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ANSWER Coalition flier fines
The ANSWER coalition, made up of dozens of anti-war groups, has called for a campaign to challenge a 10,000 dollar fine the group received yesterday.
The fine was levied on the coalition for putting up fliers for an upcoming peace rally.
KBOO spoke with Sarah Sloane, of the ANSWER coalition:
- Title: ANSWER Coalition flier fines
- Length: 2:50 minutes (2.6 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
Town Hall on the Iraq War
U.S. Senator for Oregon, Ron Wyden, held a town hall meeting in Portland today to hear community response to the war in Iraq.
KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke with local activist Martha Odom, who attended the town hall.
- Title: Town Hall on the Iraq War
- Length: 3:53 minutes (1.34 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 48Kbps (CBR)
LNG Protest
Organizers and activists from around the Pacific Northwest are occupying the proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal site in Bradwood, Oregon today.
NorthernStar Corporation has proposed building a terminal on the site to import natural gas from Russia and other sources, and pipe the gas through Oregon to the California market. KBOO’s Adinah Little has more:
- Title: LNG Protest
- Length: 5:22 minutes (4.92 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
Rove resigns
President Bush's close friend and chief political strategist, Karl Rove, announced today that he will leave the White House at the end of this month.
Rove has been with Bush since the start of his political career in Texas. Critics have called Rove Bush’s brain
A criminal investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's name put Rove under scrutiny for months. However, Rove was not indicted after testifying five times before the grand jury.
In a more recent controversy, Rove, refused to testify before Congress about the firing of U-S attorneys.
KBOO spoke with political analyst Rick Perlstein about Rove’s departure:
- Title: Rove Resigns
- Length: 2:19 minutes (2.12 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
Measure 49 Supporters Hope to Fix Measure 37
In this year's legislative session, the Oregon State Legislature was unable to come to an agreement on fixing Measure 37, a rural development bill which would drastically alter the Oregon landscape. This November voters will have a chance with Measure 49 to change the impact of Measure 37. Supporters of Measure 49 say they will need a large turnout to get it passed. KBOO's Stephanie Potter spoke with Ben Unger of the Yes on 49 campaign.
- Title: Measure 49 Supporters Hope to Fix Measure 37
- Length: 4:29 minutes (4.11 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
South African Radio Station facing crisis
A community radio station serving the South-west township, or Soweto, in South Africa, is currently facing a crisis in governance.
The station began during the anti-apartheid movement in the late 1980s, and became a voice for the oppressed people living in the townships of South Africa.
Now, a corporate coalition led by South African Breweries is attempting to turn the community station into a commercial enterprise.
KBOO spoke with community media supporter and anti-apartheid activist David Mathebula from South Africa by phone
- Title: South African Radio Station facing crisis
- Length: 2:23 minutes (1.09 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
Healthy kids plan in oregon legislature
A protest is taking place right now in downtown Portland, as the U.S. trade representative pays a visit to the city.
KBOO reporter Linda Olson-Osterlund is live on the scene. She joins us now by phone.
- Title: Healthy kids plan in oregon legislature
- Length: 1:02 minutes (968.62 KB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
free trade protest
A protest is taking place right now in downtown Portland, as the U.S. trade representative pays a visit to the city.
KBOO reporter Linda Olson-Osterlund is live on the scene. She joins us now by phone.
Linda, are you there?
- Title: free trade protest
- Length: 4:09 minutes (3.8 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
Arizona mosque attack
A chemical bomb was tossed from a car at a mosque in Glendale Arizona late last night. Local police are considering the incident a possible hate crime.
The explosive device, made up of a swimming pool chemical and a reactant, was tossed by a passenger in a red car.
It landed just feet from an Imam who is one of six Muslim religious leaders filing a lawsuit against U.S. Airways for being removed from an airplane in Minneapolis late last year.
The removal of the six imams had been mentioned on the national Fox News, in an incident of hate speech by a Fox News Correspondent.
KBOO spoke with Mohammed Abu Hamoud, with the Council on American Islamic Relations, about the possible hate crime in Arizona:
- Title: Arizona mosque attack
- Length: 1:17 minutes (1.18 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
norovirus outbreak
For the past week Oregon State Hospital has been dealing with a viral outbreak affecting over 70 people from its staff and patients.
The outbreak has been identified as the contagious norovirus. The norovirus leads to stomach flu and other gastrointestinal illnesses.
The illness is spread by contact with an infected person or bodily fluids, and most sufferers recover in a couple of days.
At Oregon State Hospital, 3 wards have been quarantined in an attempt to get the outbreak under control.
KBOO reporter Adam Johnson spoke with Richard O’Brien, an epidemiologist at the hospital:
- Title: norovirus outbreak
- Length: 2:13 minutes (2.03 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
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