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Gun violence in cross-hairs, in Philly & U.S.
As many families gathered over the holidays, the issue most hotly debated and discussed was guns and gun violence in the United States. W ...
Air Date: December 27, 2012
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Downsizing the Pentagon budget; then, what suicide bombers & rampage shooters have in common
Should the U.S. slide off the fiscal cliff in a few weeks, over $55 billion in spending cuts a year for the next decade will kick in at t ...
Air Date: December 19, 2012
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Some suggestions about how we can live with guns
Gun control hardly came up during the 2012 election. Obama briefly mentioned an assault weapons ban in one of the debates but neither G ...
Air Date: December 12, 2012
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Philly legal shenanigans: DA’s cash machine & Traffic Court ticket-fixing
On today’s Radio Times, we look at two recent investigative reports raising questions about two different parts of the legal system in ...
Air Date: December 6, 2012
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PA Task Force on Child Protection, post-Sandusky
The Pennsylvania Task Force on Child Protection has been meeting for 10 mo ...
Air Date: December 5, 2012
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William Ecenbarger on the ‘Kids for Cash’ scandal
Between 2003 and 2008, Luzerne County juvenile court judge Mark Ciavarelli sentenced thousands of children who committed minor offenses t ...
Air Date: November 26, 2012
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A look at today’s changing drug laws
Last week Colorado and Washington voters passed ballot initiatives in support of the use of legal recreational marijuana. This is in addi ...
Air Date: November 16, 2012
ListenPa. woman found guilty of first-degree murder for pinning husband with car
A Philadelphia woman has been found guilty of first-degree murder for fatally pinning her husband to a wall with their car. T ...
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Journalist Mark Bowden on “The Finish” of Osama bin Laden
Hour 2 Journalist MARK BOWDEN r ...
Air Date: October 25, 2012
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Elephant poaching: the dramatic rise in ivory trafficking
Hour 1 Over 25,000 elephants were slaughtered last year in the growing illicit ivory trade — sometimes enti ...
Air Date: September 27, 2012
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The International Criminal Court’s first decade
Hour 1 Ten years after the Rome Statute ...
Air Date: September 10, 2012
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Errol Morris on ‘The Wilderness of Error’ in Jeffrey MacDonald case
Hour 2 Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker ERROL MORRIS ga ...
Air Date: September 5, 2012
ListenUpdate: The drought, PA’s voting laws, and Philadelphia’s state test cheating scandal
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Air Date: August 21, 2012
ListenJudge Robert Simpson ruling on Pennsylvania’s voter identification law
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Air Date: August 16, 2012
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