Radio Expeditions

Changing the Sound of Public Radio()  

October 2, 2007 The nonprofit Public Radio Exchange is seeking to change the stereotype of public radio being flat and drowsy. Nine months ago, it launched a contest to find the best new voices in public radio.

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'Day to Day' in Kansas City

Same Name, Two Very Different Cities()  

September 18, 2007 As Day to Day prepares for its three-day visit to Kansas City, Alex Chadwick poses the question, "Am I in Kansas or in Missouri?" Turns out, a little of both ... and the two are different.

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Remembrances

Thousands Pay Tribute to Lady Bird Johnson()  

July 14, 2007 About 2,000 mourners gather at a church in the Texas Hill Country to remember Lady Bird Johnson. Earlier, a family spokeswoman says nearly 10,000 visitors streamed past the casket as it lay in repose at the LBJ Library and Museum in Austin, Texas.

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Cooling U.S. Market Sends Tomb Raiders Abroad ()  

The broken head of an Assyrian-era lion, damaged during the looting of Iraq's national muse

May 29, 2007 The world's second oldest profession? Tomb raiding. To combat the problem, American dealers and museums increasingly require a paper trail documenting a relic's ownership, but looters are just taking their business to Japan and Europe.

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Tomb Raiders Threaten Mayan City's History()  

Map of the location El Peru-Waka

May 28, 2007 In archaeological sites throughout the world, antiquities are plundered for sale. U.S. agents says the looting is epidemic. One archaeologist working in Guatemala has launched a battle to save an ancient city from looters.

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Biologist Keeps Track of Iran's Rare Cheetahs()  

A male cheetah is held securely but gently in a "soft-catch" foot-hold snare.

March 12, 2007 It's not easy to track down one of the fastest and rarest great cats in the world. But one biologist is working to attach radio collars to cheetahs living in remote areas of Iran. With fewer than 100 of the animals left, they are among the most imperiled great cats on Earth.

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