2004 February | Here & Now

Friday, February 27, 2004

Haiti Rebels Close in on Capital; Scalia Scandal; French Anti-Semitism; Church Report Criticizes Bishops; Springfield Bishop Faces Abuse Allegations; Smith and Wesson ChairMan Resigns; The Passion of the Christ

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Thursday, February 26, 2004

Former MP Says Britain Spied on U.N.; Prosecution Rests Case in Milosevic Trial; Monkeys Key to Understanding AIDS; Greenspan: Cut Social Security; Got Milk; New Colon Cancer Drugs; Letters from Listeners; Tarbox Ramblers

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Wednesday, February 25, 2004

Haiti Rebels Reject U.S. Peace Plan; Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Charged; BST in the Beast: Milk Series III; North Korea in Talks; China’s Influence in Africa; The Passion of the Christ; Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation”; Sipping Sake

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Tuesday, February 24, 2004

Bush Endorses Gay Marriage Ban; Putin Fires Government Heads Before Elections; Hague Hearings Examine the West Bank Barrier; Dairy Farms Great and Small; Vatican Report Criticizes U.S. Priest Policy; Clergy Sex Victim Found Dead; Internet Scams; Robots in Film

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Monday, February 23, 2004

Nader Announces 2004 Presidential Bid; U. Michigan Minority Admissions Down; Affirmative Action in India; Organic Milk: Marketing and Reality; Suicide Bomb Kills 7 in Northern Iraq; Small Town, Big on Drug Production; Music Legends Find New Breath on Small Labels

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Friday, February 20, 2004

Annan Backs U.S. Position on Iraq Elections; Survivors Remember Night Club Fire; If These Dolls Could Talk; Washington, DC Roundtable: 02/20/04; “Jane Roe” Requests Roe v. Wade Case Reopened; Oscar Second Guessing

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Thursday, February 19, 2004

Haitian Police Lose Grip on City; Union of Scientists Attacks Bush; Iran Reformers Boycott Election; Europe Leaders Discuss Anti-Semitism; Netherlands Denies Asylum Seekers; Letters 02/19/04; Productions Show Journalism’s Dark Side

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Wednesday, February 18, 2004

Dean to Suspend Candidacy Bid; Detroit Prosecutor Sues Ashcroft; Judge Protests Mandatory Sentencing; The Great Influenza; MTBE in Gas; Snowmobiles in Yellowstone; Colombia’s Refugee Crisis; The Elderly in Debt; Pasta’s Proponents with Scott Haas

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004

Halliburton Withholds Billing before Hearings; Election Delays in Iraq, Afghanistan; Electronic Mapping; Breast Cancer and Antibiotics; New Mad Cow Strain Discovered; Wood Shortage; Antonin Dvorak

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Monday, February 16, 2004

Weekend Politics; San Francisco Gay Marriages; Deliberation Day; Enron CEO to Be Indicted; Martha Stewart Trial; Pianist Lang Lang; Tony Kushner On His New Play

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Friday, February 13, 2004

CIA Seeks Changes on Intelligence Procedures; Transportation Bill Fight; MA Gay Marriage Battle Ends with No Vote; Dynasty’s End; Editorial Panel 02/13/04; Letters 02/13/04; The Dreamers

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Thursday, February 12, 2004

S. Korea Scientists Extract Embryonic Stem Cells; Justice Department Demands Abortion Information; College HIV Outbreak Discovered; General Survives Iraq Attack; U.S. Military Concerns; Gay Marriage Showdown Continues; Comcast Bids on Mickey Mouse; Chat Room Art

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004

Constitutional Battle on Beacon Hill; White House Defends Bush Military Service; Hubble Telescope Maintenance Cancelled; FCC Chair on Indecency; Bush Ends 60 Programs in Budget Proposal; Seeking Asylum; Bistro in Your Home; Valentine’s Poetry

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Tuesday, February 10, 2004

Bush Releases Economic Report; Proliferation Speech Preview; The Gay Marriage Wedge in Election 2004; Are All Medical School Graduates Equal?; Russian Poilitician Lost and Found; Healthier Canadians; Aspiring Filmmaker Alexandra Kerry; Natalie Merchant

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Monday, February 9, 2004

U.S. Says Iraq Resistance Seeks Al Qaeda Aid; Unrest in Haiti; The Cheney Effect; Harvard Business Review Breakthrough Ideas; DC Roundtable 02/09/04; Native American Paintings Restored; Bad Marriages Make Good Books

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Friday, February 6, 2004

Unemployment Rate Falls, Still Higher Than Expected; Child Safety Concerns Mount; Republicans Take Aim at Candidate Kerry; Attackers Attempt Life of Iraqi Spiritual Leader; Editorial Roundtable 02/06/04; Dean Supporters Speak; Touching the Void

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Thursday, February 5, 2004

Tenet Defends Iraq Intelligence Work; Pakistan Pardons Nuclear Scientist after Confession; Malaysian Company Investigated on Libya Nuclear Aid; MFA Strikes Deal with Vegas Gallery; Activists Judges; Letters 2/5/04; The 2004 Grammy Awards

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Wednesday, February 4, 2004

Kerry Wins Five, Clark and Edwards Hang On; Democrats Question Bush Military Record; Mass. Court Paves Way for State Gay Marriage; Killing the Buddha; Utah and No Child Left Behind; Texas Pharmacist Refuses “Morning After” Pill Prescription; Artist to Icon

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Tuesday, February 3, 2004

Bush Unveils Military Budget; Rumsfeld Describes Military Restructuring Plan; AIDS Funding Numbers; Firestarters; Senate Offices Close After Mail Scare; Iran Reformers Plan Election Boycott; Yellow Dog Democrats; Fourteen

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Monday, February 2, 2004

Suicide Attacks Ravage Irbil; Bush to Approve Iraq Intelligence Inquiry; Missouri Primary; Kristof Series Looks at Cambodia’s Prostitution; DC Roundtable 02/02/04; Super Bowl Show Exposes Janet Jackson; Remember the Alamo

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Friday, February 3, 2012
Running legend Alberto Salazar. (Photo Alex Ashlock)

Here & Now’s Alex Ashlock recently sat down with Alberto Salazar, one of the top distance runners in American sports history.

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Friday, February 3, 2012
A portrait of Dickens at age 29, painted during his 1842 American trip by Boston artist Francis Alexander. It’s on loan to the UMass Lowell exhibit from the MFA where it hasn’t been seen in 30 years. Diana Archibald says it shows the young Dickens’ penchant for flashy dress, which inspired another part of the Lowell exhibit, “Dickens as Steampunk Muse.” (Courtesy Of Museum of Fine Arts Boston)

“People think of Dickens as that old guy with the beard that’s not relevant. And he is relevant! In fact, I think of him as sort of like Jon Stewart, he uses wit,” said Diana Archibald, a Dickens scholar. Dickens was born 200 years ago, we look back on his trip to the famous mills of Lowell, Massachusetts in 1842.

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Friday, February 3, 2012
Jasmine Zhuang, a Yale junior who says she avoided checking the "asian" box on her college application out of fear it would prevent her from getting in. (Courtesy Jasmine Zhuang)

When it comes to college applications, some Asian-Americans are purposely not checking the race box. For many, it has nothing to do with their heritage, and everything to do with the high expectations that come with it.

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