4:46pm

Mon April 2, 2012
Economy/Labor/Biz

Free individualized career help on KALW

This Sunday, on Work with Marty Nemko, I'll devote the entire show to helping you with your career. In between offering my favorite new tips, I'll invite you to call in for what I alternately call a WorkOver or Three-Minute Career Makeover.

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4:33pm

Mon April 2, 2012
The Two-Way

PHOTO: The First Woman To Enter The Boston Marathon

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We had never read about Kathrine Switzer, but then we saw this astonishing picture cross our social streams:

That's Switzer, of Syracuse, being pushed off the Boston Marathon course by Jock Semple, one of the race organizers. The year was 1967 and as Switzer tells it, Semple jumped off the media truck and began yelling at her.

"Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers," she says he told her.

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4:19pm

Mon April 2, 2012
MY MIX TAPE

"Calico Skies" by Paul McCartney

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This song captures what Claudia Holland thinks makes a good relationship. 

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3:21pm

Mon April 2, 2012
Shots - Health Blog

As Health Care Giants Merge, Pharmacies Aren't Happy

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Two of the biggest behind-the-scenes players in the health care industry have become one.

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3:11pm

Mon April 2, 2012
The Two-Way

American Senior Citizens Still Owe $36 Billion In Student Loans

Americans 60 years and older are still paying off $36 billion in student debt. That's according to research from Federal Bank of New York, the Washington Post parses today.

The story is worth a read, but here is the gist:

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2:35pm

Mon April 2, 2012
It's All Politics

Obama Administration Officials Tripped Up By Clown, Comedian, Mindreader

Originally published on Tue April 3, 2012 8:03 am

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A mind reader, a clown and a comedian walk into a bar.

Actually, we don't know about a bar. But we do know they walked into a conference of federal workers held outside Las Vegas in October 2010.

And though it sounds like the start of a joke, it isn't. Someone at the General Services Administration, the federal agency charged with managing government property, actually approved using taxpayer money to pay the three to appear at the meeting.

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2:26pm

Mon April 2, 2012
It's All Politics

As A Politician, Romney's Long Had Trouble Talking Cars

Mitt Romney has had issues in this campaign with cars.

You may remember his "two Cadillacs" comment in February, immediately characterized as a gaffe for a candidate who has often seemed to struggle with how to address his wealth on the trail.

"I like the fact that most of the cars I see are Detroit-made automobiles," said Romney in Michigan. "I drive a Mustang and a Chevy pickup truck. Ann [his wife] drives a couple of Cadillacs, actually."

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2:10pm

Mon April 2, 2012
Around the Nation

America's First Celebrity Robot Is Staging A Comeback

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Before IBM's Watson and Deep Blue, there was another celebrity robot: Elektro.

The first robot introduced to Americans, Elektro was the 7-foot-tall man who greeted millions of visitors who streamed through the gates of the 1939 World's Fair. He even appeared on film, in The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair.

The robot was built as a showpiece for the manufacturer Westinghouse, which made clothing irons and ovens in Mansfield, Ohio, at the time.

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2:08pm

Mon April 2, 2012
The Two-Way

George Zimmerman's Attorney: 'This Is Not A Race Issue'

Originally published on Mon April 2, 2012 2:38 pm

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The attorney of the man accused of shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin says "this is not a race issue."

During an interview with Tell Me More's Michel Martin (no relation), attorney Craig Sonner said his client George Zimmerman had black friends, who he's talked to and they have vouched for him.

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1:58pm

Mon April 2, 2012
Music Interviews

Dr. John: A Rock Legend Gets Personal

Originally published on Mon April 2, 2012 9:01 pm

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In his 1995 autobiography, Under a Hoodoo Moon, Dr. John writes about his tumultuous music career, a decades-long heroin addiction and the time he spent in prison on a drug-possession charge. The book is candid in a way that most of his music is not — until now. On his new album, Locked Down, Dr. John takes a more personal approach.

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