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We Bought A Toxic Asset; You Can Watch It Die
March 12, 2010 | NPR· Remember those complicated bonds full of home mortgages? The ones that almost brought down the economy? A team of NPR reporters used $1,000 of their own money to buy a tiny piece of one — and plan to track it until it dies.
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Obama Postpones Trip To Indonesia
March 12, 2010 | NPR· President Obama is delaying his trip to Asia next week to focus on his big push on health care. The White House tweeted the announcement. His family was going to go with him but they will not now. The White House wanted Congress to act on the health care bill by March 18, Obama's original departure date.
 
Do Big Quakes Increase Global Seismic Activity?
March 12, 2010 | NPR· There have been three deadly earthquakes already this year — in Haiti, Chile and Turkey — and a fourth that caused damage in Taiwan. Is this a coincidence? Seismologists can't answer that question directly, but they say there's a growing realization that big earthquakes can trigger other earthquakes many thousands of miles away.
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Family Farms Dwindle, Administration Probes Why
March 12, 2010 | KCUR· U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack launch a series of workshops Friday delving into agriculture anti-trust issues. Some big agribusiness firms say the forums will showcase a well functioning, free market. Many producers think the probe will expose a system increasingly hostile to traditional family farms.
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Ground Zero Workers Reach Deal On Claims
March 12, 2010 | NPR· New York City has reached a settlement with first responders and ground zero workers who were sickened by the dust from the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The $657 million package was negotiated by a special entity created to head off lawsuits against the city and its contractors. The plan still needs to be approved by a judge and the workers.
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No Ink, No Paper: What's The Value Of An E-Book?
March 12, 2010 | NPR· The electronic publishing revolution is underway, and for consumers, it could mean paying less than ever for books. But publishers think that lower prices could spell the end of the industry.
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'Green Zone': Bourne In Baghdad, Looking For WMDs
March 12, 2010 | NPR· Bourne Identity director Paul Greengrass and leading man Matt Damon have re-teamed for Green Zone, a fictionalized account of the U.S. search for weapons of mass destruction in the first year of the Iraq occupation. Film critic David Edelstein reviews the political thriller.
 
The 'Green Zone,' Where Good Intel Is Hard To Find
March 11, 2010 | NPR· Paul Greengrass' new Iraq War film takes a hard look at American hubris, but critic Ella Taylor says the propulsive thriller has something of a split personality — one part scathing critique, one part celebration of that old Hollywood standby, the Good American hero who saves the day.
 
From Korea, A Thriller Hitchcock Would Admire
March 11, 2010 | NPR· In Mother, Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho turns in a taut mystery about a woman who takes it upon herself to investigate the murder of a teenage girl in the effort to prove her son's innocence — and ends up uncovering much more than she bargained for.
 
Hell Hath No Fury Like A Screenwriter's Scorn
March 11, 2010 | NPR· Turns out that the life of a Hollywood screenwriter is more about rejection and powerlessness than about actual writing — or so it would seem from Tales from the Script, a documentary that features 52 screenwriters talking about the trials and tribulations of writing for the silver screen.
 

December 28, 2009

Legislative Session Preview Q & A: Senate Minority Leader Penry (R)

Josh PenryLawmakers are gearing up for the state’s annual legislative session which begins January 13th. State capitol correspondent Bente Birkeland is sitting down with legislative leaders to discuss the session and what lawmakers are likely to debate. In this piece, she talks with the Senate’s highest ranking Republican.

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Filed under: Bente Birkeland, Capitol Coverage, Colorado, Interview, Politics — Andrea Chalfin, News Dir. @ 7:21 am
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