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In 1919, the first group of African Americans joined the SDFD, all assigned to one station. In 1951, a forward-looking chief named George Corser decided to end the segregation. Full Focus tells the st

BP has been tapping into social media sites as part of its PR strategy. But the company's critics have been organizing online too. Welcome to Crisis Management 2.0.

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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency in three Central California counties hard hit by West Nile Virus. Officials say the mosquito-borne illness appears to be spreading rapi

Elizabeth Rubin, freelance reporter and journalist for The New York Times, talks about her extensive reporting on Afghanistan and Iraq, and the growing power of the Taliban.

Mark Hanis is a young activist for the Darfur cause. He leads a group called the Genocide Intervention Network that has raised $250,000 for the African Union peacekeeping forces in Darfur.

Life along the Grand Trunk Road connecting Indian and Pakistan offers ample evidence of the contrasts in the two countries and their cultures. But at the table, at least, you notice the similarities, not the differences. The NPR team finishes its journey on the historic road by mulling over the region's culinary legacy.

Cuban President Fidel Castro, hospitalized after surgery for abdominal bleeding, temporarily handed over control of the communist country Monday night to his brother Raul. It's the first time in Castro's 50-year rule that he's let go of authority, even for a short time. Ann Louise Bardach, author of Cuba Confidential: Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana, talks with Alex Chadwick about what happens next.

When Pakistanis marry, custom requires that the bride and groom behave with a stately reserve, despite the joy of the occasion. Julie McCarthy attends a happy occasion on the Grand Trunk Road, and asks the young couple for their view of the ceremony.

They know what the winds can do. They forecast them. Fight the fires the winds fan. Prepare for evacuations that, in years past, never came. They thought they knew, until seven days of fury began a week ago. "