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Obama Marks Katrina Anniversary With NOLA Visit

President Obama goes to New Orleans Sunday to mark the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. It was five years ago when the monster storm roared ashore in Louisiana and Mississippi and sent a 30-foot-high wall of water crashing into the coast. Host Liane Hansen talks with NPR's Mandalit del Barco.
Posted: 08/29/2010 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

7 U.S. Troops Killed In Latest Afghanistan Fighting

Seven U.S. troops have died in weekend attacks in Afghanistan's embattled southern and eastern regions, while officials found the bodies Sunday of five kidnapped campaign workers for a female candidate in the western province of Herat.
Posted: 08/29/2010 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Danielle Now Lowest-Level Hurricane Far Offshore

Hurricane Danielle has weakened to a Category 1 storm, the lowest on the scale, as it speeds deeper into the open Atlantic far offshore.
Posted: 08/29/2010 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Glenn Beck's 'Restoring Honor' Rally: What Do You Think Now?

The conservative broadcaster drew thousands to the National Mall on Saturday. Along with Sarah Palin, he spoke of turning back to God.
Posted: 08/29/2010 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Attacks On Hutus In 1990s Could Be Genocide

A leaked U.N. draft report says the Rwandan army and its Congolese rebel allies now in power committed massacres in Congo in the 1990s that could be classified as genocide, using hoes and axes to kill people and burning others alive.
Posted: 08/27/2010 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Pace Of U.S. Economic Growth Slows To 1.6 Percent

The nation's gross domestic product grew at a 1.6 percent annual rate in the April-to-June period, mostly due to a surge in imports and a slower buildup in inventories. That's down from an initial estimate of 2.4 percent last month and much slower than the first quarter's 3.7 percent pace.
Posted: 08/27/2010 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Johnson & Johnson Recalls Failure-Prone Hip Implants

About 1 in 8 people who have received the affected hips need surgery to replace them within five years of implantation. That failure rate is more than double the average for similar products.
Posted: 08/27/2010 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Bernanke: Fed Will Take Action If Economy Falters

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank will consider making another large-scale purchase of securities if the slowing economy were to deteriorate significantly and signs of deflation were to flare. He described the economic outlook as "inherently uncertain" and said the economy "remains vulnerable to unexpected developments."
Posted: 08/27/2010 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Deadlock In Alaska Shows Tea Party Can't Be Counted Out

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, was supposed to cruise to renomination in Tuesday's primary. Instead, she is trailing her Tea Party/Sarah Palin-backed opponent. There are still 16,000 absentee ballots to be counted.
Posted: 08/25/2010 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Finding The Root Of Anti-Gay Sentiment In Uganda

Investigative journalist Jeff Sharlet traveled to Uganda to meet with the man who wrote an anti-homosexuality bill that calls for life imprisonment and the death penalty for gay Ugandans. Sharlet explains how U.S. religious leaders have encouraged the anti-gay sentiment in Uganda.
Posted: 08/25/2010 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Body Of Suspected British Spy Found In London

British authorities said the body matching the description of a missing spy was found stuffed in a bag in his apartment near the MI6 spy agency's London headquarters. Officials declined to say what work the man was doing or how long he had been employed with the government.
Posted: 08/25/2010 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines