Monday, December 5, 2005

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2005-12-05/death-penalty

The Death Penalty

10 a.m. (ET)

Executions in the U.S. top 1,000 since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. At the same time, public support for the death penalty has dropped and high-profile clemency petitions land governors and their decisions in the...

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2005-12-05/timothy-egan-worst-hard-time-houghton-mifflin

Timothy Egan: "The Worst Hard Time" (Houghton Mifflin)

11 a.m. (ET)

Hurricanes and floods have grabbed recent headlines, but some people think Mother Nature's worst assault on America took place in the 1930s. A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist tells the stories of individuals who survived the dust storms...

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