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From bongs to candy bars - legislators weighed in on a range of issues that impact children. Also - Senators voted on a bill to radically change how Utah's top judge is chosen. And lawmakers move to overhaul retirement benefits for state employees. KUER's Jenny Brundin reports.
A house committee on Monday passed laws changing child car safety-seat regulations and disclosure rules for foreign gifts to state's universities. KUER's Tasha Cook has this report:
A group called Healing Hands for Haiti has been working to provide prosthetics and rehabilitation services for the disabled in Haiti for more than ten years. Their services are needed more than ever after the earthquake, but it's working out of temporary facilities until it can rebuild.
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Journalist James Fallows sees a lot the world can envy of the United States: plenty of food, a great university system, a culture of innovation. But he says there's one thing he's never heard while reporting overseas: "I wish we had a Senate like yours." In fact, Fallows says that for America to be robust, it has to re-imagine a governing system that is out-dated and dysfunctional. Wednesday, he joins us to explain.
If you've traveled, you've seen the impact of American culture on the world: McDonald's in the oldest cities or movie marquees with the latest Hollywood productions. But science writer Ethan Watters says this isn't the most disturbing effect we're having. America is actually changing the symptoms and the prevalence of mental illness in other cultures. Tuesday, Watters joins Doug to explain why America thinks it should be therapist to the world and the harm we may be causing.
Last year, Fox News' Glenn Beck was boycotted by major advertisers after the conservative talk show host called President Obama a "racist." But despite losing accounts from players like Walmart and GEICO, his ratings have been skyrocketing and he's treated like something of a rock star at lectures and book signings across the country. But who is Glenn Beck? Monday, Beck's ascendancy from crazed radio shock jock to a Mormon conservative at the top of the talk show game. (Rebroadcast)
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