NPR People: Melissa BlockMelissa Block is the newest host of All Things Considered, NPR's award-winning daily evening newsmagazine. She began hosting All Things Considered in February 2003.Bush Puts New Focus On Bin Laden, Al-Qaida- September 12, 2008 NPR has learned that the Bush administration is pushing for increased military action along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. The plan is part of an effort to kill or capture Osama bin Laden and other top al-Qaida leaders by the time the president leaves office.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94575902&ft=1&f=2100245 In New Orleans, Trash Magnate Cleans Up- September 12, 2008 Sidney Torres, 33, started a trash company after Hurricane Katrina. As he rides through the French Quarter on his all-terrain vehicle, he's greeted like royalty for cleaning up the neighborhood. He says residents will come back if they see others making a change.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94567163&ft=1&f=2100245 Lance Armstrong Announces Comeback- September 9, 2008 Lance Armstrong has announced he's coming out of retirement and is determined to win an eighth Tour de France. Armstrong retired in 2005 after winning seven back-to-back Tours.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94436412&ft=1&f=2100245 McCain, Palin Campaign In Ohio- September 9, 2008 Sen. John McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin campaigned in Lebanon, Ohio, Tuesday. The two Republicans gave an upbeat assessment of the situation in Iraq. They also criticized Barack Obama's position on the "surge."http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94428393&ft=1&f=2100245 McCain, Palin Campaign In Missouri- September 8, 2008 Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin campaigned in Missouri and touched on many of the same points made at the GOP convention. McCain indirectly talked about the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, criticizing it as a bailout.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94394593&ft=1&f=2100245 Gustav, Hanna Batter Haiti- September 5, 2008 Tropical storm Hanna and Hurricane Gustav have overwhelmed Haiti with floods and mudslides that have killed more than 130 people. The city of Gonaive is almost entirely cut off from the rest of the country. Officials call the situation "catastrophic."http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94332535&ft=1&f=2100245 Obama: GOP Convention Ignored Middle-Class Woes- September 5, 2008 Barack Obama said the Republican convention's focus on John McCain's biography came at the expense of the struggles of the middle class. The comments came in a campaign appearance in Duryea, Pa., a day after McCain became the GOP presidential nominee.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94332526&ft=1&f=2100245 McCain, Palin Cast Themselves As Outsiders- September 5, 2008 Sen. John McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin, cast themselves as reformers determined to challenge the political establishment. They appeared at a campaign stop in Cedarburg, Wis., a day after McCain accepted the Republican presidential nomination.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94332523&ft=1&f=2100245 Candidates Sound Off On Unemployment- September 5, 2008 The Labor Department has said the unemployment rate for August was a five-year high of 6.1 percent. Employers cut early 84,000 jobs during the month. Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama both have plans they say will create more jobs.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94332502&ft=1&f=2100245 Obama Fires Back At Palin Attacks- September 4, 2008 Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin addressed the Republican National Convention Wednesday and leveled a series of withering attacks at Barack Obama. The Democratic presidential nominee has responded during a pair of battleground campaign stops in Pennsylvania.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94290420&ft=1&f=2100245 |