Friday (yay!), August 29, 2008

AMERICA'S HOST: STEVE INSKEEP; NEWSCASTS: Giles Snyder, Jean Cochran
CALIFORNIA/NEVADA HOST: Donna Apidone; NEWSCASTS: Steve Shadley

Here are some highlights of today's show:

Was Sacramento City Councilman Steve Cohn right to cancel a showing of "Breakfast at Tiffany's"?  Ginger Rutland has the Sacramento Bee commentary this morning at 5:33 and 7:33.

Barack Obama has accepted his party's nomination as candidate for President.  More on the story this morning at 5:10, 6:10, 7:10 and 8:10.

Using high speed video cameras, scientists at Caltech have analyzed how flies avoid being swatted (or eaten, as the case may be).  That's at 6:25 and 8:25.

This week's installment of Story Corps features Betty Esper. For decades, Esper worked at U-S Steel's Homestead Works in Pennsylvannia. But when the plant shut down in the mid 1980s she and thousands of others lost their jobs. She describes to her friend, Mark Fallon, what the mill meant to the area.  We'll hear from her at 5:25 and 7:25.

Thanks for listening.  Enjoy the long holiday weekend.