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Americana

A look at how Philadelphia balanced its budget, and who's speaking Elizabethan English.

Philadelphia's Return to a Balanced Budget

As Washington insiders wrangle over the annual Federal budget, guest presenter Adam Brookes takes Americana on the road to Philadelphia -- where Mayor Michael Nutter describes how he has steered his city back into the black. Can the Federal government learn anything from Philly?

Virginia's relics of Elizabethan English

After stopping for traditional cheesesteaks in Philly, Americana rides the mail boat from the mainland to Virginia's remote Tangier Island. It's a place where some say the remnants of Cornish speech from Elizabethan times can still be heard in the language of watermen today but as business on the sea faces challenging times the dialect may soon disappear.

28 minutes

Last on

Tue 22 Feb 2011 04:32GMT

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  • Mon 21 Feb 2011 12:32GMT
  • Mon 21 Feb 2011 16:32GMT
  • Tue 22 Feb 2011 00:32GMT
  • Tue 22 Feb 2011 04:32GMT