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Economics Expert Robin Hahnel on Dow Jones Drop

Airs at: Sun, 10/05/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for Evening News
Wall Street suffered through another volatile session today.The Dow Jones plunged as much as 800 points — the largest EVER one-day point drop — before recovering to close with a loss of three hundred seventy. The selling spree took the Dow below 10,000 points for the first ... Read more

Civil Liberties Watch: A Roundup of Civil Liberty Battles & Heroes Civil Liberties Watch: A Roundup of Civil Liberty Battles & H

Airs at: Sun, 09/28/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for Evening News
  This edition  of Civil Liberties Watch is a roundup of current cvil liberty battles and their heroes. From the resignation of Prosecutor Vandeveld at Guantanamo to  charges being dropped against journalists arrested at the RNC victories for civil liberties are being won.O... Read more

Peace Vets Climb Ledge in DC

Airs at: Wed, 09/24/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for Evening News
This morning, five military veterans at the front of the national archives building in Washington DC climbed a nine foot retaining fence to occupy a thirty five foot high ledge .The group has declared its intention to stay on the ledge and fast in remembrance of those who h... Read more

Housing Action Group Rally Friday

Airs at: Tue, 09/23/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for Evening News
The local branch of the national housing and political action group, ACORN, will hold a rally this Friday in St. John's calling for the city to address safety problems at key intersections. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg spoke with Dan Bell, a representative of the group Read more

Alaskan Children Increasingly Medicated

Airs at: Tue, 09/23/2008 at 5:00pm
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According to a new report, Alaskan doctors are prescribing psychiatric drugs to children at alarming rates.K-BOO's Crystal Leighty reports. Read more

Bailout Update from KBOO's DC Correspondent

Airs at: Tue, 09/23/2008 at 5:00pm
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Now we go to KBOO's Jenka Soderberg, who spoke by phone with our Washington DC correspondent Spencer Raymond.  He addresses the financial crisis, and the bailout proposed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulsen, the Ted Stevens trial, and recent allegations about McCain's campa... Read more

OR Rep DeFazio on Bailout

Airs at: Mon, 09/22/2008 at 5:00pm
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Oregon representative Peter DeFazio spoke this morning on KBOO’s Air Cascadia about the proposed government bailout of the financial industry. Read more

PDX Accessibility Website!

Airs at: Mon, 09/22/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for Evening News
A disabled Portlander has started a new website that rates Portland businesses based on their accessibility.KBOO's Beth Crawford spoke today to Caitlin Wood, the creator of where's-lulu-dot-com. Read more

Bailout Update from Tuesday

Airs at: Mon, 09/22/2008 at 5:00pm
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The debate over the Bush Administration's 700 Billion dollar bail-out plan reached a new level on Capital Hill today.Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulsen sat in front of the Senate Banking committee asking for the authority to institute what is bec... Read more

Sarah Varahat Speaks on Troy Davis on Death Row

Airs at: Sun, 09/21/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for Evening News
Troy Anthony Davis is scheduled to be executed tomorrow in Georgia for the murder of a police officer in 1989.But his lawyers, and thousands of supporters, including the Pope, Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu and the European Union, contend that Davis is innocent.They say that he... Read more