Science, Tech & Environment
PRI's The World
January 20, 2014
Nearly three years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, many consumers in the US remain concerned about radiation in fish from the Pacific Ocean. One Seattle fisherman finally got his fish tested, and found what many scientists have also found: there's nothing to worry about.
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Science, Tech & Environment
Worried about radioactive 'Fukushima' fish in the US? Don't be, scientists say
PRI's The World
January 20, 2014
Nearly three years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, many consumers in the US remain concerned about radiation in fish from the Pacific Ocean. One Seattle fisherman finally got his fish tested, and found what many scientists have also found: there's nothing to worry about.
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Business, Economics and Jobs
How the produce aisle looks to a migrant farmworker
PRI's The World
February 04, 2015
Updated
How does picking the tomato compare to the onion? And what about strawberries? One Mexican American migrant farmworker who lives in California's Central Valley took us to the produce aisle to tell us what he sees when he's at the supermarket.
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Science, Tech & Environment
Here's the green success story of the California blue whale
PRI's The World
September 09, 2014
A new study of blue whales in the eastern Pacific has found that the population of the behemoths there has bounced back to near pre-whaling levels. But other populations of blues elsewhere are not doing nearly as well.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Looking back on Bruce Springsteen's rise to superstardom
The Takeaway
March 27, 2012
Released in August 1975, "Born to Run" proved to be a career defining song and album for Bruce Springsteen. As Springsteen prepares for another international tour, it's hard to imagine where his career started.
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Business, Economics and Jobs
Stockton, Cal., to become the largest city to file for bankruptcy in America
The Takeaway
June 28, 2012
The city of Stockton, Cal., is facing a $26 million budget deficit amid rising crime and foreclosure rates. Unable to reach an agreement with its creditors, the city has voted to file for bankruptcy, in what will be the largest city bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
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New documentary goes inside Jewish-Palestinian relations in Jerusalem
PRI's The World
September 04, 2012
In 2009, Mohammad El Kurd's Palestinian family was kicked out of their home in East Jerusalem, so Jewish settlers could move in. The entire episode was controversial, with protests on all sides. And now it's been made into a documentary.
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Science, Tech & Environment
'Energy sufficiency' for the U.S. in reach as American oil companies consider exports
Living on Earth
October 23, 2012
For the first time in years, U.S. energy companies are moving to ship a sizable amount of U.S. crude oil abroad, in this case to Canada. It's just the latest step on the road to what economist Joe Stanislaw calls American "energy sufficiency."
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Science, Tech & Environment
Locals concerned by local, global impact of increased coal exports
Living on Earth
November 05, 2012
As coal demand around the globe increases, at the same time it moderates in the United States, coal companies are looking abroad to sell their commodity. But that means new facilities need to be built to get them abroad -- and they're looking to the Pacific Northwest.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Guaraldi's Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack differentiates itself in noisy season
Studio 360
December 19, 2012
The soundstrack to A Charlie Brown Christmas certainly isn't new, but it does stand out. Christmas music is filled with jingle bells and snowmen, but not so with Vince Guaraldi's work. His soundtrack has been recognized and preserved in the National Recording Registry from the Library of Congress.
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Politics
When the United Nations was new, cities fought for right to host it
PRI's The World
February 14, 2013
The United Nations was going to be located in the United States -- that much was sure. But just where the new headquarters, the new capital of the world, would be located, was much debated back in the 1940s. A new book looks at that battle.