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'Recovery Summer' Ends With Economic Pothole
September 3, 2010 | NPR · This was supposed to be the season the economy heated up, thanks to a wave of public works projects funded by the government's stimulus program. But summer is coming to an end and the recovery has not taken root. Forecasters are expecting another gloomy employment report on Friday.
 
Health Law Myths: Outside The Realm Of Reality
September 3, 2010 | NPR · Are you really going to have to have a computer chip implanted in your head as part of the new health law? Will the law allow President Obama to create his own private army? While there are outrageous rumors circulating about the health law, some claims are grounded in truth.
 
Study: Cash For Clunkers Was A Wash
September 3, 2010 | NPR · The program didn't bring any new buyers into the market, a study found. But it encouraged people who would have bought a car anyway to make their purchase a few months sooner.
 
Consumers Still Gear Up, Camp Out In Recession
September 3, 2010 | CPR · Sales in the outdoor gear industry are up more than 8 percent this year, topping retail sales overall. The industry's strength may be due to its consumers' high incomes, but the recession also has more people heading out into the wilderness.
 
Bidding Farewell To The Congo's 'Mother And Father'
September 3, 2010 | NPR · As a long Congo River barge journey ends, so, too, does a unique glimpse into the heart of a poor but potentially rich nation grappling with conflict. Despite the hardship, the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo draw great inspiration from the inescapable and mighty river.
 

Art & Life from NPR

'The American': A Domestic Bond, Drawn In Miniature
September 3, 2010 | NPR · George Clooney's latest outing showcases a more internal performance -- as an assassin whose personal life threatens to further complicate an already hard-to-manage career. Kenneth Turan says Anton Corbijn's drama is impeccably composed and beautifully shot -- if a little lacking on the emotional urgency front.
 
'Public Enemy' Wraps Up A Criminally Good Saga
September 2, 2010 | NPR · Neither director Jean-Francois Richet's style nor star Vincent Cassel's swagger falters in Public Enemy Number One, the exhilarating follow-up to Mesrine: Killer Instinct. With its shootouts, prison breaks and wild flights of ego, the saga's second half was sure to be watchable. It's also smart, funny and incisive -- about the criminal and his era. (Recommended)
 
A Family Torn Asunder Takes The 'Last Train Home'
September 2, 2010 | NPR · Frequently moving and quietly enlightening, the documentary Last Train Home is about love and exploitation, sacrifice and endurance. Director Lixin Fan follows a single Chinese family from 2006 through the financial downturn of 2008. The parents work at garment factories in Guangzhou city; their teenage children live in an impoverished village and see their parents only once a year.
 
'Noodle Shop': A Coen Brothers Tale Goes East
September 2, 2010 | NPR · Director Zhang Yimou takes on the Coen brothers, remaking Blood Simple and setting it in the 17th-century "Chinese outback." Adultery, bloody mishaps and Chinese superstition are just the appetizers in this colorful film.
 
'Machete': Out Of The 'Grindhouse,' Trailer First
September 2, 2010 | NPR · Robert Rodriguez directs Machete, featuring a character first introduced in a fake trailer that played during his 2007 exploitation flick Grindhouse..
 

July 28, 2006

COMMENTARY: VOTE FOR JAY FAWCETT

COMMENTARY: VOTE FOR JAY FAWCETT
The November election is only a little over 100 days away. Commentator Bud Gordon is urging you to vote for Democrat Jaw Fawcett in the race for the U.S. House seat being vacated by Republican Joel Hefley. Gordon says a vote for Fawcett is a vote against the failed policies of the Bush administration in the middle east. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

Filed under: Commentary,Politics — ewhitney @ 8:20 am
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THE STEALTH ATTACK ON LAND USE PLANNING IN THE WEST

THE STEALTH ATTACK ON LAND USE PLANNING IN THE WEST
High Country News Editor Greg Hanscom says a well funded, urban Libertarian movement is out to destroy land use regulations one state at a time through a false grassroots effort. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

Filed under: Colorado,Environment,Interview — ewhitney @ 8:18 am
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NAVAJO PRESIDENT CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF POLICE SHOOTING

NAVAJO PRESIDENT CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF POLICE SHOOTING
The justification of a shooting by Farmington, N.M. police of a 21-year-old Navajo man is not being accepted on the reservation. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

Filed under: Legal,Native American,New Mexico — ewhitney @ 8:15 am
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TASK FORCE SAYS MORE WOMEN GETTING HOOKED ON METH

TASK FORCE SAYS MORE WOMEN GETTING HOOKED ON METH
Colorado’s new methamphetamine task force got to work this week. Members say addictions are snaring more women than any other drug. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

Filed under: Colorado,Health,Women's Issues — ewhitney @ 8:14 am
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KILLER CLAIMS 48 VICTIMS OVER 25 YEARS

KILLER CLAIMS 48 VICTIMS OVER 25 YEARS
Robert Browne, already serving a life sentence for murdering a 13-year-old in 1991 has pleaded guilty to another, older killing, and now claims he has killed up to 48 people in nine states and two countries since 1970. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

Filed under: Legal Affairs,Regional — ewhitney @ 8:13 am
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July 27, 2006

COMMENTARY: “END THE D-11 CHAOS”

COMMENTARY: “END THE D-11 CHAOS”
The local joke in Colorado Springs is that if you’re looking for night out filled with drama, you don’t go to the theater or movie house, you head to a School District 11 board meeting. A local group calling itself “End the D-11 Chaos” is circulating petitions to recall a couple of the board’s most constroversial members, in this commentary, Jessica Touchard makes the case for recall. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

Filed under: Colorado,Commentary,Education — ewhitney @ 9:18 am
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