Most Recent | Older Broadcasts July 2008 Previous Month Week of July 23, 2008 New research shows that Americans are paying too much for inadequate health care. I'll have the details. A new sport has emerged from the unlikely combination of chess and boxing. Lucy has the scoop on this wacky game based on a French comic book. The blind will soon be able to surf the web more freely with a new program called WebAnywhere. Isaac will explain. Oceans and rivers and lakes, oh my! Adelbert has the story on the wet early years of the planet Mars. After decades of conflict, relations between the US and Iran may be a warming. Michelle reports. Watch the Broadcast! Week of July 16, 2008 President Bush signed into law a controversial law that gives the government the right to spy on US citizens. I'll have the details. China is training 1,000s of cheerleaders to rally ALL Olympic athletes at the games. Lucy will explain why the Chinese plan is so unique. Calling all wingnuts and fanboys. Merriam Webster is adding new words to the dictionary. Isaac will bring you up to speed on the latest lingo. A wild wooly mammoth is now on display in Milwaukee. Adelbert has the scoop on this 14,500-year-old skeleton. Taliban soldiers launched a deadly attack on a NATO base in Afghanistan, killing nine Americans. Michelle has the story. Watch the Broadcast! Week of July 9, 2008 We will soon learn more about the life of George Washington as archeologists have unearthed remnants of his boyhood home. I tell you what they found. Athletes wearing space-age swimsuits are shattering world records. Lucy has the scoop on a controversial Speedo. A Danish-Icelandic artist has created four fantastic waterfalls in New York City. Isaac has details on the city's latest public art project. A new study shows that penguin populations are shrinking worldwide. Adelbert will explain why this is a sign of a larger environmental crisis. In Colombia, soldiers staged a daring hostage rescue operation, freeing a presidential candidate who had been held for six years! Michelle has the amazing tale. Watch the Broadcast! Week of July 2, 2008 Lawmakers in Washington DC want to ban handguns to prevent violence, but the Supreme Court said that would violate the second Amendment to the Constitution. I'll explain why. The Wimbledon tennis championships conclude this Saturday. Lucy has details on the tournament's dramatic twists and turns. Don't phone and drive! Isaac has the story on the growing number of states that are banning driving while on a cell phone. Scientists have determined there is an adventure center in the brain that drives us to take risks. Adelbert has the scoop on how this may help us to evolve and survive. Violence and murder of political opponents in Zimbabwe dashed international hopes that the African nation could hold fair presidential elections. Michelle has the details. Watch the Broadcast!