• Protestors Killed in Clash with Police in Kashmir 
• Challenging The China Story
• Mukasey Will Not Prosecute Justice Department Hiring Abuses
• Wyoming's Wind Power at Risk
• The First Amendment and Clear Channel

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Protestors Killed in Clash with Police in Kashmir

Indian police have killed more than 20 people in Indian administered Kashmir since Monday as people protesting an economic blockade of the region took to streets and tried to lead a March to Muzaffrabad, in Pakistan administered Kashmir. Local sources put the death toll at 27 for Monday and Tuesday. Shahnawaz Khan reports.

Challenging The China Story

A group of radical scholars is challenging what they say are dominating storylines about China in mainstream media coverage: one, where the US can critique the country's human rights record and strict authoritarian rule, the other where China says it is being denied a spot of international limelight. Critics say the result is a lot of confusion among the general public about what to think about China and the Olympic Games - with a lot of politicization from both the US and China. For some analysis on the situation, we turn to Dongping Han, who grew up as a farmer and
managed a collective village factory during China's Cultural Revolution. He says that the United States should take a look at its own human right's record before criticizing China's.

Mukasey Will Not Prosecute Justice Department Hiring Abuses

Attorney General Michael Mukasey says he will not prosecute the political hiring of career Justice Department employees. Mukasey called the practice disturbing but says he will not take further action - despite an Inspector General report released this summer that revealed politics were systematically used to determine who was and who was not hired. The report also found that Monica Goodling and Kyle Sampson, two people in charge of many hirings, broke civil law by blatantly asking ideological questions during interviews, even failing to hire qualified people with
suspected Democratic leanings.

Wyoming's Wind Power at Risk

While most Congress member have left Washington for their summer recess, renewable energy supporters are growing anxious. Federal tax credits for clean energy are about to expire by the end of this year. And a deadlocked Congress has once again failed to pass an extension - leaving Wyoming's growing wind power at risk. Yanmei Xie reports.

The First Amendment and Clear Channel

One of the earliest forms of advertising, the billboard, is monopolized by just a few companies these days. Clear Channel Communications, the country's leading single owner of billboards, is now accused of censoring an anti-war group's message in Portland, Oregon. Last month, Clear Channel rejected a billboard with little explanation – and cities like Portland face an obstacle, since the First Amendment protects large advertising corporations as well as individuals. Yet, when an individual wants to use Clear Channel's resources to express their views, it might be the corporation that gets the last word. Scott Pham has this report from Portland.