Thursday, September 18, 2008

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

Here are some highlights of today's show:

Investors are moving fast into safe places. Demand for Treasury securities is high; gold prices are shooting up. Many people with funds in money markets are wondering whether they are still safe. More on the economy at 5:10, 6:10, 7:10 and 8:10.

American parents have yet to fully embrace the idea of getting their adolescent daughters vaccinated against HPV. Although the vaccine could help protect against cervical cancer, parents say they're concerned about possible side effects, costs, and the message vaccination may send to young girls. That story airs at 6:45 and 8:45.

Police arrested 12 more people today as the Chinese government expands a crackdown in a scandal involving tainted milk powder. The tainted milk formula has killed three babies and sickened 62-hundred. More at 5:25 and 7:25.

In 1923, four brothers formed a motion picture studio that still thrives today -- Warner Brothers. Film reviewer Richard Schickel has written a book and produced a documentary for PBS, "You Must Remember This," to celebrate 85 years of Warner Brothers movie history. We'll go to Burbank to walk through the famous WB back lot. That's where many of the studio's most famous movies were shot.  We'll hear more at 7:51.

Thanks for listening.