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  • Philadelphia's Gum Tree Cut Down
    For the first installment in a series on unlikely landmarks, the <em>BPP</em> talks to business owners on Philadelphia's South Street about what locals call the "gum tree." For years, it was a repository for chewed gum. But the neighborhood is sprucing up, and the tree has been cut down.
  • Changing the Sound of Public Radio
    The nonprofit Public Radio Exchange is seeking to change the stereotype of public radio being flat and drowsy. Nine months ago, it launched a contest to find the best new voices in public radio.
  • Same Name, Two Very Different Cities
    As <em>Day to Day</em> prepares for its three-day visit to Kansas City, Alex Chadwick poses the question, "Am I in Kansas or in Missouri?" Turns out, a little of both ... and the two are different.
  • Thousands Pay Tribute to Lady Bird Johnson
    About 2,000 mourners gather at a church in the Texas Hill Country to remember Lady Bird Johnson. Earlier, a family spokeswoman says nearly 10,000 visitors streamed past the casket as it lay in repose at the LBJ Library and Museum in Austin, Texas.
  • Cooling U.S. Market Sends Tomb Raiders Abroad
    The world's second oldest profession? Tomb raiding. To combat the problem, American dealers and museums increasingly require a paper trail documenting a relic's ownership, but looters are just taking their business to Japan and Europe.
  • Tomb Raiders Threaten Mayan City's History
    In archaeological sites throughout the world, antiquities are plundered for sale. U.S. agents says the looting is epidemic. One archaeologist working in Guatemala has launched a battle to save an ancient city from looters.
  • Biologist Keeps Track of Iran's Rare Cheetahs
    It's not easy to track down one of the fastest and rarest great cats in the world. But one biologist is working to attach radio collars to cheetahs living in remote areas of Iran. With fewer than 100 of the animals left, they are among the most imperiled great cats on Earth.
  • A Resurgence of Wildlife in Northern Tibet
    Biologist George Schaller is the first to survey wildlife in Tibet's remote Chang Tang reserve in the winter. Schaller spoke with Alex Chadwick about some surprising findings from his 1,000-mile journey.
  • Ancient Village Lifts Some of Stonehenge's Mystery
    A settlement once home to hundreds has been unearthed near England's Stonehenge. Archaeologists think the builders of the huge stone circle may have lived in the village. It dates to the same time period.
  • Protecting the Snow Leopard from Poachers
    Snow leopards are among the world's most endangered big cats, with only several thousand left. In Mongolia's southern Gobi desert, the snow leopard is a sign of a healthy ecosytem. But poaching remains one of the area's more lucrative businesses.
  • Adventurers Cross the Globe by Foot and Hand
    It took them two years, but Colin Angus and Julie Wafaei are the first people to circumnavigate the globe completely by self-propulsion. That means they rowed across the Atlantic -- no sails. And biked and hiked across Siberia.
  • Up Close and Personal with the Albatross
    In literature, albatrosses represent weighty, inescapable burdens. But in real life, the huge seabirds use wind energy to cruise around the planet's oceans. Photographer Frans Lanting and writer Carl Safina report from one of the world's largest albatross colonies.
  • Exploring Tennessee's Caves for New Species
    Running underneath the rolling hills of Tennessee lies a still-mysterious and remote network of caverns. Many of those caves shelter fragile ecosystems, and biologist Jerry Lewis is helping to discover and protect some of those ecosystems from man's destruction.
  • Remembering Conservationist Mingma Norbu Sherpa
    Mingma Norbu Sherpa was one of 24 conservationists killed in Nepal this week in a recent helicopter crash near Kathmandu. A child of the Himalayas, Sherpa, 50, was an official with the World Wildlife Fund who helped change conservation practices around the world.
  • Interviews: Searching for the Poisonous Pitohui
    Conservationist Bruce Beehler is pushing through a wild and previously unexplored jungle in search of a mysterious and poisonous bird native to Papua New Guinea, the pitohui. His only lead and guide is a local shaman, who uses poison from the bird in his rituals.