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March 14, 2010 | NPR· If you don't make your car payments, someone can be hired to repossess it. They might tow it from your driveway or a parking lot. But sometimes repo men go further, breaking into people's garages or homes. Fights can break out. People get hurt, and some have even been killed, prompting some groups to call for greater regulation.
 
March 13, 2010 | NPR· Researchers studying the origin of the recent deadly earthquake have found signs of an actual fault rupture offshore, and figured out what triggered a small tsunami. But not all the causes of the natural disaster were, in fact, natural.
 
March 13, 2010 | NPR· Israel set off a diplomatic row during a visit by Vice President Joe Biden when it announced new Jewish settlement construction, and Congressional Democrats are hoping to haul health care legislation over the finish line. Host Guy Raz talks with news analyst James Fallows of The Atlantic magazine about that and other big stories from the past week.
 
March 13, 2010 | NPR· This week, President Obama postponed his Asia trip to push for a health care vote. Vice President Biden visited Israel and arrived to find Israel had just approved a new batch of settlements — something the Obama administration has been pushing them to halt in the interests of the peace process. Guest Host Jacki Lyden reviews the week's top news stories with NPR Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving.
 
March 13, 2010 | NPR· The Obama administration has been hammering health insurance companies all week over proposed rate hikes. But the insurers have fired back, saying their hands are tied because the cost of health care keeps going up. NPR health policy correspondent Julie Rovner wades through the talking points with guest host Jacki Lyden and tells us what the proposed health bills would actually do to address costs.
 

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March 13, 2010 | NPR· In the late '70s and early '80s, Enjoli perfume commercials extolled the era's ideal Superwoman — a perfectly coiffed working mom who could "bring home the bacon" and still be sexy for her man. Three decades later, that ideal remains elusive for millions of women — including reporter Jennifer Ludden.
 
March 13, 2010 | NPR· The tiny, no-frills automobile imported from communist Yugoslavia during the 1980s is known to most Americans as the butt of many car jokes. Author Jason Vuic's book The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History reveals why it's the most famous lemon in automotive history.
 
March 13, 2010 | NPR· He's best known for his work with the great New Orleans funk band The Meters, so we're asking George Porter, Jr. three questions about parking meters.
 
March 13, 2010 | NPR· The first numbers that come to mind when thinking about Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland might be how much money the movie is raking in at the box office. But mathematicians say the books are full of algebraic lessons — such as why a raven is like a writing desk.
 
March 12, 2010 | NPR· Back in 2007, Hollywood was suffering from serious battle fatigue. But a new surge of war movies has come out — Green Zone takes on the search for WMDs; The Hurt Locker follows a bomb squad; and The Pacific is a 10-hour HBO World War II epic. These aren't battle-strategy flicks — they explore the brutality of war on an individual scale.
 

July 31, 2007

Springs Group Wants Bibles in Newspapers Nationwide

The Colorado Springs-based International Bible Society wants to once again distribute Bibles along with Sunday newspapers. The society, which once distributed Bibles in editions of the Colorado Springs Gazette, is now planning on spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to deliver them with eleven newspapers around the country, this year and next.

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Filed under: Colorado, Colorado Springs, Religion — ewhitney @ 6:03 pm

New Law Bars Gay Workplace Discrimination

A new state law that goes into effect Friday will allow workers to sue employers over discrimination based on sexual orientation and religion. The law is among more than 100 going into effect that day. Others allow gay couples to adopt children and impose bigger fines on big-rig truckers who don’t chain up in bad weather.

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Filed under: Colorado, Gay & Lesbian, Legal — ewhitney @ 5:59 pm

Alamosa Activist Wins Terror Watch List Settlement

An activist attorney from Colorado will receive $106,500 as part of a settlement of two federal lawsuits. Sixty-year-old Francisco "Kiko" Martinez of Alamosa had sued state and federal authorities, alleging he was illegally held at traffic stops in three states because his name appeared on an FBI terrorist watch list.

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Filed under: Colorado, Legal Affairs — ewhitney @ 5:54 pm

Diocese Court Hears Case Against Pastor at Springs’ Grace Episcopal Church

An Episcopal church court heard evidence today against the leader of one of Colorado Springs' most prominent congregations. Reverend Don Armstrong of Grace Episcopal Church is accused of embezzling nearly $400,000 from the church. Since the allegations arose, Armstrong and other Grace leaders have very publicly split with their parent organizations, the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado and the American Anglican Church. They've said the split is unrelated to the allegations, and is rooted in issues of church governance.

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Filed under: Colorado, Colorado Springs, Religion — ewhitney @ 5:50 pm

More on Myron Stratton Partnering With Other Non-Profits

Last Thursday Colorado Springs’ Myron Stratton Home became a full house. Partners in Housing, Peak Vista Community Health Service, and TESSA join the Myron Stratton Home on its’ 105-acre campus.

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July 30, 2007

Air Force Remembers Local Airman Randy Gillespie

The Air Force Academy held a memorial service last weekend for a 44 year old airman who was recently killed in Afghanistan. A master sergeant, he was planning to retire next year and move back to Colorado to be near his family. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.

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Filed under: Colorado, Memorial, Military — ewhitney @ 12:20 pm

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