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Black Leaders Ask: Where's Our President?
March 12, 2010 | NPR· From President Obama on down, a new wave of black politicians who eschew identity politics has risen across the country. But that has many in the black community feeling that a historic opportunity to address urban issues is slipping away.
 
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 reporters with NPR's Planet Money used $1,000 of their own cash 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.
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Christian Groups Find Way Around High Health Costs
March 12, 2010 | NPR· The nonprofit Samaritan Ministries transfers money among its members to pay each household's health care costs. Benefits to members include lower monthly payments and faith-based policies, but there's no guarantee their bills will be covered. Several evangelical Christian groups are using similar approaches.
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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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Art & Life from NPR

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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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.
 
New Music Emerges From Elkhart's Instrument Past
March 11, 2010 | NPR· Dozens of band instrument makers used to be part of the local economy in Elkhart, Ind. But since the city was battered by the economy, only three major companies remain. One says it will manufacture instruments only in the U.S. — and it will hire new workers to grow the business and regain market share.
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October 3, 2008

Roundup

Republican presidential nominee John McCain and the Colorado River Compact…Coloradans for Equal Opportunity disputes a ruling keeping their ballot initiative from the general election…and, Congress passes the Wall Street Bail-Out bill.

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Filed under: Andrea Chalfin, Business/Labor, Capitol News Connection, Elections, Energy, Environment, Round-Up — Delaney Utterback @ 5:37 pm
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