WEDNESDAY 2/29/12- The breakout heartthrob of the made-for-TV band the Monkees died Wednesday after suffering a heart attack at age 66. Jones sang lead vocal on some of the group's biggest hits, including "Daydream Believer," "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" and "Valerie." Our rock music expert, Denny Somach, has some fascinating stories about the frontman of the group critics often called the “Pre-Fab Four.”
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Was Buchanan's firing a violation of free speech?
WEDNESDAY 2/29/12- When conservative pundit Pat Buchanan was fired from MSNBC because of controversial comments about racial politics in his latest book Suicide of a Superpower, MSNBC President Phil Griffin said in a statement that Buchanan's views "aren't really appropriate for national dialogue, much less the dialogue on MSNBC." Unfortunately, this is not the first time MSNBC has publicly determined what constitutes appropriate dialogue for the nation.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Our tribute to Rich Brenner
TUESDAY 2/28/12- Friends and colleagues of Rich are remembering the veteran North Carolina broadcaster, who died of heart failure Monday night while attending a charity function in Greensboro. WGHP Fox 8 Sportscaster Kevin Connolly shared with our listeners some of his personal memories and professional experiences with Rich during the time they worked together at Fox 8.
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Monday, February 27, 2012
Synchronicity: the art of coincidence
MONDAY 2/27/12- The experience of meaningful coincidences is universal. They are reported by people of every culture, every belief system, and every time period. Synchronicity examines the evidence for the human influence on the meaningfulness of events, and the way the modern computational model of the mind predicts how we create meaning.
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Domestic drones: security vs. privacy
FRIDAY 2/27/12- The Federal Aviation Administration is writing new rules to allow the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, more commonly known as drones, in domestic American air space for the first time. But critics are raising privacy and safety concerns over how they may be used.
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