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Let's Catch Two: Same Fan Grabs Back-To-Back Home Run Balls
"That's just crazy," Cincinnati fan Caleb Lloyd said Monday night after he ended up snagging two home run balls — from consecutive batters — during the Reds' 4-1 win over the visiting Atlanta Braves.
Deal Reached On Probe Of Iran's Nuclear Program, IAEA Chief Says
Yukiya Amano, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said today that Iran has agreed to steps that will let international inspectors learn more about its nuclear program.
'Picture Perfect Launch' For Private Rocket Headed To Space Station
A robotic cargo ship owned by SpaceX, a private company, is ferrying supplies to the space station. NASA is turning over routine flights to the commercial sector so that it can focus on other missions.
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Power Couple, Covering War (And Waging Their Own)
Martha Gellhorn was one of the first great female war correspondents. But her reputation as a journalist was sometimes overshadowed by her marriage to Ernest Hemingway. A new HBO film looks at the relationship between this passionate power couple.
NewsPoet: Carmen Gimenez Smith's Day In Verse
Each month, NPR's All Things Considered invites a poet into the newsroom to see how the show comes together and to write an original poem about the news. This month, our NewsPoet is Carmen Gimenez Smith. Want to write your own poem about the day's news? You can put them in the comments below.
Peter Dinklage: On 'Thrones,' And On His Own Terms
The Emmy-winning actor talks with NPR's Audie Cornish about the popular fantasy drama — and about the rules of his own personal game.
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Northwest Author Focuses New Book On The Northern Reaches Of Missoula Floods
A new book details how a dramatic series of Ice Age Floods transformed the landscape of the inland Northwest.
Kitzhaber Signs Series Of Bills…Again
Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber has been busy signing a series of bills dealing with everything from marine reserves to tax incentives. But the deadline to sign bills from this year's legislative session was actually more than a month ago.
Key Wash. Lawmaker Calls For K-12 Pay Raises Next Year
Washington teachers are woefully underpaid. That’s the conclusion of a draft legislative task force report. Now a key Washington state lawmaker says teachers and other school employees deserve at least a cost-of-living pay raise next year.
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Superfund!
Blue Ledge Mine Gets a Facelift
Joe Creek has been a biological desert for decades. This small and unassuming stream flows north out of the Red Buttes Wilderness in Siskiyou County, California, and passes below the abandoned Blue Ledge Mine, after which its otherwise pristine water turns into a toxic brine as acidic as vinegar where only algae survives.
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Intrigue in Academia
This is the 426th column I have written for this magazine and it is perhaps the last that I will write as Jefferson Public Radio’s executive director. Throughout my career I have used this space to give background to JPR Listeners Guild members on matters, generally national, that affect public radio. This time, however, it is a local story that is on my mind.
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11th Annual Independent Film Festival
Over 90 Films with Filmmakers from Around the World
The nationally acclaimed Ashland Independent Film Festival returns to the Varsity Theatre, the Historic Ashland Armory, and the Ashland Springs Hotel in the heart of the historic downtown, April 12–16 for the eleventh annual, five-day showcase of independent film. Over 7,000 film lovers will engage with creators of documentaries, features and shorts from around the world at film screenings from 9:30 a.m. to midnight, gala parties, free filmmaker panels and more.
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