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2: Adventure writer TIM CAHILL. CAHILL writes in a self-deprecating way about his death-defying experiences around the world. His accounts of adventures in caves, mountains, deserts, and rapids appear in his collections, "A Wolverine is Eating My Leg,"and "Jaguars Ripped My Flesh." He's also a columnist for "Outside Magazine." Last summer, CAHILL traveled to the North Pole on an old Soviet Ice-breaker, and currently he is working on a book describing his travels in the unexplored and uninhabited Ndoke Forest of the northern Congo. (RE-BROADCAST of interview first aired 4/5/89.)Travel author and novelist, PAUL THEROUX. THEROUX is no ordinary travel writer: his books are about exotic voyages, some by train, and others by foot. His work includes "The Great Railway Bazaar," "The Old Patagonian Express," and "The Kingdom By The Sea." He's also a novelist, perhaps best known for "The Mosquito Coast," which became a film starring Harrison Ford. THEROUX'S most recent book, published this past February, is a fictional work titled "Millroy the Magician" (Random House). (RE-BROADCAST of interview first aired 7

1: NICHOLAS PILEGGI (pill-LEH-GEE) discusses his book Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas (Simon & Schuster Oct. 1995) It is based on the true story of Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal and his account of how the mob controlled several casinos in Las Vegas in the 1970s and early 80s. Pileggi also wrote the screenplay for the new movie based on "Casino." A film directed by Martin Scorcese starring Robert DeNiro, Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci. Pileggi's best-selling book Wiseguy was used as the basis for the film "Goodfellas." Pileggi lives in New York City

New data shows the Elon Musk-led company currently accounts for nearly 30% of workplace COVID-19 cases reported by Los Angeles County officials.

The six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program have broken down in China, and Pyongyang's negotiator has left Beijing. The impasse revolves around North Korean funds frozen in a bank in Macau. The country refuses to talk until the account is released.

The former education secretary has a new book called "How Schools Work." The first chapter is called "Lies, Lies Everywhere."

The House speaker said the new select committee, chaired by Rep. James Clyburn, will focus on accountability and transparency in the new spending and programs to address the pandemic.

Democratic Mayor Bob Filner is resisting calls to resign following the accounts of women who say he harassed them. Hooters' locations in the city say "women should be treated with respect" and that Filner's not welcome.

Italian police have arrested a former UBS bank executive who is wanted in the United States on charges that he helped wealthy clients evade billions in U.S. taxes. Raoul Weill became a fugitive after a federal grand jury indicted him in 2008.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says the bank "sold bad credit card debt and robo-signed documents in violation of law."

Tech giant AOL is trimming its employee retirement benefits. It will stop depositing matching funds into employee 401(k) accounts each pay period. Instead it will make one annual lump-sum deposit at the beginning of the year. The company blames costs associated with the Affordable Care Act.

In October 2013, StateImpact reported on the 14,000 or so mostly rural Oklahoma City residents who have their own water wells and aren’t connected to the…

A new study reports that women donors accounted for more than 44 percent of President Obama's campaign contributions, the most for any White House hopeful since at least 1988.