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Emissions generated by tropical forest loss have doubled in the last two decades and are continuing to increase, according to resarch Carbon emissions driven by the destruction of tropical forests have doubled over the last 20 years and are continuing to accelerate, according to a study which has warned of the failure ...
https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4045704/study-climate-impacts-tropical-deforestation-worse-previously
2022-03-02T01:52:10
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Williamsport, Pa. – The Williamsport Bureau of Police is one step closer to purchasing new equipment that Police Chief Justin Snyder said will benefit both the community and the officers. On Tuesday, the Public Safety Committee voted in favor of recommending that City Council pass a resolution authorizing the purchase ...
https://www.northcentralpa.com/news/request-to-buy-body-cams-and-in-car-video-systems-for-williamsport-police-headed-for/article_4fcfc444-997d-11ec-b47b-0f0aa0fda2c5.html
2022-03-02T01:52:16
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Northumberland County -- PennDOT will implement a lane restriction tomorrow on Route 61 (Veterans Memorial Bridge) in Sunbury, Northumberland County, for maintenance work. On Wednesday, March 2, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) maintenance crew will per...
https://www.northcentralpa.com/news/roads/lane-restriction-tomorrow-on-veterans-memorial-bridge-sunbury-northumberland-county/article_5898cab4-99a3-11ec-8777-f3776cac225c.html
2022-03-02T01:52:22
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Williamsport, Pa. —Three Lycoming County residents were charged after an alleged break-in that ended with threats being made against a family. Destiny Paige Hoy, 24, of Williamsport, Brian Keith Hoy, 57, of Lock Haven, and Todd Edward Hubert, 30 of South Williamsport were all accused of entering a trailer near the 1900...
https://www.northcentralpa.com/news/three-people-charged-after-alleged-break-in/article_9c766aba-9963-11ec-8ade-cfbe33e0e7e4.html
2022-03-02T01:52:26
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Climate-aware and eco-friendly clothing, homeware, and personal care products form part of major new product line from the tech and retail giant Amazon has launched a new line of climate-aware and eco-friendly clothing, homeware, and personal care products under the banner Amazon Aware, which will see a wide range of n...
https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4045711/amazon-aware-retail-giant-launches-sustainable-everyday-products-range
2022-03-02T01:52:30
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Builders' merchants hails benchmark for future branches, as it hails redevelopment of Wishaw outlet to include latest clean technologies Leading builders' merchant Jewson has today celebrated the opening of its first net zero carbon site following the redevelopment of its outlet in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire. The compan...
https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4045725/doing-bit-jewson-cuts-ribbon-net-zero-branch
2022-03-02T01:52:51
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Pioneering company allocates at least £1m of new £20m fundraising round to crowd-funding platform, offering public the chance to invest in advanced self-driving technology Autonomous vehicle and robotic technology firm Academy of Robotics has today announced the official launch of a £20m pre-series A fundraising round,...
https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4045731/academy-robotics-flicks-switch-crowd-funding-drive
2022-03-02T01:53:11
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EXCLUSIVE: Hybrid Air Vehicles teams up with AECOM to develop hydrogen supply infrastructure for fuel cell airships in the UK Hybrid Air Vehicles' ambitions of flying zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell-powered airships in UK skies by the end of the decade have taken a step forward today, with the firm confirming it has ...
https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4045741/preparing-lift-hybrid-air-vehicles-taps-aecom-uk-hydrogen-fuel-cell-airship-ambitions
2022-03-02T01:53:32
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Draft proposals seen by Reuters could pave way for windfall taxes to help fund major acceleration of European clean energy and efficiency programmes The European Commission is reportedly preparing a sweeping new package of reforms to bolster the bloc's energy security in a move that appears designed to enable further s...
https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4045747/reports-european-commission-preps-sweeping-energy-security-plan-response-russian-invasion
2022-03-02T01:53:52
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'Integrated' transition framework aims to help boost financial institutions' financial and environmental performance, according to its authors A new framework that aims to help financial institutions develop consistent climate and nature scenarios and transition plans has been published this morning by the Finance for ...
