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  • In Sudan, a year and a half of devastating conflict has destroyed much of the capital and brought most of the country to the brink of famine.
  • support of democracy has become the model for other Latin American countries. Following the Falkland Islands debacle in the early 80's, the country's military gave up control to the civilian government. The military is now kept on a short leash, operating on a much smaller budget. Argentina has taken an active role in peacekeeping, both globally and in South America. Last year, it helped end fighting between Peru and Ecuador. This week, Argentine military officials are in Washington for meetings at the Pentagon.
  • A year-and-a-half ago, two-thousand employees of the city's two daily papers walked off the job over wages and work rules. The strike cost the newspapers more than $100 million and knocked circulation down by 30-percent. Some striking workers could be back on the job by next week, but most won't be so lucky...the newspapers say they will not lay off the permanent replacement workers who kept both papers running through the strike.
  • The Iraq war has claimed at least 4,000 American lives, according to the Associated Press. We will hear personal stories from those who have lost loved ones in the past five years — what families remember most, and how their lives have changed.
  • Scott Ellison says fishing ranges from so-so to fairly good depending on what you’re trying to catch.Scott Ellison here, with the FLW Weekly Fishing…
  • Time magazine reporter Matt Cooper says White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove was the first person to confirm the wife of an outspoken critic of the Bush administration -- now known to be Valerie Plame -- was a CIA officer. Cooper also says vice presidential chief of staff Lewis Libby was another source for his story on Plame's identity.
  • The government's February employment report shows that employers added 20,000 jobs — falling far below expectations. But, the unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent and wage growth was strong.
  • Clint Watts of the Foreign Policy Research Institute tells NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer what he learned about how Russian Internet trolls operate from the redacted Mueller report.
  • Gov. Andy Beshear reported 1,941 new coronavirus cases Friday afternoon in his daily update on COVID-19, bringing the overall state total to 105,242…
  • Future Motion recalled 300,000 boards after previous resistance to the federal safety commission's push for a recall. Four incidents of fatal brain trauma are linked to the self-balancing boards.
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