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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.
 
'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 31, 2008

Roan Plateau Feature

In less than two weeks, western Colorado’s Roan Plateau could be opened up to oil and gas drilling; unless a late hour move to thwart or at least stall development on the scenic landmark is successful. This week opponents of drilling submitted thousands of formal protests to federal land managers. From KUNC-FM, Kirk Siegler reports.

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Free Speech Rights at Democratic National Convention

Closing arguments were presented Thursday in a lawsuit filed by the Colorado Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union aimed at protecting free speech rights during the upcoming Democratic National Convention. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.

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Transgender Death

A 22 year old Thornton man was arrested on Tuesday for beating a transgender woman to death in Greeley. Angie Zapata was found lying on the living room floor of her apartment covered by a blanket. A recent study from the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs says reported cases of violence
against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people have actually decreased in Colorado over the last year. Bente Birkland reports from Denver.

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Roan Plateau Protests

The deadline for filing protests against leasing the Roan Plateau for gas drilling has passed. Steve Zelaznik of KDNK reports from Glenwood Springs, while Bente Birkland reports on Governor Bill Ritter’s decision to protest the decision.

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July 30, 2008

Food Safety

Colorado Democrat Diana Degette is trying to win more support for food safety legislation. Her plea comes after state health officials say a jalapeno pepper purchased in Southwest Colorado was linked to a multi-state outbreak of salmonella. Sara Sciammacco reports from Washington.

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Roundup

The ACLU makes its free speech case in Denver, and the Senate has blocked federal tax cuts for renewable energy production. Plus, Roan Plateau protests and cleanup, and Senator John McCain raises funds in Denver.

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