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• EconTalk – Libertarian perspectives
  Some of you have no doubt seen the "Fear the Boom and Bust" video featuring the rap stylings of economists John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich von Hayek, two economists with diametrically opposed viewpoints. To put the dispute in its most simplistic terms, Keynes thought government intervention was the only way out of economic downturns, and Hayek... […]
• “I am a health insurance lobbyist.”
  No, that’s not a confession at a 12-step meeting for pariahs. It’s the title of a long thread on Reddit, part of the social bookmarking site’s “IAmA AMA” feature, which stands for “I am a X, ask me anything.” The concept is simple: “Post what you are, have people ask you about yourself.” Here’s the [...] […]
• Living With Le$
  Living With Le$ is an online comic strip about a Wall Street money manager who loses his job and has to move back in with his parents. Start here then read all 36 episodes to date. […]
• Crying at “Avenue Q”
  Here’s a post we dug out from late 2008 from a blog called “Life after my Layoff” and sub-titled “The economy stole my journalism job, but not my love of writing.” I watch “Avenue Q”…and nearly cry in my seat Last weekend, my boyfriend treated me to a showing of Avenue Q, a raunchy Broadway musical [...] […]

PBS The Newshour

• JFK Condolence Letters Reveal How a Nation Grieved
  For the first time, some of the condolence letters sent to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy after President John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963 have been published. Gwen Ifill talks to historian Ellen Fitzpatrick about the letters and her book. […]
• Kansas City Plans Massive School Closures as Budget Fix
  Facing a $50 million deficit, the Kansas City, Mo., school board voted this week to close 29 of the city's 61 public schools. Ray Suarez talks to Superintendent John Covington about the board's decision. […]
• White House, High Court Dustup Over State of the Union Continues
  The White House struck back at comments made by Chief Justice John Roberts, who criticized the president for using his State of the Union pulpit to voice disapproval of the high court's ruling on campaign finance. Judy Woodruff gets two views on the strains in the relationship and the impact it could have going forward. […]
• News Wrap: U.S. Home Foreclosure Rate May Be Slowing
  In other news Thursday, home foreclosures rose by 6 percent in February, the smallest amount in four years. Also, partial election results show the Iraqi prime minister running neck-and-neck with a challenger. […]
• Democrats Inch Health Care Reform Negotiations Forward
  House and Senate Democrats moved a step closer to final agreement on health care legislation with hours of closed-door negations Thursday. Jim Lehrer talks to NPR reporter Julie Rovner about the price tag and the hurdles facing the bill. […]
• Shaq Attacks Art World in 'Size DOES Matter'
  NBA basketball player Shaquille O'Neal curates an art exhibition called "Size DOES Matter." […]

PBS Frontline

• Next on FRONTLINE: Close to Home
• The Suicide Tourist
• Behind Taliban Lines
• Flying Cheap

PRI’s The World

• PRI's The World - March 11, 2010
• PRI's The World - March 10, 2010

WNET: Worldfocus

• Full Show: March 11, 2010
• Caribbean nations fear ill effects of climate change
• Asian workers rising from top to bottom
• Worldfocus Radio: Demographics of the Arab World

BBC News

• Eurozone industry grows strongly
  Factory output in the eurozone rose 1.7% between December and January, the biggest monthly rise since records began. […]
• Charles Taylor's wife gives birth
  The wife of Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor - on trial in The Hague for war crimes - has a baby girl. […]
• Deadly blasts hit Pakistani city
  At least 45 people die in twin suicide attacks on Pakistani security forces in the eastern city of Lahore, police say. […]
• Baroness not to face expenses charge
  Labour peer Baroness Uddin says she is "relieved" after being told she will not be prosecuted over her expenses. […]
• BA union announces strike dates
  BA cabin crew will go on strike for three days from 20 March and for four days from 27 March in a dispute over pay and staff levels. […]
• Couple jailed for starving girl
  The mother of a girl who starved to death is sentenced to 15 years and her stepfather jailed indefinitely. […]

PBS NOVA Science NOW

• NOVA scienceNOW: Mammoth Mystery
• NOVA scienceNOW: Brain Trauma

OPB Think Out Loud

• Unemployment: Regional Ripples
• Sam Scandal