https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4045769/transition-framework-published-help-financiers-manage-climate-nature-risk
2022-03-02T01:54:12
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Susan Davis Susan Davis is a congressional correspondent for NPR and a co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast. She has covered Congress, elections, and national politics since 2002 for publications including USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal, National Journal and Roll Call. She appears regularly on television and radio o...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2022-03-01/a-preview-of-the-state-of-the-union-address
2022-03-02T01:54:54
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The Arizona Senate, in a bipartisan vote, has censured a Republican lawmaker for calling for violence against her political opponents, saying state Sen. Wendy Rogers "has damaged the reputation of the Arizona State Senate by her actions." The move comes days after Rogers spoke at a conference organized by a well-known ...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/npr-national-news/2022-03-01/arizona-state-senate-censures-lawmaker-who-threatened-rivals-with-violence
2022-03-02T01:55:01
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A large cargo ship that was carrying luxury cars from Germany to the U.S. sank Tuesday in the mid-Atlantic — nearly two weeks after a fire broke out on board, according to Portuguese navy officials. Officials confirmed that the ship, Felicity Ace, lost stability and sank about 250 miles off Portugal's Azores islands as...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/npr-national-news/2022-03-01/ship-carrying-thousands-of-luxury-cars-sinks-in-the-atlantic-after-burning-for-weeks
2022-03-02T01:55:07
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At least five legislators announced Tuesday that they had tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of tonight's State of the Union address. To attend tonight's speech, guests — even those who are fully vaccinated — are required to produce a negative test. California's Sen. Alex Padilla and Rep. Pete Aguilar, Rep. Jamie Raski...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/npr-national-news/2022-03-01/state-of-the-union-attendance-required-a-covid-test-5-legislators-tested-positive
2022-03-02T01:55:13
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine is forcing Silicon Valley giants into a geopolitical high-wire act they have long tried to avoid. From Facebook and Google to Apple and Microsoft, platforms have moved to limit the reach of Kremlin-controlled media outlets. Google has booted Russian state media from its Google News service....
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/npr-national-news/2022-03-01/techs-crackdown-on-russian-propaganda-is-a-geopolitical-high-wire-act
2022-03-02T01:55:19
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Major League Baseball announced Tuesday it's canceling the start of the upcoming regular season, which was scheduled to begin March 31st. The announcement follows the breakdown of labor negotiations between owners and players, who've been locked out since the beginning of last December. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred sai...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/npr-national-news/2022-03-01/the-mlbs-season-start-is-canceled-as-players-and-owners-fail-to-reach-a-labor-deal
2022-03-02T01:55:25
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The end of 2021 was filled with highs and lows for Kanye West. At the end of November, he experienced the loss of Virgil Abloh, a beloved fashion designer and DJ who passed away after a two-year battle with cancer. Kanye and Virgil were close friends and the two collaborated numerous times over the years. A short time ...
https://uproxx.com/music/kanye-west-virgil-abloh-death-reuniting-drake/
2022-03-02T01:57:04
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(CNN)About a week ago, a US basketball player from Maryland was in Ukraine playing in the international leagues. Little did he know that within days he would urgently start a journey to get back to his home, nearly 5,000 miles away. Lucious "Lucky" Jones had been playing professional basketball in Ternopil, a town abou...
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/01/us/american-basketball-player-flees-ukraine-journey-trnd/index.html
2022-03-02T01:57:10
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Before we begin, go and do something that brings you joy. Maybe crack open something to drink, or pet your dog, or listen to a song you really enjoy. I am advising you to do this because there is a chance the following video from Wheel of Fortune is going to ruin your night. Alright, so, Tuesday night’s episode of the ...
https://uproxx.com/sports/wheel-of-fortune-another-feather-in-your-cap-fail-video/
2022-03-02T01:57:10
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The animated movie Home on the Range, opening in U.S. theaters Friday, is the last hand-drawn feature Disney will make at its studios in Southern California. As computer-generated animation becomes the film industry standard, many now-unemployed artists who animate by hand say theirs is a disappearing art form. Hear NP...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-03-31/hand-drawn-animation-a-disappearing-art
2022-03-02T01:59:16
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'Swipe' Combines ID with Art Published March 31, 2004 at 11:00 PM CST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 0:00 Three performance artists have developed an art piece called Swipe, which reveals how much information your drivers license contains. Rob Schmitz of member station KPCC reports. Copyright 2004 NPR
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-03-31/swipe-combines-id-with-art
2022-03-02T01:59:22
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Author Ben Macintyre's The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan tells the true story of Josiah Harlan, a Pennsylvania Quaker who some 150 years ago began a 20-year trip through Central Asia. After riding into Afghanistan on an elephant, Harlan declared himself to be royalty — and the heir to Alexand...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-03-31/the-american-man-who-would-be-king
2022-03-02T01:59:28
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Motown founder Berry Gordy has decided to sell his stake in 15,000 Motown songs known as the Jobete collection to EMI Music Publishing. The catalog includes hits by the Supremes, Marvin Gay, Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson, as well as many songs never released. With the deal, Gordy breaks all ties to the Motown empir...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-01/emi-to-buy-gordys-motown-catalog
2022-03-02T01:59:34
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The 1970s movie Walking Tall, about a man who takes the law into his own hands after his town becomes a sinkhole of iniquity, became a B-movie classic, inspiring a TV movie and a short-lived network series. A new remake, starring wrestler-turned-actor the Rock, opens this weekend. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth ...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-01/movie-review-walking-tall
2022-03-02T01:59:40
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Novelist Eudora Welty loved gardens and gardening, and her vivid descriptions of the flowers, shrubs and trees of her native South fill her writings. This weekend in Welty's home town of Jackson, Miss., the public will be able to experience one of the most intimate of her bucolic inspirations: the Welty family garden. ...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-02/eudora-weltys-green-thumb
2022-03-02T01:59:46
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James Abbot McNeill Whistler's painting commonly known as "Whistler's Mother" has left its home in Paris for a rare tour stop in Detroit. Museums routinely use one-time loans like this one to stage major events and generate increased revenue. This practice has become more difficult with the rising costs of security aft...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-03/whistlers-mother-on-tour
2022-03-02T01:59:52
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel and expressed his anguish over the deteriorating situation and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. He reiterated India's appeal for cessation of hostilities and a return to dialogue. The Prime Minister stressed that the conte...
