Here & Now; 533

March 9, 2007

Here and Now, Walter Reed Center, Reports from wounded veterans that their care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, specifically in outpatient facilities, was unsatisfactory. Midweek, President Bush called on former senator Bob Dole and former secretary of health, Donna Shalala, to lead a commission that will investigate the complaints. Meanwhile, some veterans, including our first guest tonight, look back in frustration at their stay at Walter Reed. (With full screen photographs of Chris in Iraq and recovery), Lake Superior Water Temperature, A team of scientists at the University of Minnesota-Duluth has been tracking annual water temperatures in Lake Superior. They discovered that the average lake temp is increasing at twice the rate of air temperatures in the area. The research team is headquartered in what's known as the Large Lakes Observatory at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. If possible, where would you escape to? We asked some of you, and here's what you said. State Supreme Court candidate Annette Ziegler spent the week defending herself after court documents revealed she had not recused herself, or revealed a potential conflict of issue in four cases she heard on the Washington County Circuit Court. State records reveal Department of Transportation officials were helping resolve tax disputes in trucking firms in which Troha has ownership interest. This afternoon, the DOT attorneys said news accounts of this story have been "misleading," and said there is no link between any of the Troha allegations and Governor Doyle. Death in a Prairie House', Art Hackett interviews William Drennen. Taliesin in Spring Green is known the world over as famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright's home and creative headquarters. A new book reveals the dark side of Taliesin. It was there that not only some of the most famous buildings in the world were designed, but it was also the site of a brutal multiple murder in 1914. Producer Art Hackett recently sat down with the author of "Death in a Prairie House," William Drennan. How far do you think the men's UW-Madison basketball team will go in the NCAA tournament?, Mr. Bo Ryan, Our singing commentator, Peter Leidy, is also a basketball fan, a really big one. And he summarizes the success of this year's team in three words. Coach Bo Ryan. On the eve of the NCAA tournament, here's Peter with Evan Murdock on mandolin.