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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.
 
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.
 
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.
 

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.
 
'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..
 
'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.
 

November 29, 2006

TROOPS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, PART 2

TROOPS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, PART 2
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA

In August members of the 172nd Stryker Brigade based in Fairbanks were preparing to come home. Then they got word their tour was being extended. This weekend, they finally started coming home. We talk with reporter Libby Casey of KUAC in Fairbanks about the mood in town. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

Filed under: Military — ewhitney @ 5:27 pm
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AMORY LOVINS STEPS DOWN AS HEAD OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE

AMORY LOVINS STEPS DOWN AS HEAD OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE
He’s the diminutive, bespectacaled guru of energy efficiency, the man whose ideas about a “smart path” for how Americans use electricity have transformed utilities and power companies nationwide, and he lives in Aspen. His name is Amory Lovins. 24 years ago he founded the Rocky Mountain Institute, where scientists work on finding environmentally sustainable ways to create wealth, jobs and security. Lovins regularly writes studies for the Pentagon, and is embraced by greens and big business both, for his ability to propose solutions to expensive environmental problems.
And now he’s stepping down from leadership of the Rocky Mountain Institute, in part to work for Wal-Mart. Amory Lovins recently spoke with Aspen Public Radio’s Kirk Siegler.
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Filed under: Energy,Environment — ewhitney @ 5:17 pm
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TROOPS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, PART 2

TROOPS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, PART 2
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA

In August members of the 172nd Stryker Brigade based in Fairbanks were preparing to come home. Then they got word their tour was being extended. This weekend, they finally started coming home. We talk with reporter Libby Casey of KUAC in Fairbanks about the mood in town. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

Filed under: Military — ewhitney @ 5:04 pm
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TROOPS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, PART 1

TROOPS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, PART 1
FT. CARSON, COLORADO

The last 35 members of Ft. Carson’s 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team returned from a year in Iraq last Wednesday, one day before Thanksgiving. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

Filed under: Ft. Carson,Military — ewhitney @ 5:02 pm
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D-11 RECALL CONFUSION

D-11 RECALL CONFUSION
Organizers of the recall election for two members of Colorado Springs School District 11 say voters may be confused over Eric Christen’s latest promise to resign. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

Filed under: Colorado Springs,Education,Politics — ewhitney @ 4:59 pm
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GUARDS SAY SUPERMAX IS DANGEROUSLY UNDERSTAFFED

GUARDS SAY SUPERMAX IS DANGEROUSLY UNDERSTAFFED
The Federal Bureau of Prisons has failed to improve security at Supermax after a judge ordered them to do so. That’s the contention of a prison workers union. Since the ruling, staffing shortages at the federal prison in Florence have garnered national and international attention. The Federal Bureau of Prisons is facing pressure from both of Colorado’s senators and the U.S. Attorney General who is planning to visit Colorado to tour the site. From Denver Bente Birkeland reports. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

Filed under: Business/Labor,Prisons — ewhitney @ 4:58 pm
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