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Tuesday      
February 5, 2008
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Tsunami Tuesday

Super Tuesday analysis and coverage featuring Lois Romano, national political correspondent for The Washington Post and reporters in primary states across the country.

Chad

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy says France is ready to launch a military operation against rebels in Chad if necessary.

Brattleboro, VT Petition

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Town leaders in famously crunchy Brattleboro, Vermont are being inundated by phone calls and e-mails, some of them threatening, after town officials approved a petition for the arrest of President Bush and Vice President Cheney for crimes against the Constitution. We speak with Jerry Goldberg, executive director of the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce.

Classical African-American Gospel

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We speak with Kip Lornell, who put together the CD “Classic African- American Gospel” for Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. The CD covers over 60 years of gospel music and features artists like the Reverend Gary Davis, Lead Belly, and civil rights activist, Fannie Lou Hamer.

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