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January 1, 2004
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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.

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NOTES & UPDATES

Welcome to our newest listeners in Orlando, FL, Chicago, IL, Morris, IL and Chesterton, IN! In the past few months we’ve been joined by new stations in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.

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Here & Now producers share their favorite music, books and websites.

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