https://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-pm-modi-speaks-to-eu-president-expresses-anguish-on-humanitarian-crisis-2937001
2022-03-02T01:59:54
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Ten years ago, Kurt Cobain -- co-founder and lead singer of the group Nirvana -- apparently committed suicide. Cobain introduced the sound known as grunge to audiences around the world. His death prompted thousands of fans to hold vigils in his hometown of Seattle, Wash. Many likened its impact to the effect John Lenno...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-04/remembering-kurt-cobain-10-years-later
2022-03-02T01:59:56
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An exhibition called "The Gates" opened at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art Tuesday. The exhibit includes drawings, plans and mockups of the 7,500 saffron-colored, nylon fabric "gates" that famed conceptual artist Christo and his wife, Jeanne Claude, want to install along Central Park's walkways. NPR's David D'Arc...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-06/christos-plans-for-central-park-gates-on-exhibit
2022-03-02T02:00:02
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Music Review: Brubeck's 'Time Out' Box Set Fresh Air | By Kevin Whitehead Published April 6, 2004 at 11:00 PM CDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 0:00 Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews a new box set of Dave Brubeck's Time Out albums. Copyright 2004 Fresh Air
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-06/music-review-brubecks-time-out-box-set
2022-03-02T02:00:08
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When the 68th Masters Tournament begins Thursday at Augusta National Golf Club, former tournament champion Tom Watson takes to the green without his on-course companion of nearly three decades. Caddie Bruce Edwards died this morning at his home in Florida after a year-long struggle with ALS -- Lou Gehrig's disease. He ...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-07/caddy-for-life-the-bruce-edwards-story
2022-03-02T02:00:14
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Evangelical protestant Gospel music is surprisingly popular in traditionally Catholic France. Winning converts and inspiring new trends, it's a hit both in churches and in stores. NPR's Nick Spicer reports. Copyright 2004 NPR Evangelical protestant Gospel music is surprisingly popular in traditionally Catholic France. ...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-07/gospel-music-gains-fans-in-france
2022-03-02T02:00:16
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It's been seven years since detective Jane Tennison last applied her world-weary determination to solving a case on Masterpiece Theatre's Prime Suspect. But on April 18, acclaimed British actress Helen Mirren revives Tennison's character, returning to PBS in Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness. Mirren speaks with NPR's L...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-08/mirren-returns-to-pbs-prime-suspect
2022-03-02T02:00:22
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The new film The Girl Next Door appears to be a typical teen comedy with an adult twist: what happens when a stunning former porn star moves in next door to a lucky high school senior. Some critics find its attempt to make the world of pornography seem mainstream disturbing. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan ...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-08/movie-review-girl-next-door
2022-03-02T02:00:28
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British singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore is just 24, but last fall she released her fifth CD, Avalanche. Her engaging tunes are matched by thought-provoking lyrics, reflecting the influences of Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Elvis Costello and the Replacements. When NPR's Linda Wertheimer spoke with Gilmore about her music, t...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-09/britains-gilmore-girl
2022-03-02T02:00:34
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best known as the screenwriter for 1985's My Beautiful Laundrette and 1987's Sammy and Rosie Get Laid. He's written a script for a new film -- The Mother -- and has a new novel out called The Body. Both mark a departure from his socio-political stories about being a person of color in England. Now the subject of aging ...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-09/hanif-kureishi-back-with-new-screenplay-novel
2022-03-02T02:00:36
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Each month, All Things Considered tries to learn a little bit more about what people on the other side of the radio are listening to -- songs that might not be heard on the FM dial, or featured in Rolling Stone, or even found on the Internet. That's clearly the case with the selections of 17-year-old Lexi Sanborn, a hi...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-10/lexi-sanborn-what-are-you-listening-to
2022-03-02T02:00:43
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LATHAM, N.Y. (AP) _ Plug Power Inc. (PLUG) on Tuesday reported a loss of $192.9 million in its fourth quarter. The Latham, New York-based company said it had a loss of 33 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 32 cents per share. The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The avera...
