Wednesday, June 18, 2008

AMERICA'S HOSTS: Renee Montagne and Steve Inskeep; NEWSCASTS: Carl Kasell, Jean Cochran
CALIFORNIA/NEVADA HOST: Donna Apidone; NEWSCASTS: Steve Shadley

Here are some highlights of today's show:

When oil prices go up, so do natural gas prices, and both increases have a ripple effect on the economy. Shampoo bottles, pantyhose, buttons -- you name it, and it requires oil or gas to make it. We'll hear more at 6:14 and 8:14.

We continue our series on email this morning.  Some companies are establishing systems for organizing e-mail documents. The businesses are concerned about money, how much it can cost them if they're a target of a lawsuit and have to search for pertinent e-mails in an unorganized archive. Establishing an electronic document system can also help head-off a lawsuit.  That's at 6:21 and 8:21.

It's not Friday, but we have a special reason to air a StoryCorps piece.  The late Tim Russert had both celebrity status and a soft spot for everyday Americans. In 2005, Russert conducted an interview for the StoryCorps project. He sat down with James T. Malloy, a fellow native of Buffalo, New York, former firefighter, and one-time Door-keeper of the House of Representatives. We play an excerpt from that interview on the day funeral services will be held.  That's coming up at 7:50 this morning.

Thanks for listening.