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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, March 7, 2013 – Full Show

Dave Davies looks at the political contributions of a prominent union to city council campaigns, by way of Reading, PA. Emma Jacobs check ...

Air Date: March 7, 2013

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NewsWorks Tonight

Nine-year-old runs in the cold to keep others warm [audio]

Nine-year-old Nikolas Toocheck continued his quest to complete a marathon on each continent this ...

Air Date: March 7, 2013

Radio Times

Cell phone video & public-police relationship

GUESTS: DAVID RUDOVSKY, JERRY RATCLIFFE, TIMOTHY B. LEE Cell ...

Air Date: March 7, 2013

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Radio Times

Novelist Karen Russell finds ‘Vampires in the Lemon Grove’

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Air Date: March 7, 2013

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, March 6, 2013 – Full Show

Aaron Moselle reports on a Philadelphia group calling on the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the acquittal of former Police Lieute ...

Air Date: March 6, 2013

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Radio Times

The civil war in Syria: The conflict, U.S. policy and how might it end

GUESTS:  SAMER ABBOUD and ANDREW TABLER Last week, for the first time since the civil war in Syria began two yea ...

Air Date: March 6, 2013

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Radio Times

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia with writer Mohsin Hamid

GUEST: MOHSIN HAMID Pakistan-based writer MOHSIN HAMID’s latest book is “How to Get Filt ...

Air Date: March 6, 2013

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, March 5, 2013 – Full Show

Ben Herold reviews the evolving plan to close 29 Philadelphia public schools, set for a vote on Thursday. Tom MacDonald explains Philadel ...

Air Date: March 5, 2013

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Radio Times

Proposals for a new Philadelphia Federation of Teachers contract

GUESTS:  WILLIAM HITE, RON WHITESTONE, ANDREW ROTHERHAM Philadelphia School District leaders say that in order t ...

Air Date: March 5, 2013

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Radio Times

Auto update: Self-driving vehicles and new car trends

Guests: BRYANT WALKER SMITH and DAN NEIL If you haven’t bought a new car in the last few years, you may be surp ...

Air Date: March 5, 2013

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight March 4, 2013 – Full Show

Zack Seward reports on jury selection for the trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell.  Phil Gregory reports on New Jersey lawmakersR ...

Air Date: March 4, 2013

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Skytalk
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Clocking the speed of a Supermassive black hole

Astronomers, who have been trying to accurately clock the speed of a Supermassive black hole for some time, finally got their chance. Ke ...

Air Date: March 4, 2013

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Radio Times

Post-sequestration politics: Libertarian & progressive perspectives

GUESTS: MATT WELCH & MATT YGLESIAS To “resolve” the summer 2011 standoff over extending the federal debt ...

Air Date: March 4, 2013

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Radio Times

To Sell is Human

Guest: DANIEL PINK According to the 2012 Bureau of Labor Statistics, one in nine people work in sales. And the ot ...

Air Date: March 4, 2013

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You Bet Your Garden

Battling weeds

March 2, 2013 — Love to garden, but hate having to battle weeds? Mike McGrath ends your weed woes with a little trick we c ...

Air Date: March 2, 2013

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