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| TODAY: News, Art & Culture |
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Test-Driving A Hummer H3, In Baghdad
The American Hummer, made known to Iraqis through U.S. military operations, is now being advertised and sold as a status symbol to young, wealthy Iraqis. NPR's Ivan Watson test-drove an H3 on the streets of Baghdad and picked up compliments along the way.
U.K. Unveils Mortgage-Deferral Plan
The British government has launched a new scheme to allow homeowners up to two years deferral on mortgage payments to prevent an increase in foreclosures. It is seen as a pre-election move by Prime Minister Gordon Brown to show that he cares about "Middle Britain."
Bernanke's Mortgage Fix Plan Analyzed
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has outlined what the government needs to do to fix the mortgage crisis. Christopher J. Mayer, senior vice dean and Paul Milstein professor of real estate at Columbia Business School, talks about what the plan would entail.
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Arts & Culture
'Rent' Gets A High School Makeover
More than 50 student groups across the country are performing Jonathan Larson's edgy rock opera Rent this school year. Like the Broadway show, Rent School Edition is centered on a group of friends in the 1990s dealing with AIDS, gender identity, homosexuality, drug addiction and poverty.
Economic Times Test Miami Art Show
Art Basel Miami is sister of the large annual show in Switzerland. The Miami show has been growing in both size and prominence as an international market for art, but will be put to the test in this year's economic slide.
Billionaire Eli Broad Offers To Bail Out L.A. Museum
The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art is in serious financial trouble. The museum has rising operational costs and is not receiving enough money from donors. Philanthropist and art-lover Eli Broad discusses the conditions of his $30 million offer to save MOCA.
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Senate Candidates Saturate Oregon Airwaves
If you’ve turned on your TV lately, you can’t miss a slew of political ads. If you live in Oregon, the airwaves are saturated with an especially nasty slugfest. Democrat Jeff Merkley is trying to unseat Republican Gordon Smith in one of the most closely watched Senate races in the nation. Correspondent Chris Lehman has more.
Measure 59: Tax Fairness or Impending Disaster?
Supporters of Measure 59 on this year’s Oregon ballot say it will end a practice of double taxation. Opponents mock it as tax fairness ... for millionaires. Both sides agree it will mean the state will lose more than a billion dollars of revenue. Correspondent Chris Lehman reports.
Measure 54: School Project on the Ballot
Nearly every public high school student has to take a civics class to graduate. That’s where you learn how government works. Some students at a Portland high school put their new-found knowledge into action. The result is Measure 54 on this year’s Oregon ballot. Correspondent Chris Lehman explains.
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Jefferson Monthly
Green – ’Tis the Season
So many of our modern holiday traditions evolved from the ancient celebrations of winter’s solstice...
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Election 2008
Tuned In
December 2008
My column deadline is in two days — which means it falls the day before the November 4th general election...
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Best of the Year 2008
Times may be tough in the music business and beyond; but that hasn’t dimmed the relevance of music in the slightest...
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360 explores art's creative influence and transformative power in everyday life.
Hosted by novelist and journalist Kurt Andersen, the series is a lively forum
for the arts and culture that challenges listeners' perceptions of the world.
Through richly textured stories and insightful conversation about everything
from opera to comic books, PRI's Studio 360 presents ideas that are provocative,
moving, and always engaging.
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