https://www.expressnews.com/business/article/Plug-Power-Q4-Earnings-Snapshot-16969633.php
2022-03-02T02:00:45
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Liane Hansen Liane Hansen has been the host of NPR's award-winning Weekend Edition Sunday for 20 years. She brings to her position an extensive background in broadcast journalism, including work as a radio producer, reporter, and on-air host at both the local and national level. The program has covered such breaking ne...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-10/life-outside-the-pages-a-chance-meeting
2022-03-02T02:00:49
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 3" game were: 0-7-2 (zero, seven, two) DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 3" game were: 0-7-2 (zero, seven, two)
https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-3-game-16969684.php
2022-03-02T02:00:52
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Alan Cheuse reviews All That is Gone by Pramoedya Ananta Toer, translated by Willem Samuels, a collection of short fiction dramatizing aspects of 20th century Indonesia that only remain in memory. Published by Hyperion, February 2004. Copyright 2004 NPR
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-11/book-all-that-is-gone-from-indonesia
2022-03-02T02:00:55
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In the 1970s, Patti Smith hit the underground music scene with an ecstatic blend of free-form poetry and three-chord rock. The woman hailed as the "godmother of punk" credits her signature sound to lessons in free-verse defiance from 19th-century poet Arthur Rimbaud and 20th-century music legend Bob Dylan. Tracey Tanen...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-11/intersections-patti-smith-poet-laureate-of-punk
2022-03-02T02:00:57
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 4" game were: 9-4-5-0 (nine, four, five, zero) DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 4" game were: 9-4-5-0 (nine, four, five, zero)
https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-game-16969686.php
2022-03-02T02:00:58
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Each year since 1992, the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression in Charlottesville, Va., has presented its Jefferson Muzzles award to people and organizations who have stood in the way of free speech. NPR's Bob Edwards speaks with center director Robert O'Neil about "winners" of the 2004 award, ...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-12/censuring-the-censors
2022-03-02T02:01:03
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5 Double Play" game were: 05-06-09-23-33 (five, six, nine, twenty-three, thirty-three) DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5 Double Play" game were: 05-06-09-...
https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Fantasy-5-Double-Play-16969685.php
2022-03-02T02:01:04
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Four years ago, Danish director Lone Scherfig scored a surprise hit with Italian for Beginners. That film followed the strict rules of the Dogme95 movement, which holds that filmmaking austerity inspires creativity. In Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, Scherfig moves beyond Dogme, offering a dark comedy that embraces Holly...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-12/wilbur-wants-to-kill-himself
2022-03-02T02:01:09
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were: 02-03-16-17-36 (two, three, sixteen, seventeen, thirty-six) DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were: 02-03-16-17-36 (two, three, sixtee...
https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Fantasy-5-game-16969683.php
2022-03-02T02:01:10
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Adrienne Young is a singer and guitarist who makes old-fashioned music sound new. Her songs, played on banjo or with a full band, are winning fans across generations for walking the line between traditional folk and bluegrass. Young's debut album, recorded with her band, Little Sadie, is full of fresh takes on well-wor...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-13/adrienne-youngs-plow-to-the-end-of-the-row
2022-03-02T02:01:15
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Conjuring images of America's founding fathers — Washington, Adams, Franklin — is easy. But less is known about the women who helped build a new nation. In a new book, Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation, NPR News Analyst Cokie Roberts examines the lives and contributions of Revolutionary wives and lesser...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-13/founding-mothers-the-women-who-raised-our-nation
2022-03-02T02:01:17
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Keno" game were: 02-24-25-27-28-29-30-35-36-38-39-42-49-51-53-54-55-57-60-71-72-80 (two, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty-two, fo...
