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  • Commentary: Still Fighting the Vietnam War
    By Walter SimpsonBuffalo, NY – John Kerry has highlighted his military record in Vietnam in order to demonstrate his national security credentials. This…
  • Sheep Used to Prune Vineyards in Southern Ontario
    By Joyce Kryszakhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wbfo/local-wbfo-847683.mp3Buffalo, NY – Wine makers are changing things up in their…
  • Commentary: A Hard Control Board Can't Solve the Problem
    By Allison DuweBuffalo, NY – Last week the Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority, the county control board, voted to enter a hard control period. No…
  • <p>Fashion designer Nailah Lymus (third from right) stands with models wearing her latest collection after a runway show.</p>
    Designer Brings Muslim Fashion To The Runway
    Nailah Lymus, a 27-year-old aspiring designer and Muslim woman, had her first runway show during New York City's Fashion Week. Her clothing line, Amirah Creations, aims for modesty, but is also "transitional" in catering to both Muslims and non-Muslims.
  • Herman Cain's Base Ponders His Accusations
    Herman Cain is near the top of a new national poll, despite battling allegations of sexual harassment from a dozen years ago. So what do his likely fans at the Americans for Prosperity Foundation conference think of Cain and charges against him? NPR's Andrea Seabrook was there and talked to some of them.
  • Scott Vener is the music supervisor for <em>How to Make It in America</em>. The season finale airs Sunday night on HBO.
    The Music Man Behind 'Entourage' Shares His Secret
    HBO's How to Make It in America airs its season finale Sunday, and if you listen close, you'll see what sets music supervisor Scott Vener apart. He got his start on the hit series Entourage, but says the credit for finding new hit music shouldn't go to him.
  • Robert Khuzami (right), director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Enforcement Division, announces that the SEC is charging six former top executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with securities fraud on Friday.
    SEC: Mortgage Execs Took Pains To Hide Risky Loans
    In fraud charges filed Friday, the agency accused six former top executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac of lying about the number of subprime loans on their books. The SEC said the executives knew what was happening and even encouraged the deception.
  • French stilt dancers from Landes, in southwestern France, walk through London on their way to the 1937 Silver Jubilee Festival of the English Folk Dance and Song Society.
    A Bird's-Eye History Of Walking On Stilts
    In 1411, the count of Namur banned the use of stilts in the Belgian city. Over the past 600 years, the elevated footwear has been used for everything from putting up drywall to fishing and even jousting.
  • Snowe Retirement Launches Political Feeding Frenzy
    There was a political scramble in Maine after Tuesday's surprise retirement announcement from Olympia Snowe, one of the state's two Republican senators.
  • Students hoping for a repeal of California's ban on affirmative action in college admissions protest outside of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Feb. 13. The Supreme Court will decide an affirmative action case next fall that could affect college admissions policies across the country.
    Case Renews Focus On Race In College Admissions
    The Supreme Court will take up the issue of racial preferences in college admissions next fall, and some fear the decision will leave universities with fewer options for increasing diversity on campus. Others say affirmative action is a crutch that is long past due for replacement.
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