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Gearing up for the Colorado Springs city election…and, former Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman is scheduled to appear before an ethics commission.

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On February 27, 2009 By

Raising vehicle registration fees…Dobson steps down…and Colorado Springs’ cemeteries set to begin spring cleaning.

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News

Top Stories: Trump Welcoming Macron; Amazon And The Federal Government
April 23, 2018 | NPR · Also: The Paris bombing suspect is convicted in a separate Brussels attack; Mike Pompeo’s Secretary of State nomination is drawing opposition; and a man once mauled by a bear survives a shark attack.
 

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Mike Pompeo On Track For Confirmation For Secretary Of State
April 23, 2018 | NPR · The CIA director faces a narrow path through a closely divided Senate, but Republicans are confident he has the votes to win confirmation on the floor later this week.
 

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‘A Close Personal Relationship’ Under Pressure As Trump Hosts Macron
April 23, 2018 | NPR · While President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron share personal chemistry, their bond may tested on issues such as strategy in Syria, the Iran nuclear deal and trade.
 

Arts & Life

Building Museum Exhibit Chronicles Scourge Of Evictions, Homelessness
April 23, 2018 | NPR · An exhibit at the National Building Museum has been adapted from Matthew Desmond’s 2017 Pulitzer-Prize-winning book Eviction: Poverty and Profit in the American City into an “immersive” experience.
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‘Bring The War Home’ Shows ‘Lone Wolf’ Terrorists Are Really Part Of A Pack
April 22, 2018 | NPR · Kathleen Belew’s new book explores the impact of the Vietnam War on America’s white power movement; Belew says that movement was behind a lot of domestic terror attacks attributed to “lone wolves.”
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Who Cares If They’re Cute? This Zoologist Accepts Animals On Their Own Terms
April 22, 2018 | NPR · Zoologist Lucy Cooke says humans aren’t doing animals any favors when we moralize their behavior. Her book The Truth About Animals is organized around “fact and not sentimentality.”
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Music

NPR
Logan Richardson: Tiny Desk Concert
April 23, 2018 | NPR · Hear a triumphant fusion of jazz, rock and blues that moves with momentum and fresh anticipation. Logan Richardson plays with a lyrical intensity that is both focused and free.
 

First Listen: Willie Nelson, ‘Last Man Standing’
April 23, 2018 | NPR · The country music legend is still writing and recording original material at age 84. His latest stresses good cheer in the face of hard times.
 

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How Rhiannon Giddens Reconstructs Black Pain With The Banjo
April 22, 2018 | NPR · The renowned folk songwriter stops by NPR’s Washington D.C. headquarters to play two songs from her latest album and discuss the historical African-American roots of her music and of her instrument.
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