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The Rev. Jesse Jackson spent Thursday on an apology tour after making crude remarks about Sen. Barack Obama's approach to faith-based initiatives and the black community. Veteran pollster Ron Lester and Laura Washington, of The Chicago Sun-Times, discuss the issues behind Jackson's comments and the fallout.

Under the new welfare reform legislation, some states are worried that recipients may flock toward those states that offer the best beneifits. But reporter Laura Womack of member station WAMU in Washington D.C. reports that in an unexpected twist, states like Virginia, which offer fewer benifits but have good job placement programs, may become the residences of choice for legions of welfare recipients looking for employment.

With clean-up efforts underway, relief workers in southern India concentrate on removing corpses and finding potable water. Emergency workers are also trying to get drinking water to tens of thousands of survivors. Health workers worry contaminated drinking water may result in more deaths then the 7,000 the tsunami caused. Laura Womak reports.

The U.S. Library of Congress recently made almost $15 million in grants to eight institutions to identify, collect and preserve significant digital material. The Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program seeks to preserve material that was "born digital." NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Laura Campbell of the Library of Congress.

In 2013, Laura DiGeronimo got a holiday surprise, but not the kind many people would welcome. As part of the series, "Kind World," a story about a break-up, depression and shoveling snow.

Hoosick Blooms garden and farm tour is back and better than ever. This unique event offers eight private garden and farm sites that can be visited over the course of two days. It is a self-driving tour this Saturday and Sunday, July 13-14, 2024 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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