https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Keno-game-16969682.php
2022-03-02T02:01:17
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New Orleans, where roughly one-third of residents can barely read, has become the latest of several U.S. cities to use the book A Lesson Before Dying in a campaign to fight illiteracy and promote reading. Set in 1948, the novel addresses literacy, poverty and race relations in the segregated South. NPR's Bob Edwards sp...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-14/fighting-illiteracy-with-a-lesson-before-dying
2022-03-02T02:01:23
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were: 1-2-4-8 (one, two, four, eight) BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were: 1-2-4-8 (one, two, fou...
https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Numbers-Evening-game-16969734.php
2022-03-02T02:01:23
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A museum and indigenous Hawaiians are in a custody battle over rare carved artifacts, some of which have been repatriated to sacred burial caves. Harriet Baskas' report on the controversy is the latest in NPR's Hidden Treasures series. The Bishop Museum in Honolulu is Hawaii's oldest and largest. Its stated mission is ...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-14/hidden-treasures-hawaii-custody-battle
2022-03-02T02:01:29
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were: JC-2C-4C-7C-3H (JC, 2C, 4C, 7C, 3H) DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were: JC-2C-4C-7C-3H (JC, 2C, 4C, 7C, 3H)
https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Poker-Lotto-game-16969689.php
2022-03-02T02:01:29
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The new documentary Mayor of the Sunset Strip looks at the life of Los Angeles disc jockey Rodney Bingenheimer, who helped introduce such artists as David Bowie, the Sex Pistols and Nirvana. Director George Hickenlooper considers his subject the personification of America's obsession with fame. Los Angeles Times film c...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-15/movie-review-mayor-of-the-sunset-strip
2022-03-02T02:01:35
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AP PHOTOS: Destruction, death in Ukraine under bombardment March 1, 2022 Updated: March 1, 2022 7:43 p.m. 1of 23 A damaged car sits at the central square following shelling of the City Hall building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Pavel Dorogoy/AP Show More Show Less 2of 23 People walk along an empty road ...
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/AP-PHOTOS-Destruction-death-in-Ukraine-under-16969698.php
2022-03-02T02:01:35
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to author Daniel Silva about his new novel A Death in Vienna. The former journalist, now a prolific writer, brings back his hero, Gabriel Allon, a European art restorer who hunts down Nazi criminals who have escaped justice. (The book is published by G.P. Putnam & Sons.) Copyright 2004 NPR
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-16/a-death-in-vienna
2022-03-02T02:01:37
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President Joe Biden plans to announce Tuesday night that the U.S. is banning Russian aircraft from its airspace in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine, according to two people familiar with the decision. The move follows similar action by Canada and the European Union this week. The people spoke on the condition of...
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/AP-source-Biden-to-ban-Russian-planes-from-US-16969714.php
2022-03-02T02:01:41
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Host Scott Simon talks with Monica Mancini, the daughter of film score composer Henry Mancini and singer in her own right, about her father's music, his legacy... and his new postage stamp. Copyright 2004 NPR Host Scott Simon talks with Monica Mancini, the daughter of film score composer Henry Mancini and singer in her...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-16/monica-mancini-on-henry-mancini
2022-03-02T02:01:43
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WASHINGTON (AP) — AP sources: Biden to announce in State of the Union that US is closing airspace to Russian planes over Ukraine invasion. WASHINGTON (AP) — AP sources: Biden to announce in State of the Union that US is closing airspace to Russian planes over Ukraine invasion.
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Alert-AP-sources-Biden-to-announce-in-State-of-16969632.php
2022-03-02T02:01:48
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Young Adam and Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself are both Scottish films starring male leads obsessed with death. But the two movies are really quite different. NPR's Bob Mondello offers a comparison. Copyright 2004 NPR Young Adam and Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself are both Scottish films starring male leads obsessed with dea...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-16/movie-reviews-two-from-scotland
2022-03-02T02:01:49
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The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was one of the great natural disasters in American history. The quake and ensuing fire left a city known as the "Paris of the West" in ruins. Then human venality made things worse. Looters were out in full force, picking damaged businesses clean. Federal troops given license to shoo...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-17/shaking-up-history-with-1906
2022-03-02T02:01:55
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Think 1950s food and you might conjure up Jell-O salads with a riot of add-ons or soda pop put to unnatural uses. In her new book, Something from the Oven, author Laura Shapiro deconstructs food from the '50s -- and the industry that foisted it on American households. She describes how some foods developed for soldiers...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-18/something-from-the-oven
2022-03-02T02:01:57
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HOUSTON (AP) — Issues related to media publicity and a gag order as well as a concern over a lack diversity among attorneys representing those killed or injured during last year’s deadly Astroworld music festival were discussed during a court hearing on Tuesday. The hearing was the first time lawyers handling the nearl...
