The Torch
3:11 pm
Thu August 9, 2012

Usain Bolt Cements His Place In History, Winning 200 Meter Gold

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Usain Bolt of Jamaica crosses the finish line ahead of Yohan Blake of Jamaica to win gold during the Men's 200m Final.

Originally published on Fri August 10, 2012 10:02 am

Usain Bolt cemented his place as one of the greatest sprinters in history, when he won the 200 meter final today.

Bolt was challenged by his Jamaican teammate Yohan Blake, who closed in with less than 100 meters to go. Bolt kicked on his burners and ended up taking back the lead and beating Blake 19.32 to 19.44 seconds.

The big deal here is that this makes Bolt the first Olympian to win both the 100 meter and 200 meter races two Olympics in a row.

Warren Weir, another Jamaican, took third.

The AP adds:

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JazzSet
2:37 pm
Thu August 9, 2012

Gabriel Alegria And Gerald Clayton On JazzSet

Originally published on Thu August 9, 2012 3:10 pm

The Litchfield Jazz Festival leads off with a weeks-long camp for high-school students and New York's finest musicians on the faculty, then climaxes with a two-day festival. This year it's August 11-12 in Goshen, Conn., but here we have two sets from the 2010 festival, featuring two groups with young leaders.

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Shots - Health Blog
2:32 pm
Thu August 9, 2012

Gonorrhea Evades Antibiotics, Leaving Only One Drug To Treat Disease

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Health officials say they're worried that one day there will be no more antibiotics left to treat gonorrhea.

Originally published on Fri August 10, 2012 10:02 am

There's some disturbing news out today about a disease we don't hear about much these days: gonorrhea. Federal health officials announced that the sexually transmitted infection is getting dangerously close to being untreatable.

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World Cafe
2:31 pm
Thu August 9, 2012

Latin Roots: San Antonio In The 1950s

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Alejandro Escovedo.

San Antonio native Alejandro Escovedo co-hosts the latest installment of Latin Roots, in which he discusses the Latin character of his hometown's music since the 1950s. Escovedo's prolific rock music has always had strong Latin influences as a result of the time he spent listening to his parents' records.

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Music
2:22 pm
Thu August 9, 2012

Local Produce, August 8

Johanna Divine navigates the musical landscape highlighting tunes from specific locales for each program. 

The Two-Way
2:14 pm
Thu August 9, 2012

Thanks For Nothing, Stephen: Colbert Spoils The Wiki Veep Indicator

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Buzz Killer.

Originally published on Fri August 10, 2012 11:11 am

Well, tracking changes to prominent politicians' Wikipedia pages had been one way of trying to get advance notice of Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick.

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World Cafe
2:13 pm
Thu August 9, 2012

Alejandro Escovedo On World Cafe

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Alejandro Escovedo.

Originally published on Thu August 9, 2012 2:32 pm

Alejandro Escovedo has played virtually every kind of rock 'n' roll there is to play, from punk to orchestral to country, during a career dating back to the 1970s.

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Music
2:06 pm
Thu August 9, 2012

Old Gold, August 9

Original rock and roll lives on KRVS. While searching for records to play on "Big Band Swings", I've also picked up some interesting 1950s tunes---and just as BBS has become BBS and other things, Old Gold starts out as a big mix of musical genres, with an emphasis on rock, roll, rhythm, and my favorite, novelty! 

Politics
1:45 pm
Thu August 9, 2012

Iowa, Key To Obama's 2008 Win, Now Divided

The line at the cavernous Smokey Row Coffee House in Oskaloosa stretched out the door and down the block, so long that dozens of Iowans waiting to see presidential candidate Barack Obama had to settle for a peek through the windows.

It was July 4, 2007, heady days for Obama in the Hawkeye State, where Democratic caucusgoers would soon launch him as a legitimate national contender, and where state voters would later turn out in record numbers to help put the first-term Illinois senator into the White House.

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The Two-Way
1:44 pm
Thu August 9, 2012

VIDEO: NASA Moon Lander Crashes And Burns During Test Flight

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A screengrab of NASA's moon lander in flames.

Originally published on Thu August 9, 2012 1:57 pm

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