Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, and Iowa City may have seen the worst of the flooding, but downstream, residents in southern Iowa and Illinois are piling up sandbags to check rising waters. Over a fifth of the corn and soybean crop is either rotting or never got planted, threatening even higher food prices worldwide. We'll speak with O. Kay Henderson, news director for Radio Iowa.
American drivers are feeling pain at the pumps....as the price of a gallon of gasoline moves beyond $4.00 a gallon. Some people are opting for public transportation. But not everyone has that as an option. So if you must drive, is there a way to increase your miles per gallon? We talk with Paul Eisenstein, editor at The Car Connection.com.
Canada's prime minister has formally and emotionally apologized for placing Canadian Indian children in residential schools all over the country from the 1870s to the 1970s. The children were forcibly removed from their families and these schools were often a magnet f