(07/22/10) Why would a heavy fur cape, like a lion's mane, be appropriate on a tropical savanna? As with male fashion in humans--it appears the that the lionesses of the Serengeti like it--the thicker and darker, the better. Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager talk hair.
In both Democratic and Republican contests, some voters continue to register their unhappiness with the choices before them. The latest votes came Tuesday in Arkansas and Kentucky.
At the first congressional hearing into the scandal, Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine will make the case that Secret Service supervisors have turned a blind eye to bad behavior.
Insurgent candidates won contested congressional GOP primaries in two states on Tuesday. In a Kentucky district, the favorite for the fall prevailed thanks to some assistance from a wealthy 21-year-old benefactor.
Shakil Afridi was recruited by the U.S. to try to collect DNA samples from the al-Qaida leader or his family members, to prove that bin Laden was in Pakistan. A local court in Pakistan's tribal areas has convicted him of treason.
Voting has begun in the country's first free presidential election. It was just a little more than a year ago that the regime of President Hosni Mubarak was toppled.
Adirondack News Fund Founding Supporters:
Paul Smith's
College, The College of the Adirondacks ·
Wildlife Conservation Society ·
Adirondack Medical Center Foundation ·
Adirondack Museum · Niagara Mohawk
Foundation · Schumann Foundation
· John A. Sellon Charitable Trust
· several anonymous individual donors
St. Lawrence University, Canton,
New York 13617 • phone: 1-877-388-6277 • email
radio@ncpr.org
National Public Radio • 
American Public Media • 
Public Radio International
