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Monday, Dec. 13, 2004 |
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 Safe to sell?
Nearly 600,000 Dodge Durango sport utility vehicles and Dodge Dakota pickup trucks are being recalled due to concerns about their safety. What goes into recalling a product? And how should companies handle recalls?
Photo by Bryan Mitchell / Getty Images
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Guests:
Scott Wolfson, spokesperson for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Frances Smith, executive director of Consumer Alert. Phil Bromiley, chair of the department of strategic management at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
Related Links:
 Web Resource: Consumer Alert
Web Resource: Philip Bromiley's bio
Web Resource: Recalls.gov
Web Resource: About product liability
Web Resource: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
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| Hour 2 (10 a.m.) |
Money matters
Perhaps you've hit your credit card limit and ignored your budget. If so, it may be time for a financial reality check with Ruth Hayden.
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Guests:
Ruth Hayden, personal finance consultant and the author of Start Where You Are: Retirement Planning in a Changing World.
Related Links:
Ruth Hayden's Web site
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Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2004 |
| Hour 1 (9 a.m.) |
Representing the readers
Newspapers' reader representatives have had a lot of explaining to do in this busy year of media stories. The Minneapolis Star Tribune's ombudsman talks about ethics and news coverage.
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Guests:
Kate Parry, the new reader representative at the Minneapolis Star Tribune. She's worked at the paper for many years and at the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Related Links:
Web Resource: About Kate Parry
Web Resource: Organization of News Ombudsmen
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| Hour 2 (10 a.m.) |
See Johnny click
Computers may actually hinder learning. That's according to a new study by researchers at the University of Munich. Host Kerri Millers examines the impact computer technology has had on public education in the United States.
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Guests:
Todd Oppenheimer, author of The Flickering Mind: Saving Education from the False Promise of Technology.
Related Links:
Web Resource: Study: Computers and Student Learning
Web Resource: The Flickering Mind
Web Resource: The Impact of Home Computer Use on Children
Web Resource: Report: Computer and Internet Use by Children and Adolescents
Web Resource: A Critical Look at Computers in Childhood
Web Resource: International Society for Technology in Education
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Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004 |
| Hour 1 (9 a.m.) |
Paying for nursing home care
The state of Minnesota is being sued over a law that expands who can be charged for state-funded nursing home care. In the past, the state could only pursue reimbursement from the estate of the person who received the care. The relatively new law allows the state to recoup money from relatives.
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Guests:
Fran Bradley. chair of the Minnesota Health and Human Services Committee. Julian Zweber, attorney and member of governing council for the Elder Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association. Charles Mondin, vice president of the Long Term Care Insurance Educational Foundation. Mondin is the marketing director for the National Council on the Aging.
Related Links:
Web Resource: Fran Bradley's Web site
Web Resource: Minnesota Senior Foundation
Web Resource: AARP: Minnesota
Web Resource: National Council on the Aging
Web Resource: Understanding Long-Term Care
Web Resource: Long-Term Care Educational Foundation
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| Hour 2 (10 a.m.) |
A life through food
A celebrated food columnist and cookbook author writes about his memories of food, both appalling and sublime.
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Guests:
Nigel Slater, author of Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger. Slater is a columnist for the London Observer.
Related Links:
Web Resource: Nigel Slater index
Web Resource: BBC Food Web site
Web Resource: Excerpt from the book
Web Resource: Nigel Slater's new cook's survival guide
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Thursday, Dec. 16, 2004 |
| Hour 1 (9 a.m.) |
Home stretch
Finding affordable housing near jobs and public transportation isn't easy. The incoming director of Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity says the lack of a suitable building space is a challenge for the nonprofit homebuilding organization.
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Guests:
Sue Haigh, Ramsey County commissioner. Haigh was the chair of the health and human services policy committee.
Related Links:
Web Resource: Sue Haigh's bio
Web Resource: Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity
Web Resource: Ramsey County
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| Hour 2 (10 a.m.) |
The design of schools
Public school facilities have come a long way from the one-room schoolhouse. Advances in facility design are helping kids at large schools feel like they're a part of a close-knit community. But school closings are leaving cities wondering how to make vacant buildings useful to communities other than K-12 students.
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Guests:
Tammy Magney, partner with Minneapolis-based ATS&R Architects. George Copa, professor in the school of education at Oregon State University and director of New Designs for Learning. He works to facilitate educational design efforts for schools and colleges interested in major redesign, updating and revitalization.
Related Links:
Web Resource: ATS&R Architects
Web Resource: Copa's Bio
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Friday, Dec. 17, 2004 |
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Cell phones may take flight
The last cell phone-free zone may soon disappear. The Federal Communications Commission agreed this week to open public discussion on whether airlines may allow cell phone use during flights.
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Guests:
George Novak, an aviation analyst with the Aviation Institute at George Washington University.
Related Links:
Web Resource: George Novak's bio
Web Resource: Can Cell Phones Crash Planes?
Web Resource: How Cell Phones Work
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| Hour 2 (10 a.m.) |
State of the Arts
What is there for an entertainment lawyer to do in Minnesota? Local attorney Ken Abdo works with musicians, filmmakers and other artistic types and says he stays pretty busy. State of the Arts talks to him about entertainment law.
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Related Links:
Web Resource: State of the Arts
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