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Bird Rescue Program in Crisis

Airs at: Tue, 11/25/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for Evening News
A Vancouver bird rescue program faces an imminent foreclosure, and has called on the community to help. The Northwest Bird Rescue Center is headed by Christopher Driggins, better known around Vancouver as 'the Bird Man'. He's rescued hundreds of abused and injured birds si... Read more

Mark Weisbrot on the Financial Crisis

Airs at: Tue, 11/25/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for Evening News
A new 'national bank' plan by the Federal Reserve will allow the government to lend out up to 800 billion more dollars to banks and businesses. This is just the latest attempt to bail out the failing financial system in the US. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg spoke with Mark Weisbr... Read more

Clear Chips

Airs at: Sun, 11/23/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for Evening News
A private company has is offering airline passengers a chance to bypass security. The clear card, as it’s called by Flyclear Corporation, will offer retina and finger print scans to passengers who are willing to volunteer private information and pass a TSA screening. KBO... Read more

RFID Implants Violate Privacy

Airs at: Sun, 11/23/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for Evening News
The International Journal of Intellectual Property Management just published a report that new Radio Frequency ID chip technology may conflict with the basic right to privacy. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg has more. Read more

Homophobic Protest in Portland

Airs at: Sun, 11/23/2008 at 12:00am
Produced for Evening News
Four members of the notorious anti-gay church of Fred Phelps arrived in Portland this morning to protest Portland’s support of gay rights.  They were vastly outnumbered by counter-protesters, who called for equal rights for all. KBOO’s Rebecca Nay reports.  Photo courtesy... Read more

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Airs at: Wed, 11/19/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for Evening News
Today is the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.  In honor of the day Portland State University is hosting a vigil. Transgender performance artist Scott Turner Schofield will read from his new book.   Read more

Drummond Coal Protest

Airs at: Wed, 11/19/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for Evening News
A number of Portlanders took part in a protest in Alabama today against Drummond coal. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke by phone with one of the participants in the protest. Read more

Iraqi Child Recognized by Portland City Council

Airs at: Tue, 11/18/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for Evening News
An Iraqi child currently in Portland for medical treatment received a recognition by Portland's City Council this morning. Mustafa Abed, who just turned six, arrived in Portland over a month ago with donations from the group 'No More Victims'. He lost his leg and hip in a ... Read more

CAIR on Anti Arab Statement by Father of Rahm Emanuel

Airs at: Tue, 11/18/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for Evening News
President-elect Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has apologized for a racial slur made by his father Benjamin. Last week the father of Rahm Emanuel stated in an interview with an Israeli paper, “Obviously he’ll influence the president to be pro-Israel. Why wouldn’t he... Read more

School of the Americas Protest

Airs at: Tue, 11/18/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for Evening News
Thousands of people will gather this weekend at the gates of Fort Benning, in Georgia for a yearly protest against the School of the Americas, now known as WHINSEC. The military school is a well known combat training center for Latin American soldiers. Over its 59 years,... Read more