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By On February 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Andrea Chalfin, Education, KRCC News, Michael Barlow, Politics, Round-Up

Colorado Springs’ School District 11 meets to discuss utilization plan, and Representative Mike Coffman faces an ethics hearing.

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Marlins Pitcher José Fernández Dies In Boating Accident
September 25, 2016 | NPR · The young ace was Major League Baseball’s Rookie of the Year in 2013. When he died, he had the second most strike-outs of any pitcher in the National League.
 

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Lester Holt’s Moment
September 25, 2016 | NPR · For NBC’s Lester Holt, who took the anchor chair after Brian Williams was caught exaggerating, Monday’s presidential debate has big stakes and bigger risks.
 

Who Hollywood Turns To When Untying The Knot
September 25, 2016 | NPR · When it’s time to divorce, Hollywood celebs (like a certain Brad and Angelina) turn to the queen of breakup litigation, Laura Wasser. NPR’s Rachel Martin speaks with Vanity Fair’s Julie Miller.
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Depicting Sexual Predators As Villains In Fiction Is Tricky
September 25, 2016 | NPR · Humbert Humbert, the main character in Lolita, is one of the most famous “sympathetic” villains in history. Today, a story from the point of view of a sexual predator might not get told in literature.
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‘Working’ Then And Now: Studs Terkel’s Book Interviews Resurface As Audio
September 25, 2016 | NPR · All this week on NPR, you’ll hear the voices of people Studs Terkel interviewed in his book, Working. Among the interviews you’ll hear this week are a telephone operator and hotel piano player.
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Lose Yourself In The Twisting, Turning Alleys Of ‘Crooked Kingdom’
September 25, 2016 | NPR · Leigh Bardugo’s followup to her steampunky heist tale Six of Crows follows teenage criminal mastermind Kaz and his ragged crew as they take revenge for a betrayal and deal with a dangerous drug.
 

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The Gospel Of The R&B Singer: Anthony Hamilton’s Journey Home
September 25, 2016 | NPR · This summer, Hamilton met NPR Music in his hometown of Charlotte, N.C. for a tour of some of the places — from his boyhood church to the barbershop where he cut hair — that shaped his voice.
 

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Y La Bamba’s Luz Elena Mendoza On Valuing One’s Voice
September 25, 2016 | NPR · Mendoza says she’s often felt caught between cultures. But she’s learned to embrace multiple identities simultaneously — and it shows in her music.
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Buckwheat Zydeco’s Stanley ‘Buckwheat’ Dural Jr. Dies At 68
September 24, 2016 | NPR · The international ambassador for Louisiana roots music died early Saturday morning of lung cancer.
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