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports that testimony will continue today in the naval Court of Inquiry on the accident between a U.S. submarine and a Japanese fishing boat.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on President Bush's plan to cut taxes. Many members of Congress fear the plan will follow the pattern of the Reagan tax-cut in 1981, which quickly ballooned with breaks and favors for special interests.

Host Bob Edwards talks with David Field, USA Today airline reporter, on the Bush administration's plans to cut $368 million from the Federal Aviation Administration's budget for the next fiscal year -- in a time of high stress for airports, airlines, and passengers.

President Bush sent the centerpiece of his domestic agenda to Congress today, seeking approval of a tax cut plan valued at one-point-six-trillion dollars over the next ten years. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports from Capitol Hill.

NPR's John Nielsen has talked with researchers who went into the north woods and threw wolf dung at moose, and reports that moose can't distinguish it from shinola. That's bad because the scent of wolf should scare moose away. With wolves being reintroduced into the wild, moose had better learn. The researchers are happy to report that, eventually, they do. They're not stupid, just forgetful.

NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg reports on the newest endeavor by artist James Turrell -- an exhibit featuring drawings and videos of his study of light in an extinct volcano. Check out the Roden Crater. (6:52