Search results for

Norwegian Explorer BORGE OUSLAND (pronounced "BOR-gay OWS-lan"). Ousland was the first man to complete a solo expedition to both the North and South Poles. In November of 1996 he began a solo crossing of the Antarctic continent. He reached his destination on January 17, 1997. The 64-day trek covered 1,764 miles and was made unsupported, meaning Ousland carried all the necessary supplies for the journey. 12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

Foreign editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, DAVID ZUCCHINO. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting from South Africa. In his new book "Myth of the Welfare Queen," (Scribner) he turns his attention to his own town, Philadelphia, where he follows the lives of two welfare mothers, Odessa Williams and Cheri Honkala. One reviewer writes, "David Zucchino has shattered unequivocably the stereotype of women receiving welfare." 12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

Oprah Winfrey says racism is alive and well, even at her level. Her purse shopping experience in Switzerland almost set off an international incident; but was it really racism or just a misunderstanding? Guest host Celeste Headlee talks with the beauty shop ladies about this week's hot topics.

The department says Florida Career College broke the rules to help students qualify for federal student loans, many of whom later dropped out with steep debts and no certificate to show for it.

For Coca-Cola, it was both a PR move and a social experiment. The company set up an ATM that gave out 100 euros ($131) and asked only that recipients share the money. A video of the campaign has gone viral.

The immensely popular lottery will distribute a total of $2.8 billion in prizes this year, much of it in small prizes. Street and bar celebrations normally break out with winners singing and dancing.

Now that the health care bill is law, an array of groups have switched to their post-passage game plans. Among their top goals: Helping shape the all-important regulations being written by the Obama administration.

The inductees include Bud Fowler, who played against white players before baseball segregated, and Buck O’Neil, player and founder of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.

In his new book, Dr. Aaron Carroll explains that there might be less evidence against some notoriously bad foods than we think. In fact, maybe we should be eating some of them more often.

Two documentaries — one involving a pre-WWII home movie, the other dispatches from the Amazon rainforest — have much in common.