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Gag-order-diversity-discussed-at-Astroworld-16969709.php
2022-03-02T02:02:00
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Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho is a household name in most parts of the world. His new novel, Eleven Minutes, was a global best seller last year -- everywhere but in the United States. According to Coelho's publishers, his books have sold 50 million copies in 150 countries -- sales figures comparable to those of John Gr...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-19/brazilian-author-paulo-coelho-targets-u-s-readers
2022-03-02T02:02:03
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HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii plans to lift its COVID-19 quarantine requirement for travelers on March 25, meaning those arriving after that date from other places in the U.S. won't have to show proof of vaccination or a negative test to avoid sequestering themselves for five days. Hawaii is the only U.S. state to implement a...
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Hawaii-to-lift-COVID-19-travel-quarantine-rules-16969651.php
2022-03-02T02:02:06
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USA Today editor Karen Jurgensen steps down four months after the revelation that former foreign correspondent Jack Kelley fabricated stories under her watch. Jurgensen had held the paper's top editorial post since 1999. NPR's Bob Edwards speaks with Marvin Kalb, senior fellow at Harvard's Joan Shorenstein Center on th...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-20/usa-today-editor-resigns
2022-03-02T02:02:09
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A judge has overturned a new capital gains tax on high profit stocks, bonds and other assets that was approved by the Washington Legislature last year, ruling that it is an unconstitutional tax on income. In his written decision issued Tuesday, Douglas County Superior Court Judge Brian Huber agree...
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Judge-overturns-Washington-state-s-new-capital-16969772.php
2022-03-02T02:02:12
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Carroll Musical Instrument Rentals is a a huge warehouse in New York City that rents all types of exotic bells, whistles, and acoustic effects to orchestras, movie studios and musicals across the country. Hear commentator Miles Hoffman and NPR's Bob Edwards as they take an audio tour of the warehouse. Copyright 2004 NP...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-21/carroll-music-company-warehouse-a-feast-for-the-ear
2022-03-02T02:02:15
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Washington Post columnist Mary McGrory dies at age 85 after a long illness. McGrory won a Pulitzer Prize for her commentary during the Watergate scandal. Hear NPR's Bob Edwrds and Post columnist David Broder. Copyright 2004 NPR Washington Post columnist Mary McGrory dies at age 85 after a long illness. McGrory won a Pu...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-21/pulitzer-prize-winning-columnist-mary-mcgrory-dies
2022-03-02T02:02:17
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is traveling to Alabama this weekend to commemorate a key moment of the civil rights movement. Harris will speak in Selma at an event marking the 57th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the day in 1965 when white police attacked Black voting rights marchers. Harris will...
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Kamala-Harris-to-mark-Bloody-Sunday-anniversary-16969715.php
2022-03-02T02:02:19
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A report published in the Journal of Death Studies finds that poets die younger than novelists, playwrights and other writers. James Kaufman, a researcher at California State University at San Bernardino, suggests poets may die young because they tend to be more tortured and prone to self-destruction. NPR's Bob Edwards...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-21/study-poets-die-younger-than-other-writers
2022-03-02T02:02:23
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Kent Waldrep, a TCU running back who became an advocate for disabled people after a spinal injury during a game left him paralyzed, has died. He was 67. His mother, Denise Waldrep, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that her son had died Sunday in Natchitoches, Louisiana. TCU confirmed his death...
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Kent-Waldrep-TCU-rusher-paralyzed-during-a-game-16969762.php
2022-03-02T02:02:25
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Every Saturday night in a gritty YMCA in the South African city of Durban, men put on finely-pressed suits, drink cheap beer and compete in an a cappella Zulu choir competition called isicathamiya. They're sometimes called the "tip-toe guys". Isicathamiya means "in a stalking mood" and it refers to the slow deliberate ...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-21/zulus-tip-toe-choir-competition
2022-03-02T02:02:29
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday unanimously confirmed the appointment of Deputy Chief Kristin Crowley to be the first woman to lead the LA Fire Department. Crowley will replace Ralph Terrazas, who became the department’s first Latino chief in 2014 and promoted Crowley several times. Mayor Eri...
