PM Public Radio: Nov 4
A lot of election coverage today, but the national programs may not be the best place to get the full scoop. If you are near a computer this afternoon, we recommend shuffling between local stations in the states of interest. Here are the top stories on the PM programs today:
The World: Before the Berlin Wall came down, Hungary dismantled the barbed wire at some of its crossings, and hundreds fled to the West in a single day. Laura Lynch takes us back to that event and looks at its influence on other Iron Curtain governments.
All Things Considered: An Italian judge in Milan has found 23 Americans, in absentia, guilty of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric. The cleric was then taken to an Egyptian jail and tortured. This is being hailed as the first international trial on the practice of extraordinary rendition. Sylvia Poggioli reports.
Marketplace: Arizona has a serious problem with its infrastructure. The state grew rapidly over the last decade. And as the population grew, the money pumped into the economy by all the new construction helped with the additional roads and public services. Now that new construction has all but stopped completely, there is no revenue to fix what’s broken. KJZZ’s Peter O’Dowd has the story.
