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The End Of 9-to-5: When Work Time Is Anytime
March 16, 2010 | NPR· A public agency in Minnesota is engaged in a cutting-edge experiment with flexible work schedules. It's called a results-only work environment, and it gives everyone in an office ultimate freedom to do their jobs — whenever and wherever they want — so long as the work gets done.
 
Democrats Grind Out Health Care, A Vote At A Time
March 15, 2010 | NPR· While President Obama hit the road with a campaign-style sales pitch for his health care overhaul, Democratic leaders on the Hill continued their behind-the-scenes arm-twisting and wooing. The goal: to persuade at least 216 of the Democrats' 253-member caucus to back the bill.
 
Toyota Casts Doubt On Claim Of Runaway Prius
March 15, 2010 | NPR· Company officials question the account of a California man who said his Prius sped out of control earlier this month, saying the vehicle's accelerator was tested and found to be working normally.
 
Overhaul Bill Leaves Fed With Even More Power
March 15, 2010 | NPR· Christopher Dodd, the Senate Banking Committee chairman, wanted to strip the Federal Reserve of most of its powers. But his latest proposal gives the Fed more power than it has ever had.
 
Turf Fight Is New Front In Mexico's Drug War
March 15, 2010 | NPR· Violence has exploded in Mexico's northeastern border cities, just across the Rio Grande from South Texas, as two drug mafias engage in a vicious new fight for turf. Gunfights have killed dozens of people, and communities up and down the river fear it's just the beginning.
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Art & Life from NPR

Nigella's St. Patrick's Baking Tip: Just Add Guinness
March 16, 2010 | NPR· There's so much more to St. Patrick's Day food than Irish soda bread and corned beef and cabbage. Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson shares some delectable recipes for a holiday feast you'll want to raise a glass to.
 
The Outsiders Who Foresaw The Subprime Crisis
March 15, 2010 | NPR· Michael Lewis, who wrote the best-seller Liar's Poker, is back with a new book examining those who profited from shorting subprime mortgages. In The Big Short, Lewis profiles extreme characters — outsiders — who are the sane people in an insane world.
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'Top Secret': The Power And Struggle Of The Press
March 15, 2010 | NPR· The New York Theatre Workshop's production of Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers examines the gray area between the rights of the press to publish and those of the government to protect its secrets.
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Will The National Broadband Plan Come Up Short?
March 15, 2010 | NPR· The Federal Communications Commission says the plan, set to be unveiled Tuesday, will help make Internet access faster, cheaper and more pervasive. But some critics are already calling it a missed opportunity.
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'Funemployment' And More Slang For A Recession
March 14, 2010 | NPR· Not much good has come out of the recession from which we seem to be slowly emerging. But at least it's left us with some new lingo, like "staycation." The Christian Science Monitor has compiled a list of its favorites, and guest host Audie Cornish explains a few of them.
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March 31, 2008

Capitol Conversation

State representatives have passed Colorado’s 17.6 billion dollar budget… now senators will debate the bill. We’re likely see many of the same arguments for and against the budget from both parties. Bente Birkeland discusses the budget as part of our ongoing capitol conversation series.

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Interstate 70 Toll

A senate transportation committee has backed a Republican proposal to use tolls on a portion of interstate 70, while rejecting a Democratic measure. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.

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Lawmakers Debate State Budget

Passing a budget is the only thing the state constitution requires lawmakers to do during their 120 day legislative session. It funds everything from roads to preschool programs. Legislators in the house spent hours debating changes to the 616 page bill on Wednesday. Next week the senate will take up the measure. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.

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March 26, 2008

Unsafe Water in Alamosa

It was exactly a week ago that public health officials declared Alamosa’s tap water unsafe to drink. That meant telling about 10,000 people they’d have have to get their water elsewhere – It’s not the kind of call that’s made hastily, and health investigators made it before they were 100% certain that Alamosa’s tap water was carrying the potentially deadly Salmonella bacteria now believed to have sickened more than 250 people. KCFR Health Reporter Eric Whitney has the story of how Colorado’s disease detectives zeroed in on the water and were eventually proven right.

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Alan Gottlieb: Visiting Writers Series

Colorado College alumnus Alan Gottlieb will read from his novel, “Ultimate Excursions,” a novel featuring Tim Lake, a Peace Corps worker. Seeking a respite from the stresses of Peace Corps life in rural Ecuador, Lake embarks on a vacation to Peru that starts as an innocent journey that devolves into chaos. Sponsored by the Visiting Writers Series.

Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Gates Common Room, third floor of Palmer Hall, 1025 N. Cascade Ave. (east of Tutt Library) (map)

Tickets: free

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Conservation Easements

In western Colorado’s Garfield County, ranchers are banding together to conserve thousands of acres of prized agricultural land, as pressures for development rise. But fraud surrounding a state tax credit that’s helping protect land like this has lawmakers pushing for reforms–and many who legitimately used the tax credit, worried about the future of the program. From KUNC, Kirk Siegler reports.

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