Monthly Archive: September 2005

September 15, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:23) Texas executed Frances Newton before a court and a jury of her peers were allowed to hear new evidence in her case that could have led to an acquittal. From...

September 14, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:23) The Senate blocked a bid to open an independent investigation into the post 9-11 government response to Hurricane Katrina. Failing to receive 2/3 of the necessary votes, the alternative option...

September 13, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:26) A micro radio station for Katrina evacuees in Houston is up and broadcasting. After disputes with FEMA and other government entities that opposed the station, saying it would take up...

September 12, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (6:44) For the first time in 38 years, the last Israeli soldiers left the Gaza Strip earlier this morning. And Palestinians got their first glimpses of what lay inside the fortified...

September 09, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:33) BROWN OUT Michael Brown, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is being pulled off the job in New Orleans. Brown has drawn increasing fire for mishandling the response...

September 08, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:27) More trouble for Republican Majority Leader Tom Delay. A Texan grand jury announced a series of indictments against his political action committee Texans for a Republican Majority. The PAC took...

September 07, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:03) The California state assembly voted last night to pass a landmark bill legalizing same sex marriage. Christopher Martinez has more from Sacramento. Louisiana Mayor Roy Nagin reissued an order for...

September 06, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (4:49) Typhoon Pummels Japan Typhoon Nabi came ashore in southern Japan and South Korea today, killing five people, injuring dozens and forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes. Waves driven...