Evening News

In Zimbabwe, in southern Africa, Robert may still be president, but his cabinet is in crisis.The cabinet seats for his party total fifteen.These cabinet seats control finance, foreign affairs, police, justice and government information.The main opposition party currently co... Read more

17 innoncent Uighurs refugees who have been imprisoned at Guantanamo are scheduled for a Habeas hearing in federal court on Tuesday. They are among the first prisoners to have the hearings, since the Supreme Court upheld their right to them in a June decision. The Supreme C... Read more

Democracy Reform Oregon has released a detailed analysis of Loren Parks and his 11 million dollars in contributions to Oregon campaigns since 1992.     KBOO Reporter Crystal Leighty spoke with Janice Thompson, one of the reports’ authors Read more

Wall Street suffered through another volatile session today.The Dow Jones plunged as much as 800 points — the largest EVER one-day point drop — before recovering to close with a loss of three hundred seventy. The selling spree took the Dow below 10,000 points for the first ... Read more

  This edition  of Civil Liberties Watch is a roundup of current cvil liberty battles and their heroes. From the resignation of Prosecutor Vandeveld at Guantanamo to  charges being dropped against journalists arrested at the RNC victories for civil liberties are being won.O... Read more

This morning, five military veterans at the front of the national archives building in Washington DC climbed a nine foot retaining fence to occupy a thirty five foot high ledge .The group has declared its intention to stay on the ledge and fast in remembrance of those who h... Read more

The local branch of the national housing and political action group, ACORN, will hold a rally this Friday in St. John's calling for the city to address safety problems at key intersections. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg spoke with Dan Bell, a representative of the group Read more

According to a new report, Alaskan doctors are prescribing psychiatric drugs to children at alarming rates.K-BOO's Crystal Leighty reports. Read more

Now we go to KBOO's Jenka Soderberg, who spoke by phone with our Washington DC correspondent Spencer Raymond.  He addresses the financial crisis, and the bailout proposed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulsen, the Ted Stevens trial, and recent allegations about McCain's campa... Read more

Oregon representative Peter DeFazio spoke this morning on KBOO’s Air Cascadia about the proposed government bailout of the financial industry. Read more