Calderon Named President Of Mexico; New Source Of Oil Found In Gulf Of Mexico; USC Study On Celebrities And Narcissism; The Effects Of 9/11 On Education
Calderon Named President Of Mexico
On Tuesday Mexico's top electoral court declared conservative candidate Felipe Calderon president-elect, clearing the way for him to take office in December. The decision will do nothing to quell the political crisis sparked by the razor-thin margin Calderon achieved over PRD candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in the July 2nd presidential election. The unanimous ruling by seven judges of the Federal Electoral Tribunal is final and cannot be appealed. Felipe Calderon won by fewer than 234-thousand votes. The president elect is meeting today with the outgoing president and his supporters are calling on backers of his rival to end their protests. Andres Manuel Lopez Obador insists he will never recognize his rival as Mexico's president and his supporters will most likely continue to protest the installation of Calderon as president. Calling the electoral process a fraud, Lopez Obrador plans to create a parallel government. Larry Mantle talks about the unsettling situation with experts on Mexican politics.
New Source Of Oil Found In Gulf Of Mexico
Geoscientists have made what may be the nation's largest oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico. A group led by Chevron Corporation has tapped a petroleum pool that lies 270 miles south of New Orleans, almost four miles beneath the ocean floor. Larry talks with George Orwel, of Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, about the discovery which could hold as much as 15 billion barrels of oil, or more than Alaska's Prudhoe Bay.
USC Study On Celebrities And Narcissism
Celebrities have more narcissistic personality traits than the general population, and people with narcissistic tendencies seem to be attracted to the entertainment industry rather than the industry creating narcissists, according to a groundbreaking study conducted by researchers Drew Pinsky of the Keck School of Medicine of USC and S. Mark Young of the USC Marshall School of Business and the USC Annenberg School for Communication.
The Effects Of 9/11 On Education
Larry speaks with elementary and high school teachers from around Southern California to learn how they teach the September 11th terrorist attacks. 9/11 is not a mandated part of the state's curriculum so it is up to individual school districts and teachers to decide if, and how, to bring the subject into the classroom. Larry and his guests also discuss the effect the attacks have had on higher education and some of the new programs that have been created in response to 9/11.