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Kristin-Crowley-to-be-1st-woman-as-LA-fire-16969773.php
2022-03-02T02:02:31
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The Holocaust Memorial Museum's new exhibit, "Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race," takes a chilling look at the Nazi use of eugenics and its applications. The term "eugenics" comes from the Greek word meaning "well-born." In the 20th century, it came to mean something far more sinister: a scientific movement to ...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-22/exhibit-examines-nazi-use-of-eugenics
2022-03-02T02:02:35
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Jeffrey Freymann-Weyr Jeffrey Freymann-Weyr (pronounced "FRIME n WIRE") is a producer and editor for NPR's Arts Information unit, primarily dealing with the subjects of classical music and digital technology. Along with David Schulman, he co-produced the occasional series Musicians In Their Own Words." Their profile of...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-22/musicians-in-their-own-words-paul-jacobs
2022-03-02T02:02:37
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IMMOKALEE, Fla. (AP) — An endangered Florida panther has died after being struck by a vehicle. It’s the eighth panther death attributed to fatal collisions, out of eight total deaths this year, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The remains of the 1-year-old male panther were found Mond...
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Officials-Florida-panther-struck-and-killed-by-16969739.php
2022-03-02T02:02:37
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Noi is a new film from Iceland about a disaffected Albino high school student. The film blends comedy and tragedy in its approach to its subject. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan has a review. Copyright 2004 NPR Noi is a new film from Iceland about a disaffected Albino high school student. The film blends co...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-22/noi-bleak-but-pleasing-icelandic-film
2022-03-02T02:02:43
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NEW YORK (AP) — Two British executives were charged with cheating investors out of millions of dollars in a collateralized loan scam that falsely promised investments used for loans were backed by fine wines, authorities said Tuesday. An indictment returned Monday in Brooklyn federal court charged Stephen Burton, 57, a...
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Two-UK-executives-charged-in-100-million-16969133.php
2022-03-02T02:02:44
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NPR's Cheryl Corley speaks with Alexandra Patsavas, music supervisor of the television show The O.C.. The program has become a showcase for new music that's fallen under the mainstream radar. Cheryl Corley is a Chicago-based NPR correspondent who works for the National Desk. She primarily covers criminal justice issues...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-23/music-of-the-o-c
2022-03-02T02:02:49
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SEATTLE (AP) — A woman who torched five Seattle police cars during a tumultuous protest that heralded a summer of unrest after George Floyd's murder in 2020 was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison. Margaret Channon, 26, of Tacoma, used an aerosol can and a lighter as a makeshift flame-thrower to burn the unoccupi...
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Woman-gets-5-year-term-for-police-car-fires-in-16969624.php
2022-03-02T02:02:50
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Liane Hansen Liane Hansen has been the host of NPR's award-winning Weekend Edition Sunday for 20 years. She brings to her position an extensive background in broadcast journalism, including work as a radio producer, reporter, and on-air host at both the local and national level. The program has covered such breaking ne...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-24/possible-source-for-nabokovs-lolita
2022-03-02T02:02:55
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It's tough making a living as a writer. NPR's Noah Adams continues his series on low-wage jobs with a look at writers in Seattle who can only dream of quitting their day job to dedicate themselves to their art. Adams visits the Richard Hugo House, a writers' community center named in honor of the late poet, a Seattle n...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-24/seattles-low-wage-writers
2022-03-02T02:02:57
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Walter Mosley's latest novel, The Man in My Basement, examines race, power and identity -- core subjects of much of his past work. But this time he has even more fundamental mysteries in mind. "I wanted to show a meeting between evil and innocence," he tells NPR's Cheryl Corley during a discussion of his book and its u...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-24/walter-mosley-the-man-in-my-basement
2022-03-02T02:03:03
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ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Josiah-Jordan James scored a career-high 23 points, including back-to-back 3-pointers that gave No. 13 Tennessee the lead early in the second half, and the Vols overcame a slow start to beat struggling Georgia 75-68 on Tuesday night. Georgia led 44-43 following a 3-pointer by Kario Oquendo. James ans...
https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/James-has-career-high-23-points-No-13-Vols-beat-16969763.php
2022-03-02T02:03:08
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June Lockhart was a TV staple in the 1950s and '60s, playing Timmy's mom on Lassie and Maureen Robinson on Lost in Space. The actress, who recently helped open a lunchbox exhibit at the Smithsonian, takes a fun look back at those shows -- and discusses more recent interests: NASA and C-SPAN. In an interview with NPR's ...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-26/june-lockhart-recalls-lassie-lost-in-space
2022-03-02T02:03:09
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — All the Buffalo Bills wanted in January was one more chance to beat Kansas City. Now they're trying to make sure no NFL team begins the offseason as it did. On Tuesday, more than a month after enduring a crushing AFC divisional round loss without ever touching the ball in overtime, Bills general man...
