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Love At First Punch: Still Going Strong After 75 Years
May 18, 2012 | NPR · Van Harris and his wife, Shirley, grew up in the same Brooklyn neighborhood, about a block from each other. During a visit to StoryCorps, Van recalled the day he first noticed Shirley: "She was about 10 years old, and she was beating up a couple of guys. ... I said, 'Geez, I'd like to meet a girl like that.' "
 
AP
Clemens' Former Trainer Admits Changing Testimony
May 18, 2012 | NPR · The prosecution's star witness underwent a withering cross-examination on Thursday at Roger Clemens' perjury trial. Brian McNamee is the only person with firsthand evidence that contradicts the baseball-pitching ace, but is he a believable witness?
 
Sanford Police
New Evidence Released: Trayvon Martin Had Traces Of Pot In System
May 17, 2012 | NPR · In hundreds of pages of documents, police also say Martin's shooting was "ultimately avoidable."
 
AP
Facebook Stock Priced At $38 A Share Ahead Of Friday IPO
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.
 
Reports: Hewlett-Packard Plans To Announce About 25,000 Job Cuts
May 17, 2012 | NPR · The company may cut about 8 percent of its workforce as part of a restructuring.
 

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Down In 'Virginia,' Where The Crazy Runs Deep
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
A 'Hysteria' Epidemic, And A Notably Electric Cure
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
'Polisse': In Paris, A Thin Bleu Line
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
Board Game + Explosions + Aliens = 'Battleship'
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
'Elena': A Femme Fatale, In The Rubble Of Perestroika
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 29, 2010

Round-Up: Blackhawk cleanup on Mount Massive, American Constitution Party on Tancredo, and more

Military officials will discuss cleanup efforts at the site of a Black Hawk helicopter crash last year that killed four crew members on Colorado’s Mount Massive…The vice-chair of the American Constitution Party says he’s fine with former Republican congressman Tom Tancredo using the same platform as his GOP rival in the Colorado governor’s race…and, Governor Bill Ritter wants schools to compete for programs to help reduce child hunger in Colorado.

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Filed under: AP,Andrea Chalfin,Children & Youth,Elections,KRCC News,Military,Politics,Round-Up — andrea @ 5:32 pm
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