Evening News

17 innoncent Uighurs refugees who have been imprisoned at Guantanamo are scheduled for a Habeas hearing in federal court on Tuesday. They are among the first prisoners to have the hearings, since the Supreme Court upheld their right to them in a June decision. The Suprem... Read more

  This edition  of Civil Liberties Watch is a roundup of current cvil liberty battles and their heroes. From the resignation of Prosecutor Vandeveld at Guantanamo to  charges being dropped against journalists arrested at the RNC victories for civil liberties are being wo... Read more

This morning, five military veterans at the front of the national archives building in Washington DC climbed a nine foot retaining fence to occupy a thirty five foot high ledge .The group has declared its intention to stay on the ledge and fast in remembrance of those wh... Read more

The local branch of the national housing and political action group, ACORN, will hold a rally this Friday in St. John's calling for the city to address safety problems at key intersections. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg spoke with Dan Bell, a representative of the group Read more

According to a new report, Alaskan doctors are prescribing psychiatric drugs to children at alarming rates.K-BOO's Crystal Leighty reports. Read more

Now we go to KBOO's Jenka Soderberg, who spoke by phone with our Washington DC correspondent Spencer Raymond.  He addresses the financial crisis, and the bailout proposed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulsen, the Ted Stevens trial, and recent allegations about McCain's ca... Read more

Oregon representative Peter DeFazio spoke this morning on KBOO’s Air Cascadia about the proposed government bailout of the financial industry. Read more

A disabled Portlander has started a new website that rates Portland businesses based on their accessibility.KBOO's Beth Crawford spoke today to Caitlin Wood, the creator of where's-lulu-dot-com. Read more

The debate over the Bush Administration's 700 Billion dollar bail-out plan reached a new level on Capital Hill today.Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulsen sat in front of the Senate Banking committee asking for the authority to institute what is ... Read more

Protesters and supporters gathered outside of the Portland Day Labor Center at NE Everett and Martin Luther King Boulevard today. KBOO reporters Honna Veerkamp and Trillium Shannon were there, and filed this report: Read more