Apr 26, 2006

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How you feelin'?

by Helen Palmer

Apr 26, 2006

Research out today says even moderate-income Americans are getting priced out of decent health coverage. Helen Palmer reports.

Congress could soon take up the issue of whether to extend the president's tax cuts through 2010 and whether to do away with the estate tax forever. Critics have complained those tax cuts benefit only the rich, but commentator Steve Moore says, not so.

Call it a space journey

by Marketplace Staff

Apr 26, 2006

Russians are making all the runs to the International Space Station because the US space shuttle is still grounded. Congress is hammering out next year's federal budget and a Senate committee spent the day taking a long hard look at NASA. Amy Scott reports.

Nuclear power makes a comeback

by Sam Eaton

Apr 26, 2006

Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl power station in Ukraine blew up 20 years ago today. The health effects here weren't large, but the disaster put the US nuclear power industry into a deep freeze. Now there's real talk of a resurgence. Sam Eaton looks at what's changed.

War of words escalates

by John Dimsdale

Apr 26, 2006

Iran's leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threatened today to strike at US interests if his country is attacked. Meanwhile, the House approved a bill that would block loans and export licenses to companies doing business with Iran's oil industry. John Dimsdale reports.