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Fallows On The News: Israeli Flap, Health Care
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.
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Haiti's Geology Slowly Giving Up Its Secrets
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.
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Votes Slow To Tally In Iraq
March 13, 2010 | NPR· Six days have passed since Iraq's nationwide elections, and there are still no real results. Last Sunday, about 62 percent of eligible voters defied threats of violence to cast a ballot. Guest host Jacki Lyden gets the latest from NPR's Quil Lawrence in Baghdad.
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German Sex Abuse Scandal Includes The Pope
March 13, 2010 | NPR· A growing scandal in Europe over child sexual abuse by priests now extends to the Vatican and Pope Benedict. Friday, the Pope's former archdiocese in Germany acknowledged that while he was archbishop, a priest who was suspected of abusing children was transferred to another job — where he committed more abuses. Guest host Jacki Lyden talks to Peter Wensierski of Der Spiegel about the sex abuse scandal.
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Iraq's Neighbors Watch As Votes Are Counted
March 13, 2010 | NPR· The results of Iraq's election could have broader repercussions in the Middle East. Jacki Lyden speaks with Rami Khouri, editor-at-large of the Beirut-based Daily Star newspaper, about reaction in the Arab world to the Iraq elections.
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Art & Life from NPR

How Do You Make A Yugo Cool? Turn It Into A Book.
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.
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Bassist George Porter, Jr. Plays Not My Job
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.
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The Mad Hatter's Secret Ingredient: Math
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.
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Hollywood's New Battle Tactic: Make War Personal
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.
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'Parking Lot': Guys, Cars And The Meaning Of Life
March 12, 2010 | NPR· One of the buzz movies at this year's South By Southwest Film Festival depicts the denizens of the Corner Parking Lot in Charlottesville, Va., whose attendants are a surprisingly lively bunch of poets, philosophers, musicians and anthropologists. Sandy Hausman reports from member station WVTF.
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October 3, 2008

Colorado’s Delegation on Bailout

The U.S. House passed a financial rescue plan on Friday by a wide margin, but the majority of Colorado’s U.S. Representatives voted against the measure. The “no” votes didn’t fall along party lines…with two Republicans and two Democrats opposing the package. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.

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Filed under: Bente Birkeland, Business/Labor, Capitol Coverage, Elections, Politics — Delaney Utterback @ 4:21 pm
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