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Sanford Police
May 17, 2012 | NPR · In hundreds of pages of documents, police also say Martin's shooting was "ultimately avoidable."
 
AP
May 17, 2012 | NPR · Facebook has priced its much-hyped stock at $38 a share in advance of its initial public offering Friday. It is expected to be one of the largest IPOs in history and the company is expected to raise as much $18 billion.
 
May 17, 2012 | NPR · The company may cut about 8 percent of its workforce as part of a restructuring.
 
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May 17, 2012 | NPR · We decided to check in with political types in North Carolina, where the electorate is about 72 percent white and 23 percent black, and where polls show Obama and expected GOP nominee Mitt Romney in a dead heat. We asked how ads featuring the incendiary Rev. Jeremiah Wright would play in their state.
 
May 17, 2012 | NPR · The coalition of opposition groups is disarray as the violence in the country continues.
 

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Entertainment One
May 17, 2012 | NPR · Milk writer Dustin Lance Black directs a swampy Southern melodrama about a single mother's affair with the married sheriff of a small Virginia town. Critic Scott Tobias says the film suffers from inconsistent direction that treats its characters with contempt and its place as caricature.
 
Sony Pictures Classics
May 17, 2012 | NPR · The invention of the vibrator is the focus of a romantic comedy set in 1880s London and starring Hugh Dancy, Felicity Jones and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Critic Jeannette Catsoulis says the film is disappointingly limp, turning the story of a device that rocked sexual politics into coy costumed farce.
 
IFC Film
May 17, 2012 | NPR · Based on actual cases, the documentary-style drama follows officers of Paris' Child Protection Unit through successes and failures and the ambiguity in between. Critic Mark Jenkins says the film features a virtuoso ensemble cast and is both humane and disturbing. (Recommended)
 
ILM/Universal Pictures
May 17, 2012 | NPR · Inspired by the popular board game, the summer blockbuster pits the U.S. Navy against an invading force of hostile aliens. NPR's Bob Mondello says the Transformers-like mayhem that ensues is more or less incoherent.
 
Zeitgeist Films
May 17, 2012 | NPR · Two families united by marriage but divided by class are the focus of an intensely compelling slice of noir about moral rot and class warfare in post-Soviet Russia. Critic Ella Taylor says the film by director Andrey Zvyagintsev (The Return) smolders with existential unease.
 

July 23, 2005

Immigrant Advocates

IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES
Maeve Conran talks with community activists who have recently come together in reaction to proposals made by Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

Filed under: Colorado,KRCC News,Politics — Tags: — ewhitney @ 3:59 pm

July 16, 2005

Commentary: Renewable Energy and Farmers

COMMENTARY: RENEWABLE ENERGY AND FARMERS
Colorado wheat farmer Mike Bowman talks about the expanding market for renewabe energy and how farmers could reap rewards from new ways of thinking. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

Filed under: Agriculture/Ranching,Colorado,Energy,KRCC News — ewhitney @ 4:00 pm

Patriot Act Update

PATRIOT ACT UPDATE
The Colorado Springs ACLU held a debate last week on the USA Patriot Act, which is up for renewal. Stephen Raher provides this overview of what people had to say. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

Filed under: Colorado Springs,KRCC News,Legal Affairs,Politics — Tags: — ewhitney @ 3:59 pm

Mason Fire Update

MASON FIRE UPDATE
Eric Whitney visits with Forest Service employees to find out what went well, and what didn’t, in the effort to contain the Mason Gulch fire. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

Filed under: Interview,KRCC News,Wildfires — ewhitney @ 3:59 pm

Springs-Pueblo Sewage Snafu

SPRINGS-PUEBLO SEWAGE SNAFU
Folks in Pueblo are still asking for reparations for the massive sewage spill that sent some unpleasant materials floating down Fountain Creek. Eric Whitney attended a Pueblo City Council meeting on the issue, and files this report. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

Filed under: Environment,KRCC News,Legal Affairs,Pueblo — ewhitney @ 3:58 pm

Newscast

NEWSCAST
Colorado volunteers are arrested by the Border Patrol for helping sick immigrants. Environmentalists propose a statewide water plan. And other stories. Stephen Raher reports. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
EXPANDED CONTENT–> The Facing Our Future water report is available online at the website of Western Resource Advocates.

Filed under: Colorado,Immigration,KRCC News,Legal Affairs — Tags: — ewhitney @ 3:56 pm

July 12, 2005

Meeker's Dream Realized

MEEKER’S DREAM REALIZED
Brian Larson of KUNC reports on Greeley’s new local history museum. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

Filed under: History,KRCC News — Tags: — ewhitney @ 2:22 pm

July 9, 2005

Nebraska

NEBRASKA
Eric Whitney visits a rural Nebraska town that has come up with some unique ideas on how to survive the economic depression commonly found on the High Plains. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

Filed under: Environment,KRCC News — ewhitney @ 5:12 pm

Amendment 37 Implementation

AMENDMENT 37 IMPLEMENTATION
Stephen Raher has an update on the regulations which the Colorado Public Utility Commission is trying to write concerning our state’s new renewable energy requirement. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
EXPANDED CONTENT–> You can find out plenty about Amendment 37 implementation by visiting the Public Utilities Commission’s Amendment 37 information page.

Filed under: Colorado,Energy,KRCC News,Utilities — ewhitney @ 5:10 pm

Newscast

NEWSCAST
Eric Whitney reports on the Mason Fire in the Wet Mountain Valley. Stephen Raher has updates on Gold Camp Road and a federal lawsuit against the City of Colorado Springs. And Victor Locke of KSUT reports on the ambulance helicopter crash last week. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
EXPANDED CONTENT–> The Environmental Impact Statement for the Gold Camp Road project can be found online at the project’swebpage.

Filed under: KRCC News,Legal,Regional,Wildfires — ewhitney @ 5:08 pm

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