5:28am

Tue June 28, 2011
NPR News Investigations

Flawed Child Death Probes Cause Wrongful Convictions

NPR News Investigations, ProPublica and PBS "Frontline" analyzed nearly two dozen cases in which people have been accused of killing children based on flawed work by forensic pathologists. Some of the accused were later cleared. Others are still in prison.

4:00am

Tue June 28, 2011
Business

Business News

Protesters in Greece are demonstrating against government plans to slash the national budget, raise taxes and sell-off state assets. The prime minister is trying to get another austerity plan though parliament this week.

4:00am

Tue June 28, 2011
Law

Supreme Court Overturns Ariz. Campaign Finance Law

The measure offered public funds to state legislative and executive-branch candidates who abide by tight contribution and spending limits.

4:00am

Tue June 28, 2011
Economy

State Government Shutdown Looms In Minnesota

At issue is how to fill a five-billion-dollar budget gap. Democratic Governor Mark Dayton wants to raise income taxes on top earners. But Republicans, who control the legislature, oppose any tax hikes. If there's no deal by July first, agencies will stop operating. Matt Sepic of Minnesota Public Radio reports.

4:00am

Tue June 28, 2011
Law

Parts Of Ga. Immigration Law Blocked From Taking Effect

A U.S. District judge has blocked two of the more controversial portions of Georgia's new immigration law from taking effect. But the law will continue to require businesses to check the status of new hires. Georgia farmers say that gives them little time to adjust for this summer's harvest. Charles Edwards of member station WABE reports.

4:00am

Tue June 28, 2011
Middle East

Flotilla To Challenge Israel's Economic Blockade Of Gaza

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists from the U.S., Europe and Canada are organizing a 10-ship flotilla to challenge Israel's economic blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Israel says the blockade is necessary to prevent smuggling of arms into Gaza. Hanging over the mission is the dark shadow of last year's flotilla that ended with an Israeli commando raid on a Turkish vessel and left nine activists dead.

The hub of this year's operation is Athens, Greece, where organizers accuse Israel of using diplomatic pressure to sabotage their effort.

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4:00am

Tue June 28, 2011
Law

Ex-Ill Gov. Blagojevich Faces Lengthy Prison Sentence

A federal jury in Chicago convicted former Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich on 17 wide-ranging corruption charges Monday. Bagojevich was accused, among other things, of trying to sell President Obama's former Senate seat for personal gain.

4:00am

Tue June 28, 2011
Business

The Last Word In Business

Renee Montagne has the Last Word in business.

12:30am

Tue June 28, 2011
Post Mortem: Death Investigation in America

The Child Cases: Guilty Until Proven Innocent

Her name was Isis Charm Vas and at 6 months old she was a slight child – fifth percentile in height and weight.

When the ambulance sped her to Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo on a Saturday morning in October 2000, doctors and nurses feared that someone had done something awful to her.

A constellation of bruises stretched across her pale skin. CT scans showed blood pooling on her brain and swelling. Blood was found in her vagina. The damage was so severe that her body's vital organs were shutting down.

Less than 24 hours later, Isis died.

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12:01am

Tue June 28, 2011
Author Interviews

An 'Untold Story': What If Princess Diana Survived?

In 2003, Writer Monica Ali made a literary splash with a debut novel, Brick Lane, about a young immigrant woman who longs for home. Today, Ali is once again attracting attention — this time with a novel about a world-famous royal trying to get as far away from home as possible.

In Untold Story, Ali imagines what might have happened if Princess Diana had survived that 1997 car crash in Paris — and then gone on to fake her own death.

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