Entire Program - February 27, 2009

Kathleen Brooks brings you the hour's top news stories.

Host Sung Moss has this in-depth interview with Bernie McGinn, CEO of McGinn Investment Management in Alexandria, VA, on today's news about Citigroup, and that company's future.

Reporter Adi Narayan was on location today for Congressman Charles Rangel's announcement of an increase in unemployment benefits.

They're banned in San Francisco, taxed in Toronto, and spurned in Ireland. Plastic bags are becoming taboo in New York, too, now that Mayor Bloomberg has proposed to tax them as a way to lessen the city's waste and boost its budget. Jenny Shalant has the story.

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is trumpeting the renewal of Coney Island. But some locals aren't so sure about one of his proposed steps forward. Mathew Katz has this.

Residents of the historic nabe are hoping the community rediscovers its strengths in hard times. Eric Eagan reports.

This week the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that could lead to the easing of restrictions on Cuban Americans travelling and sending money to Cuba. The foreign Relations Committee also published a report saying that the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba has failed. Luis Andres Henao reports.

Eleanor Boudreau has the latest developments.

President Barack Obama's first order of business was to sign an executive order closing Guantanamo Bay detention camp. But some are saying that doesn't end the controversy surrounding the camp. Samantha Fields has this report.

Host Marine Olivesi talks with Professor Jeffrey Fagan, Director of the Center for Crime, Community and Law at Columbia University, about the death penalty and economics.

Mayor Bloomberg and the bishop of Brooklyn have announced a plan to convert four as-yet unnamed Catholic schools slated to close into public charter schools. Maura Walz reports on how this change might be a mixed blessing for Catholic schools in the city.

From Brooklyn now to the Upper West Side, Luis Andres Henao reports on how an uptown resident experiences a stroll down Broadway through sound.

A bill proposed by Manhattan Councilman Garodnick would direct the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission to draft a livery cab passengers' bill of rights, the same kind of rules that protect passengers of the city's yellow cabs. Brad Davis has this story.

Reporter Adi Narayan looks into early research that suggests the dog genome may help unlock medical mysteries in humans.

In a time when people are trimming their wedding budgets, it’s become even more important for some women to get a great dress for less. Eric Eagan talked to some of them this morning at the annual Running of the Brides at Filene’s Basement near Union Square.