A handout photograph released by the Icelandic Coast Guard showing an aerial view of an ash cloud from a volcanic eruption close to the top of Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland on 14 April 2010. (Arni Saeberg / Icelandic Coast Guard)
Iceland's volcanic eruption keeps European airports closed; Colorado's child poverty rates rising the fastest in the nation; Arizona sees massive raids by ICE on human smuggling network; John Romita Jr. on "Kick Ass"; Russia halts all adoptions to U.S.; David Alan Grier on the 20th anniversary of 'In Living Color.'
Chris Watney from the Colorado children's campaign says that hispanic children are the hardest hit in Colorado; and this morning's headlines.
The state of Colorado has the fastest growing rate of child poverty in the U.S. The poverty isn't evenly distributed, however: When the Colorado Children's Campaign attempted to put that statistic into context, they discovered a vast gulf between rates of poverty for Hispanic children and white children.
Thought to be improving all week long, the ever tenuous U.S.-Russian relationship took a turn when news broke that an American woman sent her adopted seven-year-old Russian child back home, alone on a plane with a note saying he was no longer wanted.
Thursday's show examined issues that got our listeners talking. Does age equal wisdom? Should nurse practitioners be given the same authority as doctors? We hear what you had to say.
We talk with John Romita, Jr., co-creator of the "Kick-Ass" comic book series, and regular illustrator on "Daredevil," "Iron Man," "Wolverine," and "Spider Man." Romita tells us how it feels to see his characters make the transition from print to screen; what it was like producing "Kick-Ass" and directing its animated flashback scene; and why fans seem to identify so strongly with the self-made superheroes Hit-Girl, Red Mist, Big Daddy, and, of course, Kick-Ass.
And we want to know, If you could be any super hero, who would it be?
Charisse Jones covers the airline industry for USA Today. She explains the state of air travel following the volcanic eruption that sent a dangerous cloud into the atmosphere; and we take a look at this morning's headlines.
A massive cloud of ashes has kept thousands of fligfhts on the ground in Northern Europe yesterday after a volcano in Iceland erupted a second time this month, spewing huge amounts of silicate ash into a busy airspace for travellers in the region. Some of Europe's busiest airports have closed down in what appears to be the biggest shutdown of flights since 9/11.
Chris Rock, Demi Moore, David Duchovney and kids that kick ass are all coming to a screen near you. We turn to Takeaway movie contributor, Rafer Guzman, to find out what's worth watching this weekend.
Get your weekly fix of wit on the week's news as we run through who had a good week and who, well, didn't. In partnership with our friends at The Week magazine, we look back to see why 3D movie technology had a good week, but why it wasn't so great to be an English mayor.
Yesterday, at several bus stations and other locations around Arizona, more than 800 law enforcement officials carried out the largest operation against human smuggling in ICE history. The targets were shuttle bus operations that allegedly carry illegal immigrants around the region and across the border. The tactic of targeting the networks of traffickers rather than carrying out workplace raids reveals a shift in strategy under Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano and President Obama from the policies of the Bush era.
In America, it's part of the regular political dance; candidates square off in televised debates, after which all sides claim a win for the night. But even with a history of contentious public battles, Britain has thus far avoided televised debates between candidates for Prime Minister. That changed last night, as nearly 10 million British viewers tuned in to watch the first round of organized arguing on the small screen in their country.
Twenty years ago this weekend, a new sketch comedy show, "In Living Color," made its debut on the then-fledgling network, Fox.
The White House has issed an order to the Department of Health and Human Services that would stop hospitals from being able to deny same-sex partners visitation rights. The new rule changes a policy that has long wrangled gay rights groups, who say equal visitation rights are long-overdue. One case, where a Miami woman was denied visitation for more than eight hours to her partner, reportedly moved the president in his decision.
Today's Takeaway: Over 50 and Unemployed, Texting in Class, The Future of Yemen, and Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America
Today's Takeaway: Dharun Ravi, NATO Summit, David McCullough, Chen Guangcheng and Unemployment for Older Americans
Why Increased Immigration is the Solution for America's Ailing Economy
Why Texting in Class Might Actually Be a Good Thing
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