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Rules Would Impede Biomass Power Plants

By Paul Tuthillhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-966991.mp3Springfield, MA – Tough new regulations have been proposed in…

A tornado damaged apartment building in Springfield MA

Housing Sought For Tornado Victims

By Paul Tuthillhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-972633.mp3Springfield,MA – Officials say more than five hundred housing…

Volunteers Assess Tornado Damage To Historic Properties

By Paul Tuthillhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-976094.mp3Springfield, MA – There were about 200 historic properties in…

Ethics,Lobby Reforms Preceded DiMasi Verdict

By Paul Tuthillhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-973865.mp3Boston, MA – Well before a jury in US District Court in…

Mrado (Dragomir Mrsic) is the enforcer for a Serbian drug cartel that controls business in Sweden, and one of three characters who clash in <em>Easy Money</em>.

Whatever The Country, No Such Thing As 'Easy Money'

A Chilean, a Swede and a Serbian cartel collide in a taut actioner set amid the Swedish drug trade. Kenneth Turan says the impressive skills of director Daniel Espinosa, who has a gift for building audience tension, make for a great summer thriller. (Recommended)

January 2011: Boys in the Andar district of Afghanistan gathered to collect candy from passing U.S. Army soldiers. Now, there are reports from that area of locals rising up against the Taliban.

As Last Surge Troops Leave, Some Afghans Take Up Arms Against Taliban

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is comparing an uprising against Taliban rule in Andar, Afghanistan, to the "Anbar Awakening" in Iraq that helped turn the tide against al-Qaida in that nation.

Protesters support jailed veteran Chinese journalist Gao Yu during a rally outside the central government's liaison office in Hong Kong last week. China ranks eighth on the Committee to Protect Journalists' list of 10 most censored countries.

Report Lays Out 10 Most Censored Countries

The Committee to Protect Journalists says Eritrea, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia are tops at silencing journalists.

Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Argentine President Is Accused In Cover Up Of 1994 Bombing

Cristina Fernández de Krishner and other top officials are accused of having tried to cut a deal for oil with Iran in exchange for not punishing two Iranians implicated in the bombing.

2003 Caldecott, Newbery Book Medals Announced

In top awards given annually to children's book writers and illustrators, Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi received the Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. And My Friend Rabbit, illustrated and written by Eric Rohmann, received the Caldecott Medal, for the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Drilling already occurs around much of the plateau's base. Conservation groups want to delay drilling on top until technology improves, and companies can drill into the plateau's side to access pockets of gas, instead of putting wells on top.

Drilling Increasingly Encroaches on Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains contain huge reservoirs of gas, but they also have some of the last untouched lands in the country. Colorado's Roan Plateau is one of these largely pristine places, and a debate is raging over whether to open its public lands to drilling.

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