• Presidential Candidates Try to Get the Veteran Vote
• Groups Say EPA is Withholding Information on Pesticides
• One Year Anniversary of Elvira Arellano's Deportation
• Saving Whale Sharks Off Kenya's Coast

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Presidential Candidates Try to Get the Veteran Vote

Attempting to appeal to veterans, Presidential candidates McCain and Obama spoke at the Veterans of Foreign Wars conference in Florida. A policy difference between the two candidates has resurfaced - veteran's health care. FSRN's Leigh Ann Caldwell has more.

Groups Say EPA is Withholding Information on Pesticides

Bees are a crucial part of the food chain because they pollinate our crops - but they're dying at an alarming rate. The National Resources Defense Council has filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency, in an attempt to get more information about a pesticide that may be killing off bees. Tanya Snyder has more.

One Year Anniversary of Elvira Arellano's Deportation

Today marks the anniversary of Sanctuary Mom Elvira Arellano's deportation. Arellano, an undocumented immigrant, was working as a janitor at Chicago O'Hare airport in 2002 when she was arrested by Department of Homeland Security officials in an immigration sweep. Arellano took sanctuary in a church to avoid deportation. She left Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago to visit other sanctuaries in California – but was arrested against on August 19, 2007. On today's newscast we hear from Emma Lozano, just moments after Arellano was deported, and with Diana Mendoza, an organizer with The New Sanctuary Movement in Los Angeles.

Saving Whale Sharks Off Kenya's Coast

The whale shark is the biggest fish species in the ocean. Up to 18 meters long, this vegetarian is found across the world's tropical waters, from Belize to northern Australia. Their huge dorsal fins, which make for highly prized culinary delicacies, fetch high prices on South-East Asian markets, leading them to be almost fished to extinction off India's western coast a few years ago. On the other side of the Indian Ocean, whale sharks have come under threat in recent years off Kenya's southern coast. But there, they have been collateral damage: often accidentally trapped in drift nets donated by US AID to local fishers. A grassroots organization is now working to stem the damage caused by these nets which they say has been endangering not only the sharks, but the coral reef as well. Arusha Topazzini reports from Diani, Kenya.