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Archive for April 18 - 22, 2005
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Monday, April 18, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio The world awaits white smoke
The College of Cardinals begins its conclave on Monday, a secret deliberation to choose the first new pope in over 26 years. What forces will influence the cardinals' decision, and what challenges will the next pope face in leading the more than one-billion Catholics worldwide.
Guests:
Lawrence Cunningham, a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame. (photo: Getty Images/Franco Origlia)

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Karpinski tells her side of the Abu Ghraib story
It was just under a year ago that 60 Minutes II first broadcast photographs of the prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, who was chief officer in charge of military prisons in Iraq at the time of the abuses, was removed from her post and was criticized by investigators, told her side of the Abu Ghraib story recently at the Commonwealth Club of California.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Coverage of the new pope
The first hour of Midday on April 19, 2005 was pre-empted for NPR coverage of the selection of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger at Pope Benedict XVI. Coverage extended into the second hour. (Listen to second hour)
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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
To be announced.
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Congress and the courts
The relationship between the legislative and judicial branches of government has always been a contentious one, dating back to the beginning of American jurisprudence. Today, conservatives condemn what they call activist judges, and the Senate is bitterly divided over whether its duty to "advise and consent" to the president's judicial nominees precludes Democratic filibusters. How independent should the courts be?
Guests:
Steven Smith, a professor of political science and the director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Actress and activist Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda's movie roles, workout videos and outspoken political views have made her an American icon. Her image even resurfaced during the 2004 presidential race when she was depicted protesting the Vietnam War with Sen. John Kerry in a doctored photo, and many veterans have never forgiven her for posing with an anti-aircraft gun in North Vietnam.
Guests:
Jane Fonda is out with a memoir called "My Life So Far," and her first new movie in 15 years, "Monster-in-Law," opens in May. (photo: Getty Images/Matthew Simmons)

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Thursday, April 21, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Senate DFL throws its budget into the fray
Minnesota's Senate Democrats released a budget Wednesday outlining $1 billion in new state spending, mostly for education, but they refused to say how they would raise the money. Republican leaders blasted the proposal, calling it "laughable" and "a complete sham," and scolded the DFL for not suggesting a funding source for their plan. Will the two parties be able to find a budget they can agree on?
Guests:
Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson, DFL-Willmar, and House Speaker Steve Sviggum, R-Kenyon.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Dean says Dems need to speak from the heart
Speaking at a fundraiser for the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota on Wednesday, Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean said his party needs to do a better job of appealing to voters emotionally.

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Friday, April 22, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Will banning cold medicine stop meth?
The Minnesota House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to ban popular cold and allergy pills, like Sudafed and Actifed, that can be used to produce the illegal drug methamphetamine. The Senate has already passed a bill restricting the sale of the medicines, but not banning them outright. The two bills must now be reconciled in conference committee.
Guests:
Assistant Majority Leader Rep. Jeff Johnson, R-Plymouth, the House bill's sponsor, and Carol Falkowski, director of research communications at the Hazelden Foundation.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio A Mind of Their Own
Most children can be volatile at some point in their development, but at what point do irritability, mood swings, and tantrums constitute a mental illness?

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