New Orleans, LA – Jack Hopke hosts WWNO's weekly news magazine.

By Fred Kasten

New Orleans – Today - on "The Sound of Books" - with Fred Kasten - the new book by New York Times bestselling author Karen Abbott - "American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare - the Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee"...

To find out more about Karen Abbott and "American Rose" - please click here .

New Orleans, LA – The St. Tammany Parish Chamber of Commerce is putting on an exciting event next week that is sure to attract attention from local businesses and publications across the region. Jollaine Schear talks with the organizers of the event and the executive offer of the Chamber of Commerce on what they have in store.

Cooking Grass-fed Beef

Grass fed beef requires about 30 percent less cooking time and retains its moisture if cooked at slightly lower temperatures.

First, briefly sear your steak over a high heat on the grill or in a cast iron pan. Then, reduce the heat to medium high. Use a meat thermometer for best results.

By Eileen Fleming

New Orleans, La. – The final report ordered by President Obama says that if changes aren't made in how offshore drilling is conducted, there will be another spill. Co-chairman Bob Graham says the new Congress should raise salaries of government inspectors who oversee the industry - even if the current political climate leans toward cutting government regulations and spending.

By Eileen Fleming

New Orleans, La. – Garret Graves says the commission's report due next Tuesday should outline ways to step up oil and gas operations he says are vital to the national economy.

"We'd like to see the commission coming out and recommending that we quickly move forward on lifting - fully lifting this moratorium, whether it's an official or unofficial moratorium on deepwater and shallow-water oil and gas production."

By Eileen Fleming

By Andre Perry

New Orleans, LA – Andre Perry discusses the New World edition of Mark Twain's
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

New Orleans, LA –

By Eve Abrams

New Orleans, Louisiana – It's been over eight months since British Petroleum's Macondo oil well explosion devastated Louisiana's coastal ecosystems and the industries which rely on them. Job losses from the disaster have rippled far and wide - extending to a group of Vietnamese women, and friends, living in New Orleans East. Eve Abrams visited with a group of former employees of P & J Oyster House.