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  • Loophole Lets Toxic Oil Water Flow Over Indian Land
    The air reeks so strongly of rotten eggs that tribal leader Wes Martel hesitates to get out of the car at an oil field on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. He already has a headache from the fumes he smelled at another oil field.
  • During the decade-long drought that turned the southern Plains into the Dust Bowl, the hardest hit area was centered on Boise City, Oklahoma, in a part of the Panhandle formerly known as No Man’s Land. And the worst storm of all hit on Palm Sunday, April 14, 1935—a day remembered as Black Sunday. Here the storm sweeps over a farmstead on its way toward Boise City.
    The Dust Bowl
    Airs Tuesdays, April 23 & 30, 2013 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV
  • Slimy, Green Algae Could Power Our Cars in the Future
    Why are scientist around the country exploring the potential of algae as a biofuel? What could be the advantages to using algae as a biofuel, instead of using crop-based sources like corn and sugar?
  • NASA's Phoenix Lander Confirms Ice Exists On Mars
    In the ongoing search to see whether conditions on the Red Planet could once have supported life, NASA scientists extend the Phoenix Mars Lander's mission through September.
  • Obama Tells SoCal Crowd His Administration is Taking Action on Housing Crisis
    President Barack Obama walked out to thunderous applause at a town hall meeting near downtown Los Angeles today, where he told the crowd his administration is taking steps to resolve the housing crisi
  • Linda Hill drew from her own experiences with Hodgkin's lymphoma and thyroid, breast and colon cancer to produce T-shirts poking fun at frightening and deadly diseases.
    Battling Cancer With T-Shirts And Laughter
    Linda Hill's experience with multiple cancers led her to create a niche line of T-shirts. She and her family have created many aphorisms — or cancer zingers — that are embroidered on shirts. The one-liners help patients cope with breast, colon and other types of cancer.
  • Local Reporter in Beijing as Olympic Games Begin
    San Diego sports reporter Mark Zeigler is in Beijing this morning for the start of the Olympic Games. He's been reporting on the Olympics in the Union-Tribune, and KPBS' Morning Edition hosts Dwane Br
  • Florida Faces Drastic Change From Sea Level Rise
    Few places in the country are as vulnerable to sea level rise as Florida. Miami Beach, the Keys and Palm Beach are just a few of the communities that may be largely underwater if, as some are predicting, the sea level rises 3 or 4 feet over the next century.
  • Saakashvili Signs Deal To End Conflict With Russia
    Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili said Friday he had signed a cease-fire deal with Russia to end hostilities, but he accused NATO of "inviting Russian aggression" by rejecting his nation's entry into the West's mutual defense pact.
  • Kitchen workers in the Indian city of Lucknow prepare dough for making Indian flatbread, called naan. Lucknow is famous for its opulent feasts.
    Few Indian Chefs Still Cook in the Courtly Tradition
    Nawabi cuisine is part of a centuries-old Indian tradition, where dozens of spices are used and unexpected dishes are created. This involved style of cooking is a fading tradition in India.
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