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Election 2012
3:49 pm
Thu September 6, 2012

Colorado Brewery Head One Of Few CEOs At The DNC

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Originally published on Thu September 6, 2012 6:09 pm

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:

From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:

And I'm Audie Cornish at the Democratic National Convention.

All week the conversation here has been about jobs. But other than a primetime appearance by Costco's co-founder, big business supporters have been MIA. I did find a meeting of progressive business leaders, where I met a CEO named Kim Jordan.

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Television
3:49 pm
Thu September 6, 2012

NFL And DNC Compete For Prime Time Viewers

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Originally published on Thu September 6, 2012 6:09 pm

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:

People in Charlotte are watching the convention by the thousands, but people who are watching on television are doing so by the millions. Last night, the convention had some serious TV competition. NBC went with the NFL season opener, the Cowboys-Giants game, instead of Bill Clinton's speech.

How many people are watching the conventions? We turn now to Eric Deggans, who is TV and media critic for the Tampa Bay Times. Hi, Eric.

ERIC DEGGANS: How are you doing?

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Music Reviews
2:26 pm
Thu September 6, 2012

Cat Power Rips It Up, Starts Again

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Chan Marshall, better known by the name Cat Power, takes a new approach on her latest record, Sun.
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Originally published on Thu September 6, 2012 6:09 pm

I recently listened to the first single from the new Cat Power album with some fellow fans, and the room was deeply divided. Some thought the song was fabulous, but others were startled and upset — which I could understand, sort of. Chan Marshall's songs generally speak to pain and trauma with a hushed and intimate musical vocabulary. But this song, "Ruin," was different — not just a rock 'n' roll song, but one you might even want to dance to.

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Latin America
9:34 am
Thu September 6, 2012

Guess Who's Chopping Down The Amazon Now?

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Loggers discuss the day's plan in a camp called Puesto Viejo, or "old post."
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A logger watches a machine move logs to be measured, trimmed and marked before inspection by ABT — Bolivia's agency of forests and land. They will then be transported to Ascencion de Guarayos.
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A worker measures logs. They will be trimmed if they are deemed too long for transport.
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A truck takes logs to the town of Ascencion de Guarayos in the Bolivian Amazon jungle.
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Among the eight countries that the Amazon spans, Bolivia has the highest rate of deforestation. Here, Agustin Villa cuts down timber in the Amazon jungle. The logs will be transported to the town of Ascencion de Guarayos, Santa Cruz province.
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Every year in Bolivia, a swath of forest two-thirds the size of Delaware is cleared of trees. The trees range from silk-cotton hardwoods and fig trees to ceibas — some of them 80 feet tall and decades old.
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The town of Ascencion de Guarayos is the gateway to the Amazon jungle in Santa Cruz province. Here, brass band musicians walk on the streets during a festival.
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Agustin Villa cuts down a tree in the Amazon jungle, in Santa Cruz province, Bolivia, 2012.
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Logs in the Bolivian forest are moved, measured, trimmed and tagged for inspection by ABT — the Bolivian agency of forests and land — before being transported by truck to the town of Ascencion de Guarayos.
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Originally published on Thu September 6, 2012 7:20 pm

Though Brazil's Amazon has been the focus of environmental groups for decades, the deforestation rate there has fallen dramatically in recent years as clear-cutting of Amazonian jungle in eight other countries has started to rise.

As a result, the 40 percent of Amazonia located in a moon-shaped arc of countries from Bolivia to Colombia to French Guiana faces a more serious threat than the jungle in Brazil. The culprits range from ranching to soybean farming, logging to infrastructure development projects.

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Crisis In The Housing Market
4:56 pm
Wed September 5, 2012

Democratic Convention Draws Troubled Homeowners

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David Sole rode a bus from Detroit to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., to protest how the Obama administration and the nation's banks have handled the foreclosure crisis.
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Originally published on Wed September 5, 2012 6:03 pm

Charlotte, N.C., host of the 2012 Democratic National Convention, is the nation's biggest financial center outside of New York. But Charlotte and surrounding Mecklenburg County have the highest foreclosure rates in the state, and many thousands of homeowners owe more on their homes than the properties are worth.

As thousands of Democrats converge in Charlotte for the convention, some troubled homeowners have also gathered, lamenting that the foreclosure crisis has not been sufficiently front and center in the presidential campaign.

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