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Relief Efforts Under Way In Flood-Stricken Haiti
Haitians are heading to higher ground to escape massive flooding caused by Tropical Storm Hanna, and they're bracing themselves for Hurricane Ike. More than 150 people have been killed.
Gangster Reveals Mexican Mafia Secrets
Rene Enriquez was once a leader in the Mexican mafia. He killed for the gang and ordered the deaths of many men and women. But after reaching the pinnacle of prison-gang life, he decided to leave and share information with the police.
Bhutto's Widower Elected President In Pakistan
Just over nine months after his wife, Benazir Bhutto, was assassinated in a suicide attack, Asif Ali Zardari has been chosen as the new president of Pakistan. His election Saturday has been received warily by the Pakistani public. It came on a day marred by death and mayhem after a suicide bomb attack in Peshawar killed at least 30 people.
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'Bangkok Dangerous': A Hit Man Adrift In Thailand
The Pang Brothers' partially sanitized remake of their own 1999 thriller is hardly philosophical. Its style and its soul are more Asian than American — and it leaves some space for contemplation between shootouts.
'The Fly' Stirs New Buzz — On The Operatic Stage
Science fiction isn't typical source material for opera. Which is why Placido Domingo was a little surprised when The Fly landed on his desk. But David Cronenberg and Howard Shore's opera opens Sept. 7 in Los Angeles.
Summary Judgment: A Record Summer For Movies
Despite economic woes, domestic ticket sales topped a record $4 billion this summer. Slate.com's Mark Jordan Legan caught up with a few movie-goers to see what they enjoyed about their cinematic experience. Food prices weren't part of it.
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Broke Counties Mull Worst-Case Scenarios
Bankruptcy is a common way for people and companies to deal with dire financial straits. But what happens when a government can’t pay its bills? That's a question many rural counties are asking. To find some answers, we sent Chris Lehman to Curry County on the south coast.
Roots: What do you buy a tribal elder?
In previous installments, you heard stories on the sacred tradition of Native American root gathering. Now for the story behind those stories. It took four years for correspondent Anna King to gain the trust of Umatilla tribal members before she was invited to participate.
Roots: Native Woman Tries to Hold On to Tradition
A middle-aged Native American woman from the Umatilla Reservation near Pendleton, Ore., is taking on a big responsibility. The grandmother wants to teach younger generations how to dig roots, pick berries and sing -- to be Indian. Anna King has this profile.
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The Fes Festival of World Sacred Music
I first traveled to Morocco in 1966 at the age of 12. Well, it was virtual travel as we knew it back then as my traveling companions were Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour...
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Janet Jackson Meets Gilbert and Sullivan
Tuned In
September 2008
One might think that at a time when the nation is at war, when the middle class is economically teetering, critical infrastructure is in disrepair and millions of families are losing their homes...
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On the Record
Tuned In
August 2008
...Unlike most radio stations, however, our programming causes us to principally deal with the smaller elements of the music industry, the artists and labels which feature classical, jazz, folk and singer/songwriter music...
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