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Al-Qaida #3 Reportedly Killed

This image, from an undated video shows Sheikh Sa'id al-Masri, also known as Mustafa al-Yazid.. (AP/Site Intelligence Group)
This image, from an undated video shows Sheikh Sa'id al-Masri, also known as Mustafa al-Yazid.. (AP/Site Intelligence Group)

Navigating The Ethics Of The Egg Donation Business

Browse through any college newspaper and you'll find ads from companies looking for college women to donate their eggs. It is estimated that here in the U.S. close to 10,000 children were born through paid egg donors since 1996. We'll speak to Wendie Wilson, a five-time egg donor and founder of Gifted Journeys, a donor agency. We also speak with ethicist Arthur Caplan of University of Pennsylvania's Center for Bioethics.

Red-Tailed Hawks Set Up Home In Cambridge, Ma.

The Red-tailed Hawks outside of an office building in Cambridge, Ma. (Craig Stanfill)
The Red-tailed Hawks outside of an office building in Cambridge, Ma. (Craig Stanfill)

A family of Red-tailed Hawks have built a nest atop an office building along a busy four lane road outside Boston. Robin Young stopped by Monday as a crowd of bird watchers checked in on the family- parents Buzz, Ruby and their young-  Lucky, Lucy and Larry.  Larry took his first flight yesterday morning, but later in the afternoon slammed into the glass side of a building, though he's now reportedly doing alright now.

Medal of Honor Recipient Speak Out Against PTSD

Medal of Honor recipients are coming together to urge veterans to seek help for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. We speak to one of them, Retired Army General Pat Brady, who received the Medal of Honor for bravery as a helicopter ambulance pilot in Vietnam in 1968.

Eat, Sleep, Surf And A Little Music

A.L.O. at the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco, Ca. (Jay Blakesberg & Damien Miller)
A.L.O. at the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco, Ca. (Jay Blakesberg & Damien Miller)

Members of the Indie jam band A.L.O, (a.k.a. The Animal Liberation Orchestra) got to know uber producer/musician Jack Johnson back during their college days at U.C. Santa Barbara and now Johnson has produced the group's latest CD, "Man of the World." We talk with A.L.O. guitarist Dan Lebowitz and keyboardist Zack Gill about the band's laid-back, surfer dude sound.

Music From The Show

  • Kar Kar Madison, "Boubacar Traore"
  • Ahmad Jamal, "Patterns"
  • Frank Sinatra, "Come Fly with Me"
  • Sonny Rollins, "Get Happy"
  • Charles Mingus, "Pedal Point Blues"
  • Freddie Hubbard, "Little Sunflower"
  • A.L.O., "The Country Electro"
  • A.L.O., "Man Of The World"
  • A.L.O., "Suspended"
  • A.L.O., "The Champ"
  • A.L.O., "I Love Music"

This program aired on June 1, 2010.

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