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Cleveland Hero Charles Ramsey Rewarded With Burgers For Life
May 23, 2013 | NPR · Ramsey gained instant fame with his accounts of what happened after he heard cries for help from inside a Cleveland home where authorities say three young women had been held captive for about a decade. His tale famously included a mention of the Big Mac he'd been eating.
 
'On Top Of The World' At 80: Japanese Climber Summits Everest
May 23, 2013 | NPR · A Japanese mountaineer has become the oldest person to conquer Mount Everest, as Yuichiro Miura, 80, reached the peak Thursday morning. The feat marks Miura's third time atop Mount Everest. As in 2008, Miura's accomplishment is in danger of being surpassed by rival climber Min Bahadur Sherchan, 81.
 
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Antidepressant May Protect The Heart Against Mental Stress
May 23, 2013 | NPR · When researchers challenged people with heart disease to perform some stressful tasks, those who took a popular antidepressant had fewer symptoms related to reduced blood flow to the heart. The findings, though preliminary, suggest another avenue for treatment.
 
Jobless Claims Drop, But Stay In Recent Range
May 23, 2013 | NPR · There was more of a decline than economists expected, but the weekly pace hasn't really changed much since late 2011.
 
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Triple Murder May Link Tsarnaev And Man Killed In Florida
May 23, 2013 | NPR · Ibragim Todashev, law enforcement sources tell NPR and other news outlets, was being questioned about the 2011 killings of three men in Waltham, Mass. Boston bombings suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has also been linked to that unsolved case.
 

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'Before Midnight': Jesse And Celine Are Older Now, And So Are We
May 23, 2013 | NPR · It took Jesse and Celine 18 years to find themselves back where they started in the lovely third installment of the series that began with 1995's Before Sunrise.
 
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Book News: Lydia Davis Wins Man Booker International Prize
May 23, 2013 | NPR · Also: Amazon to begin publishing fan fiction; Paul Ryan and Elizabeth Warren are writing books; Keith Richards' exorbitant library fines.
 
Heartbreaking Choice Sets Siblings On Separate, Unequal Paths
May 23, 2013 | NPR · A poor father sells his daughter to a wealthy, childless couple, dividing her from her beloved brother and setting a chain of stories in motion in Khaled Hosseini's And the Mountains Echoed. Moving and morally complex, this is the most ambitious book yet from the author of The Kite Runner.
 
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China's Artist Provocateur Explores New Medium: Heavy Metal
May 22, 2013 | NPR · In 2011, police detained Ai Weiwei for 81 days. Now, he's released a song that's turned the experience into a heavy metal protest song, along with a dystopian nightmare video. The lyrics are explicit and angry. Ai says his music is for the many political prisoners who remain jailed.
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Cannes Diary: Delusions Of 'Gatsby' (And Dreams Of Notoriety)
May 22, 2013 | NPR · All is Gatsbyish excess on the Croisette, where the Cannes Film Festival's early tone might well have been set by Baz Luhrmann's lavish film — and by Sofia Coppola's accomplished The Bling Ring.
 

July 22, 2009

Round-Up

Colorado health officials say Hispanics and Native Americans have the highest percentage of adults without health insurance in the state…Governor Bill Ritter announces state furlough days…and, University of Colorado researchers release a report on global warming and the Colorado River.

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  1. Coloradans need health care reform now. We can’t wait. Come to a rally to support President Obama’s plan for health care reform on Tuesday, July 28th at 6:00pm at the Pueblo Union Depot at B Street and Victoria Avenue in Pueblo.

    Comment by Marilyn Mitcham — July 25, 2009 @ 3:51 pm

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