Round-Up: State Budget Forecast, and the Medano Fire Update

By On June 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Andrea Chalfin, AP, Colorado, Fire, KRCC News, Round-Up, Shanna Lewis

State budget forecasters told lawmakers today that there are insufficient funds to pay the bills for this fiscal year and the new fiscal year beginning July 1…and, earlier today fire officials reported that the Medano Fire has burned over 4700 acres in Saguache and Huerfano counties, about 25 miles northeast of Alamosa.

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3-D Printer Makes Life-Saving Splint For Baby Boy’s Airway
May 23, 2013 | NPR · A 3-D printer is being credited with helping save an Ohio baby’s life, after doctors “printed” a tube to support a weak airway that caused him to stop breathing. The innovative procedure has allowed Kaiba Gionfriddo, of Youngstown, Ohio, to stay off a ventilator for more than a year.
 

‘Epic’ Movie Role For Music Superstar Pitbull
May 23, 2013 | NPR · Cuban-American musician Pitbull has collaborated with top artists and sold millions of albums worldwide. The Los Angeles Times has even called him “America’s savviest party-starter.” Now Pitbull brings that fun to the big screen. He talks with host Michel Martin about his new animated film ‘Epic,’ and his booming musical career.
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HBCU President Asks Dr. Dre, Why Not Us?
May 23, 2013 | NPR · Hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre and music producer Jimmy Iovine recently donated $70 million to the University of Southern California. Many people are applauding their generosity, but some aren’t so happy. Host Michel Martin speaks with Walter Kimbrough, President of Dillard University, about why he thinks an HBCU should have gotten the money.
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Arts & Life

A Read Down Memory Lane: Lessons From Your Former Self
May 23, 2013 | NPR · Writings from childhood — cards, stories and other notes — can hide for decades, like time capsules tucked away in boxes, old bedrooms, attics and journals. Writer Jim Sollisch talks about how old thank you notes from his youth foreshadowed his adult life.
 

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Really Most Sincerely Bad: Fox’s Nasty ‘Does Someone Have To Go?’
May 23, 2013 | NPR · A distasteful new show forces employees to turn on each other in a phony display of power.
 

‘Epic’ Movie Role For Music Superstar Pitbull
May 23, 2013 | NPR · Cuban-American musician Pitbull has collaborated with top artists and sold millions of albums worldwide. The Los Angeles Times has even called him “America’s savviest party-starter.” Now Pitbull brings that fun to the big screen. He talks with host Michel Martin about his new animated film ‘Epic,’ and his booming musical career.
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Music

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Boy On World Cafe
May 23, 2013 | WXPN · The Swiss-German duo’s sweet, honest and enchanting sound shines on its debut album, Mutual Friends.
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NPR
Black, Puerto Rican And Proud: Guest DJ Tego Calderón
May 23, 2013 | NPR · The gifted Puerto Rican rapper visits Alt.Latino to discuss history, music, culture and politics. And, of course, he plays a generous assortment of music to put his past and present in context.
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Chris Potter Quartet On JazzSet
May 23, 2013 | WBGO · At the Village Vanguard, one flight down from the hubbub of New York City, in a tight space packed with people, we’re about to embark on a musical odyssey by sea. Our captain is saxophonist Chris Potter, who’s launching his Odyssey-inspired album The Sirens.
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