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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.
 
'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.
 
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..
 

February 26, 2010

Round-Up: Regional Airports Receive Funds, and the Four Corners’ New Monument

Regional airports are set to receive funding from the state to help facilitate maintenance and construction projects…and, a new Four Corners monument is under construction at the site where Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah meet.

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Filed under: AP,Andrea Chalfin,Miranda Hickox,Round-Up,Student Reporter,Tourism,Transportation — Andrea Chalfin, News Dir. @ 5:32 pm
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Friday Index

In Colorado Springs, a second candidate enters the mayoral race (Business Journal, Gazette). KRDO reports Hanover Elementary School is set to close.

In Pueblo, the Chieftain takes a look at the city’s personnel expenses in light of the current economic climate.

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Child Welfare Bill Introduced

Lawmakers introduced a bill yesterday that aims to make it easier to file complaints against the state’s child welfare system, which cares for abused and neglected children. A task force studied the issue following the deaths of 13 children within the system in one year. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.

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February 25, 2010

Repeat Bills

Each legislative session has its new issues for state lawmakers to tackle, and some not so new ideas. Bente Birkeland takes a look at the history of some bills that keep coming back year after year.

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Round-Up: Veteran Trauma Court Opens, Otero County Seeks Grant for Meteorological Station, and more

A Veteran Trauma Court is officially opening today in Colorado Springs to help veterans who may be suffering from post traumatic stress disorder or other war injuries…Otero County officials have taken the first steps toward finding out if they can develop a renewable energy industry in the region…and, the House Finance Committee yesterday killed a bill that would have allowed Colorado convenience stores to sell full-strength beer.

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Thursday Index

In Colorado Springs, KKTV reports on what happens now after the city council officially passed a camping ban. KOAA is reporting on reaction to a plan to turn a former campground into a campground for the homeless, and has comments from Colorado Attorney General John Suthers on the medical marijuana debate.

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