A Blog Supreme
5:29 pm
Mon January 23, 2012

The Extraordinary Career Of A Man Who Managed Jazz Musicians

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John Levy.

Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 3:13 pm

This post was originally published shortly after John Levy's death late last week. Click the audio link above to hear a remembrance of Levy by NPR's Sami Yenigun.

This weekend, we learned that the jazz businessman John Levy died on Friday. His wife, Devra Hall Levy, announced the news on Saturday in a press release available on John Levy's website, Lushlife. He was nearly 100 years old.

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State Capitol News
5:27 pm
Mon January 23, 2012

Lawmakers to Introduce SB1070 Repeal

State Democratic lawmakers have announced plans to introduce legislation to repeal Arizona's controversial immigration law, S-B 10-70.

Meanwhile, the law's supporters and foes faced off against each other today at the state Capitol. 

The main activity seemed to be who could shot the loudest.

(protestors chanting)

There was no common ground on the legislation approved two years ago designed to give police more power to detain and arrest illegal immigrants.

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It's All Politics
4:34 pm
Mon January 23, 2012

Romney Renews Attack On Gingrich Over His Role At Freddie Mac

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Newt Gingrich is refuting new attacks about his role at mortgage giant Freddie Mac. Gingrich's reflection is seen here as he walks out mirrored doors in Tampa, Fla. to deliver remarks and greet supporters on Jan. 23.

It didn't take Mitt Romney long to come out swinging in Florida after his stinging defeat in this weekend's South Carolina primary.

At a news conference in Florida, which holds the nation's next contest on Jan. 31, Romney called former House Speaker Newt Gingrich "erratic" and said his work for government-backed mortgage firm Freddie Mac could haunt the GOP in the form of "October surprises."

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Europe
4:22 pm
Mon January 23, 2012

EU Squeezes Iran With New Oil Sanctions

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The EU has agreed to an embargo on buying oil from Iran in the latest sanction against that country for its nuclear program. Catherine Ashton, the EU foreign policy chief, speaks here in Brussels on Monday following a meeting of EU foreign ministers.

The battle over Iran's nuclear program escalated Monday as the European Union announced an embargo on importing oil from Iran.

For years, Europe has been reluctant to join the United States in imposing tough sanctions on Iran. The United States years ago stopped buying Iranian oil, while European nations including France, Spain, Italy, and Greece kept up their purchases. European countries right now buy about 600,000 barrels of oil per day from Iran.

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The Two-Way
3:55 pm
Mon January 23, 2012

Washington Set To Be Seventh State To OK Same-Sex Marriages

Citing the Golden Rule and saying that "all men and women in our state [should] enjoy the same privileges that are so important in my life," the last legislator needed to pass same-sex marriage legislation in Washington State announced this afternoon that she will support the measure.

Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, a Democrat, posted a statement about her decision here.

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The Salt
3:47 pm
Mon January 23, 2012

Not Your Grandmother's Hospital Food

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Hospital food is going from gruel to gourmet.

Hospital food, like airplane food, is the kind of institutional food we love to hate.

But the days of jello cups and puddles of grayish gravy are numbered.

A lot of people — from deep-pocketed foodies to fast-food lovers to locavores — aren't standing for barely edible hospital food anymore.

At one end of the spectrum, some hospitals are going extreme gourmet. And not just with spinach salad or whole grain rolls on the tray.

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Sports
3:20 pm
Mon January 23, 2012

Cash-Strapped L.A. Dodgers Shop For A New Owner

The Los Angeles Dodgers are one of professional sports' most storied franchises. But they're up for auction because much-maligned and outgoing owner Frank McCourt was forced to put the team under bankruptcy protection last summer.

Now, preliminary bids for the Dodgers are due on Monday. The team lost its luster during McCourt's ownership, but estimates for the winning bid range from $1.2 to $2 billion, dwarfing the record $845 million paid for the Chicago Cubs a couple of years ago.

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All Tech Considered
3:14 pm
Mon January 23, 2012

Stanford Takes Online Schooling To The Next Academic Level

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Stanford Engineering's Online Introduction To Artificial Intelligence is made up of videos that teach lessons by drawing them out with pen and paper.
KNAU and Arizona News
3:03 pm
Mon January 23, 2012

Beginning the Race to Replace Giffords

The race to replace Gabrielle Giffords’ in the Tucson new 2nd Congressional District is now the talk in political circles.  Strategists say whoever runs for the seat will have a long and complicated road ahead of them.  

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