Search results for

Scotland Yard says it believes Gareth Williams, whose naked and decomposing body was found locked inside a gym bag in 2010, was not murdered.

The 8 to 10 inches of snow predicted for Detroit will bring the city within reach of the record for snowiest winter in recorded history.

The number of refugees from the Syrian civil war is on the verge of surpassing 3 million, the United Nations said. Almost half of all Syrians have been forced out of their homes.

By Dave Lucashttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-992466.mp3Albany, NY – The Economic Downturn has reached far into…

Growth came in at a 1.5 percent annual rate, a sharp slowdown from the 3.9 percent gain in the previous quarter. Companies cut back on the amount of goods on shelves, but consumers continued to spend.

Taiwanese officials canceled traditional New Year celebrations and instead went to temples to pray for earthquake victims.

A resupply capsule, bearing an inflatable habitat, is en route to the International Space Station, and the first stage of the rocket that launched it has returned for a sea landing without exploding.

Nearly 40,000 union workers on the East Coast, who haven't had a contract since August, have walked out. Among other things, they object to outsourcing and two-month location transfers of employees.

Poet, critic and translator ROBERT HASS. This year, The U.S. Library Congress named HASS has the American Poet Laureate. Two collections of his work were published last year, Selected Poems 1954-1986, and Provinces 1987-1991. He translated, with poet Robert Pinsky, Czeslaw Milosz's The Separate Notebooks. His essays have appeared in The New York Review of Books, The New Republic, Antaeus, and Salmagundi. Many of his essays are collected in the book, Twentieth Century. He won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award for his first volume of poetry, Field Guide, published in 1973.(Rebroadcast. Originally aired 1/16/89.)Poet SHARON OLDS. She writes passionate and intensely personal poems about her childhood with abusive and alcoholic parents, and her own experiences as a mother and a wife. Suicide attempts in New York, and encounters on the subway also provide inspiration for her work. Sharon Olds is the recipient of the 1985 National Book Critics Circle Award for her collection titled The Dead and the Living. (Rebroadcast, Originally aired 6/29/88.

Host of Comedy Central's "Politically Incorrect," BILL MAHER. The former stand-up comic's new book is "Does Anybody Have a Problem With That: Politically Incorrect's Greatest Hits," (Villard) With panelists of diverse ideologies (Patty Hearst to Al Sharpton to G. Gordon Liddy...) and sometimes explosive conflicts, the show has been described as "the McLaughlin Group on acid." "Politically Incorrect" can be seen now on right after Nightline on ABC. BILL MAHER'S previous book is a novel called "True Story" (Random House). (REBROADCAST from 6/13/96).Actress SARAH JESSICA PARKER. She's been acting for most of her life, including playing Annie on Broadway, the young bimbo in "L.A. Story," and a fed-up fiancee in "Honeymoon in Vegas." PARKER also starred in film "Miami Rhapsody," and can currently be seen in the films "First Wives Club" and "Mars Attacks."