Border drug wars plague cities in U.S. and Mexico

All Things Considered, June 29, 2008 · Drug cartels have made Juarez the deadliest city in Mexico. But they also operate just across the border, in El Paso, Texas — one of the safest cities in the U.S. NPR’s Jason Beaubien speaks with host Andrea Seabrook about efforts to stop the violence.

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Gates retires from day-to-day role at Microsoft

Morning Edition, June 27, 2008 · Friday marks Bill Gates’ last day in his corner office at Microsoft, the company he built into a technology and profit-making powerhouse. While he will remain chairman of the board and will serve as adviser to the company, he now turns the bulk of his attention to his philanthropic foundation, the wealthiest in the world.

Gates, 52, is leaving with the legacy of having created and shaped one of the world’s most influential corporations. While some of Microsoft’s business practices have been sharply criticized, there is no denying that, as head of the company, Gates has done more than anyone else to bring computing to the masses.

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Border fence would divide campus

CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
Associated Press Writer

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The steel fence that the U.S. government wants to build along the Mexican border would do more than slice through the University of Texas’ Brownsville campus and cut off the golf course from the rest of the school. Read more

Celtic Shores #97, “The World of the Folk-Baroque”

CS097 Folk-Baroque

First Broadcast: Saturday, 28 June 2008
Repeat Broadcast: Friday, 4 July 2008

Celtic Shores originates in the studios of KOHM, from the campus of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.

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MMFM 2008-13: WALL-E

MMFM 2008-13
WALL – E

First Broadcast:
Friday, 27 June 2008

Program Host / Producer:
Derrick Ginter

Music Made for Movies is produced in the studios of KOHM-FM, and originates from the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.

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Most gun laws secure

WASHINGTON —(AP)- Washington’s blanket ban on handguns will fall and tight gun laws in places such as Chicago and San Francisco are sure to come under attack.

But most of the nation’s firearms regulations will probably stay on the books, and Read more

Celtic Shores #096, “Andy Irvine”

CS096 Andy Irvine

First Broadcast: Saturday, 21 June 2008
Repeat Broadcast: Friday, 27 June 2008

Celtic Shores originates in the studios of KOHM, from the campus of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.

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Celtic Shores #095, “Voices of Connemara”

CS095 Voices of Connemara

First Broadcast: Saturday, 14 June 2008
Repeat Broadcast: Friday, 20 June 2008

Celtic Shores originates in the studios of KOHM, from the campus of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.

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Celtic Shores #094, “The First Rose of Summer”

CS094 The First Rose of Summer

First Broadcast: Saturday, 7 June 2008
Repeat Broadcast: Friday, 13 June 2008

Celtic Shores originates in the studios of KOHM, from the campus of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.

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