DUI Licence Plates

Starting today, drivers convicted of driving drunk will be assigned a special license plate which indicates their crime.

NAFTA Turns 10

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The North American trade agreement is ten years old today. What has it meant for jobs in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico?

Micro-Media Campaigning

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The president’s campaign team targets small radio stations to get its message out.

The Year in Sports

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We speak with Bill Littlefield of Only A Game about the year in review in sports.

And the Band Marched On

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This week Here and Now featured a marching band from Londonderry New Hampshire. Today, we check in with them as they prepare to march in the Rose Bowl Parade.

Middle East Roadmap in 2003

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Cameron Barr, a reporter for the Christian Science Monitor in Jerusalem, looks back at peace efforts in the Middle East in 2003

Listener Letters

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Comments on recent editorial roundtables and Scott Alarik’s musical selections and science. Send letters to letters@here-now.org or call and leave a message at (617) 358-0397. Please remember to include your full name, phone number, and town where you live.

Beef Industry

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The beef industry says its beef is safe.

The Song Remains the Same

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Mezzo soprano Jan Curtis of Newton Massachusetts had a twenty year career performing around the country, but after a stroke in 1995, she was left with partial paralysis and aphasia, a severe loss of speech.