https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/NFL-s-competition-committee-considers-changing-OT-16969660.php
2022-03-02T02:03:15
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NPR's Robert Siegel talks with writer Gilbert Sorrentino about Hubert Selby, Jr., author of Last Exit to Brooklyn, who died Monday. Sorrentino grew up with Selby, says he made literature out of a kind of language that few writers dared use before. He was not the rough hewn person characterized in his prose. His inspira...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-26/last-exit-to-brooklyn-author-dies
2022-03-02T02:03:15
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Jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall's latest CD is called The Girl In The Other Room. The release is a departure from her past work, in that it bypasses interpretations of jazz standards in favor of new songs written by Krall and her husband, Elvis Costello. Critics have given the record a warm reception, saying it poi...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-26/music-review-the-girl-in-the-other-room-from-diana-krall
2022-03-02T02:03:17
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Alan Cheuse reviews Little Black Book of Stories, by English writer A.S. Byatt. Three of the five stories included in the collection touch on the weird, the ghostly, and the miraculous. Copyright 2004 NPR Alan Cheuse reviews Little Black Book of Stories, by English writer A.S. Byatt. Three of the five stories included ...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-27/a-s-byatts-little-black-book-of-stories
2022-03-02T02:03:23
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Dorie McCullough Lawson's new book features letters to children written by John Adams, Barbara Bush, Eleanor Roosevelt and Harriet Beecher, among others. Posterity: Letters of Great Americans to Their Children, written by the daughter of historian David McCullough, spans three centuries of letters from famous parents. ...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-27/book-showcases-famous-americans-letters-to-children
2022-03-02T02:03:29
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Herman Wouk, the 88-year-old author of The Caine Mutiny and The Winds of War, talks to NPR's Bob Edwards about A Hole in Texas -- the first novel he's written in 10 years. The book tells the story of a scientist whose scuttled work on the Superconducting Super Collider in Texas becomes a matter of Hollywood interest an...
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-28/herman-wouks-texas-sized-tale
2022-03-02T02:03:35
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He was the first president to golf while in office, but despite the energy of a 350-pound build and potential to hit the long ball, William Howard Taft was one of the worst presidential golfers. The best? John F. Kennedy, bad back and all. That's the lowdown from journalist Don Van Natta Jr., author of First Off the Te...
https://www.kunm.org/2003-04-30/first-off-the-tee-white-house-golf-tales
2022-03-02T02:03:37
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LATHAM, N.Y. (AP) _ Plug Power Inc. (PLUG) on Tuesday reported a loss of $192.9 million in its fourth quarter. The Latham, New York-based company said it had a loss of 33 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 32 cents per share. The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The avera...
https://www.theheraldreview.com/business/article/Plug-Power-Q4-Earnings-Snapshot-16969633.php
2022-03-02T02:03:41
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Graham Parker's sarcasm and anger were the trademark of his Squeezing Out Sparks. Nearly three decades after making quintessential bar-band rock with his group The Rumour, the sharp-tongued Englishman releases a more folksy, roots-oriented CD called Your Country. Meredith Ochs has a review. Copyright 2004 NPR
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-28/music-review-your-country-from-graham-parker
2022-03-02T02:03:42
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The Stax Museum of American Soul Music opens Friday in Memphis, Tenn., honoring the recording studio that once churned out hundreds of R&B and pop hits. The Stax studio -- built in a movie theater that once stood on the same site as the new museum -- drew music talent from all over the South, including Otis Redding and...
https://www.kunm.org/2003-05-01/soul-music-museum-opens-in-memphis
2022-03-02T02:03:43
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Tuesday's Mark Steyn Show started with a Ukrainian update and then a look at the broader challenges the country faces - which, as longtime Steyn readers won't be surprised to hear, are rooted in demography. Mark Steyn Club member William Fleishman joined us from Ukraine with his take. With influential US think-tankers ...
https://www.steynonline.com/12191/ukrainian-lullaby
2022-03-02T02:03:45
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After disappointing returns from The Alamo and The Punisher, Hollywood awaits next weekend's opening of Van Helsing. It's a traditionally slow time of year for movie theaters. Los Angeles Times critic Ken Turan speaks with NPR's Bob Edwards about why that is. Copyright 2004 NPR
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/2004-04-29/spring-box-office-busts-have-hollywood-looking-ahead
2022-03-02T02:03:48
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 3" game were: 0-7-2 (zero, seven, two) DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 3" game were: 0-7-2 (zero, seven, two)
https://www.theheraldreview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-3-game-16969684.php
2022-03-02T02:03:48
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