NPR Topics: NewsNPR news, audio, and news podcasts. Coverage of breaking stories, national and world news, politics, business, science, technology, and extended coverage of major national and world events.A Surge To Restore Power In Texas- September 16, 2008 Half a million people have electricity again in parts of Texas ravaged by Hurricane Ike. But nearly 4 million people are still without power, and energy companies say they are working furiously to restore full power to the Houston area.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94666332&ft=1&f=1001 National Organization For Women Endorses Obama- September 16, 2008 Rarely does the National Organization For Women endorse a presidential candidate. On Tuesday, the group announced it is endorsing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Kim Gandy, president of NOW, talks about why the organization is endorsing Obama.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94658965&ft=1&f=1001 Adviser: McCain Wants Reform On Wall Street- September 16, 2008 John McCain's chief economic adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, says the Republican candidate wants to revamp the patchwork of regulations that govern economic transactions. McCain is not in favor of more regulation, he says, just uniformity.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94658962&ft=1&f=1001 Agatha Christie Recordings Discovered- September 16, 2008 More than 13 hours of audio tapes recorded by Agatha Christie have been discovered by her grandson. The reel-to-reel tapes are notes that the famed mystery author took while preparing to write her autobiography.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94658968&ft=1&f=1001 Fed Rejects Rate Cut; Talks Aim At Aiding AIG- September 16, 2008 Efforts persist to save another U.S. financial giant, insurer American International Group, from a market-rattling bankruptcy. But Federal Reserve officials monitoring the U.S. financial scene decided against cutting the federal funds rate.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94660752&ft=1&f=1001 |