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1127 am 'Get This' news

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Mon, 11/26/2007

11/27/07 Get This

Chris Andreae

 

8:16 minutes (7.58 MB)
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Mike & Laura Allred

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Words and Pictures
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Mon, 11/26/2007

Mike and Laura Allred, the award-winning team behind such offbeat comics as Madman, The Atomics, and Red Rocket 7, sit down with Words & Pictures host S.W. Conser to discuss contemporary art, dream inspiration, and film adaptations of their work.  Recorded during the 2007 Stumptown Comics Festival.

47:07 minutes (18.87 MB)
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Fur-free Friday march in Portland

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Evening News
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Sun, 11/25/2007

This past Friday was declared ‘Fur Free Friday’ by animal rights activists nationwide.

Here in Portland, a march was held by the group ‘In Defense of Animals’.

Matt Rosell is a representative of that group.  He spoke to KBOO about Friday’s protest

8:07 minutes (7.43 MB)
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1126 am 'Get This' news

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Sun, 11/25/2007

11/26/07 Get This

Chris Andreae

 

7:10 minutes (6.57 MB)
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Klamath Plan Favors Irrigators

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Evening News
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Fri, 11/23/2007

Fish and wildlife experts are criticizing the new federal water plan that dictates how much water is allowed to flow down the Klamath River for the next decade.

They say the plan puts already struggling fisheries, fishing communities, and national wildlife refuges at risk, in favor of irrigators, and that too much water has been promised to too many people.

KBOO’s Helen Honey has more, in collaboration with the Oregon News Service:

1:08 minutes (1.04 MB)
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Circumcision on the Decline

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Evening News
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Sun, 10/28/2007

Circumcision is on the decline globally and fewer and fewer parents are electing to have the procedure performed on their newborns in America.

The National Office of Circumcision Information Reasearch Center, or NO-CIRC for short, has set up a booth at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Convention in San Francisco this week.

2:16 minutes (2.08 MB)
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Mexican Human Rights Threatened by War on Drugs Funding

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Evening News
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Sun, 10/28/2007

The Bush Administration is asking for one and a half billion dollars to fight the War on Drugs in Mexico. The money will be going towards police training, surveillance sharing, and weapons appropriations.

2:40 minutes (2.44 MB)
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Portlanders at Seattle Peace Rally

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Evening News
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Sun, 10/28/2007

Eleven massive peace rallies were held this past Saturday in major cities across the country to call for an end to the war in Iraq.

This region’s rally was in Seattle, and hundreds, if not thousands of Portlanders were in attendance.

Patti from Sandy was one of those who attended the march.  She called Talk Radio on KBOO this morning and gave this report:

1:17 minutes (1.19 MB)
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City Council on renaming a street to Cesar Chavez

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Evening News
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Fri, 11/23/2007

The Portland City Council took testimony on renaming a major street in honor of César Chávez.

KBOO’s Andy Seaton has the report.

4:18 minutes (3.94 MB)
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Vancouver Examines its Walkability

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Evening News
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Tue, 10/23/2007

While many cities in the U.S. are finally coming to the realization that walkability is a necessity in city planning, Vancouver, Washington is actually doing something about it.

A non-profit group in the city invited Mark Fenton, the host of the PBS series "America's Walking” and walkability expert, to speak to a sold-out crowd last night.

He’s also headed out around the city to see just how pedestrian-friendly the city is.

KBOO’s Crystal Leighty spoke with Mark Fenton earlier today:

2:20 minutes (2.15 MB)
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