1:00am

Thu June 16, 2011
Favorite Sessions

Black Joe Lewis And The Honeybears: Rock 'n' Roll Grit

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With the release of Scandalous earlier this spring, the Austinites in Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears sound bolder than ever. While their new record maintains the soulful energy of its predecessor, Tell 'Em What Your Name Is!, Lewis and the band exude rock grit on Scandalous — they prove as much in this, their latest interview and performance at WFUV.

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12:51am

Thu June 16, 2011
The Two-Way

Still No Criminal Charges In 2007 Utah Mine Disaster

Four years after nine coal miners and mine rescuers died underground in the Crandall Canyon mine in Utah, federal prosecutors say they're still not ready to file criminal charges or to conclude no charges are warranted.

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12:01am

Thu June 16, 2011
Around the Nation

Feds Crack Down On Immigration Scam Artists

Federal authorities have launched a nationwide crack down on scam artists who prey on immigrants hoping to become U.S. citizens. Officials say the problem is growing.

Con artists promise to help illegal immigrants stay in the country legally but in the end leave, the people penniless and in more trouble with the immigration service.

Lots of friends told Guatemalan immigrant Catalina Alvarado to go see an immigration lawyer near her home in Hollywood, Calif. They told her he works magic and would get her a work permit and even a green card.

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12:01am

Thu June 16, 2011
Technology

For Recent Cyberattacks, Motivations Vary

Computer users have for years struggled with viruses, worms and all sorts of malware. But the most recent cyberattacks have targeted institutions whose computer systems were thought to be relatively secure: the French Ministry of Finance, Sony, Lockheed Martin, Citibank, even the International Monetary Fund.

"These are first class attacks," says Luis Gorrons, technical director for Panda Security, a global cybersecurity firm. "We were always seeing attacks on small and medium companies, but now we're seeing that many big companies are being targeted and successfully attacked."

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12:01am

Thu June 16, 2011
Asia

U.S.-Pakistan Relations Move From Grudging To Toxic

The relationship between the United States and Pakistan has long been one of grudging interdependency. The U.S. needs Pakistan to help in the fight against Islamist militants and to serve as a supply transit route for military operations in Afghanistan. Pakistan needs the U.S. for financial aid, and access to international lenders and the global economy. But neither side much likes nor trusts the other.

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12:01am

Thu June 16, 2011
Books

Tweeting 'Ulysses': Fans Put A Twist On Bloomsday

Today is Bloomsday, the annual celebration of James Joyce's novel Ulysses. The book details an epic day in the life of Leopold Bloom, in the 24-hour span of June 16, 1904.

For decades, Joyce-lovers have been commemorating Bloomsday by eating liver for breakfast and drinking pints of Guinness, as Bloom does. They also hold marathon readings of the novel.

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12:01am

Thu June 16, 2011
Middle East

Syrian Tactics Estrange Media Supporters In Lebanon

After three months of demonstrations in Syria, it is a daily struggle to get an accurate picture of events. The Syrian government has banned most international media, and Syria's state TV presents an official version contradicted by an anti-regime protest movement that bolsters its narrative with video clips and Facebook postings.

In neighboring Lebanon, even news editors supportive of President Bashar Assad's regime say Syria is losing credibility in the media war.

A Lebanese Paper, Close To Syria

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12:01am

Thu June 16, 2011
Business

IBM Turns 100: The Company That Reinvented Itself

A lot of companies try to instill loyalty in their employees. But it's safe to say few of them took it as far as IBM.

For years IBM employees had to learn company songs. Journalist Kevin Maney, who was commissioned by IBM to co-author Making the World Work Better, a history of the company, says it was part of the effort to build a corporate culture. That was something IBM founder Thomas Watson Sr. took very seriously.

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7:21pm

Wed June 15, 2011
The Two-Way

Could It Be? Is Ben & Jerry's Planning 'Schweddy Balls' Ice Cream?

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Former Saturday Night Live cast member Ana Gasteyer started a delicious rumor in an interview with cable news channel NY1 over the weekend. Gasteyer said Ben & Jerry's is coming out with a new ice cream flavor inspired by a popular skit Gasteyer starred in alongside Shannon Molly and Alec Baldwin.

The new flavor? "Schweddy Balls."

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6:58pm

Wed June 15, 2011
Planet Money

Will Greece's Troubles Spread?

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Here's what's at the core of all the chaos today in Greece: The country is on track to run out of money next month.

European leaders will probably come through in the end and lend Greece more money.

But for now, at least, Europe can't agree on whether to admit defeat – to finally accept that Greece can't repay its massive debt on time – or to keep looking for ways for Greece to muddle along a while longer.

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