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A refined oil perspective
| Sep 1, 2005In many parts of the country, gasoline prices are now running at $3 a gallon. Severin Borenstein is director of the University of California Energy Institute. He looks forward with host Cheryl Glaser.
Ripples from the ports
John Dimsdale | Sep 1, 2005It's not just oil and natural gas shipments that've been disrupted by Katrina's winds and rains; seaports from Alabama to Louisiana got hit hard, too. John Dimsdale reports on the port slowdown.
Trying to survive in Bayou La Batre
Dan Grech | Sep 1, 2005Much of the spotlight over the last few days has been on New Orleans. But Dan Grech has spent the last few days in southern Alabama, where he met a woman in tears.
Katrina's lasting impact
| Sep 1, 2005Strangely enough, the latest economic snapshot looks pretty good: consumer spending jumped one percent in July, home prices keep on climbing, and Ford and Chrysler both posted modest sales gains last month. But economist and commentator Brad DeLong says that's all history.
Goodbye to Shrimptown?
| Sep 1, 2005The town of Bayou La Batre in Alabama was made famous by the movie <em>Forrest Gump</em>. But Hurricane Katrina has devastated its heritage. Dan Grech reports.
Chris Farrell on health insurance
| Sep 1, 2005The Census Bureau this week said more than 45 million people don't have health insurance — that's 1 in 7 Americans. Scott Jagow talks to Chris Farrell.
A New Orleans homeowner leaves, reluctantly
| Aug 31, 2005Anywhere from 50,000-100,000 people are still in New Orleans — but with too much water and not enough supplies, they're being encouraged to leave. Cheryl Glaser talked to carpenter Philip Niddrie today.
Destruction that's hard to imagine
| Aug 31, 2005Towns and cities along the Gulf Coast look like one giant junkyard on this Wednesday: Homes ripped from their foundations, cars upended, roads swamped. Cheryl Glaser looks at the big picture.
After New Orleans ... what next?
| Aug 31, 2005Hundreds of thousands of hurricane refugees have spread out across the South. Relief agencies and private charities are scrambling to take them in, but, as Tanya Ott reports from Birmingham, Alabama, shelter is just the first of their problems.
At New Orleans' ground zero
| Aug 31, 2005As the city becomes increasingly chaotic, AFP correspondent Mira Oberman is in the center of New Orleans. Surrounded by water, she found a flooded payphone on Canal Street and talk to host Cheryl Glaser.
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