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member name: Ken G.
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April 13, 2007 09:17 AM EDT --
Imagine a swath of land stretching from Boston to Portland, Maine with homes on both sides of the road in ruins.
In Louisiana people don't have to imagine. That's the destruction they still see . . .
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April 12, 2007 01:34 PM EDT --
Sanjaya is the man with many hair styles singing on "American Idol." And some say he's only there because of an "American Idol" backlash led by radio's Howard Stern and a website . . .
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May 17, 2007 11:46 AM EDT --
I read a fascinating piece in The Nation online yesterday that touched on some of Falwell's over-looked early years when "questions of the day" for many cultural conservatives were ones concerning . . .
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April 17, 2007 04:01 PM EDT --
Today, fans of fantasy writer JRR Tolkien will have cause to rejoice...or fear.
A new saga, "The Children of Hurin," hits the store shelves. A prequel of sorts to "The Lord of the Rings" . . .
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April 24, 2007 09:23 AM EDT --
What was the governor of New Mexico doing in North Korea last week? Bill Richardson was formally there to collect the remains of six U.S. soldiers killed during the Korean War. He also had a say in negotiations . . .
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April 11, 2007 08:41 AM EDT --
Members of the Scarlett Knights basketball team of Rutgers University held a press conference where captain Essence Carson talked about how angry and sad Imus' comments made the team. Last week the . . .
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April 12, 2007 01:30 PM EDT --
Relations between Japan and China are thawing a bit as China's Premier Wen takes his first trip to Japan.
John Bussey, editor of The Wall Street Journal Asia, says its all about trade.
Click here . . .
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April 19, 2007 12:41 PM EDT --
Virginia Tech had been working on a system to get emergency alerts to students by cell phone text messages. But the University of Washington has a safety team in place charged with herding people into . . .
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April 11, 2007 08:56 AM EDT --
When Amal Graafstra opens his front door, he doesn't use a key; to turn on his computer, he just waves his hand.
Graafstra, who runs a mobile messaging company in Bellingham, Washington, is one of . . .
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April 24, 2007 08:41 AM EDT --
President Bush has promised to tighten economic sanctions and impose new ones on Sudan if that nation's president does not move quickly to stop the bloodshed in Darfur. Bush says Sudan must allow deployment . . .
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April 19, 2007 12:44 PM EDT --
A new ABC News Washington Post poll shows 51 percent of Americans thought that Don Imus should have lost his job over his racially insensitive remarks.
But there is a racial divide within that divide. . . .
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April 30, 2007 02:44 PM EDT --
Next month, a Texas-based company plans to begin construction on an off-shore liquefied natural gas terminal in Massachusetts Bay. Excelerate Energy got the go-ahead late last year after agreeing . . .
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May 07, 2007 08:07 AM EDT --
A new study finds there is a subtle racial bias in the referring of NBA games. Specifically white refs call fouls against black players at a greater rate then against white players and that black . . .
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May 09, 2007 10:13 AM EDT --
Anyone familiar with this guy? He was on the radio here in Boston yesterday.
There is a link to the interview on this page:
http://www.here-now.org/shows/2007/05/20070508_2.asp
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April 02, 2008 05:22 PM EDT --
Not sure what to make of this strange animal "public radio" thrashing about the thickets of the interent. Was once a big fan, but now find my attention diverted my the vasting more diverse offerings . . .
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May 24, 2007 02:49 PM EDT --
Prosperity theology has met its match in the form of Reverend Billy.
From the stoop of New York's Disney Store to the Mall of America, performance artist Bill Talen preaches his gospel as "Reverend . . .
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September 07, 2007 10:33 AM EDT --
On today's show:
(Listen on the radio or online)
1- GENERAL DAVID PATRAEUS: We get an early peek into the report the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq will give to Congress . . .
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September 11, 2007 11:25 AM EDT --
Listen online or on the radio.
1- PETRAEUS/CROCKER: General David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker returned to Capitol Hill this morning to face more lawmakers demanding answers . . .
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May 02, 2007 11:53 AM EDT --
Photographer Mark Edward Harris has made two visits to North Korea and has been to the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. His stunning photographs from the Hermit Kingdom are featured in . . .
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October 25, 2007 12:24 PM EDT --
Here & Now asks: "What is the best song associated with your city?"
This can be a song written or performed by an artist from your city, or a song either representing . . .
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