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The Big Broadcast: July 8, 2012

July 8, 2012
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  • 07:00 p.m. Johnny Dollar
    10/19-20/55 Chesapeake Fraud Matter Pts. 3-4 (Sus.) (27:22)
  • 07:30 p.m. Dragnet
    07/06/50 #056 Big Frame     (NBC) (26:34) 
  • 08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
    10/10/53 #077 How To Die For Nothing (Post Toasties) (CBS) (29:36) 
  • 08:30 p.m. Broadway is My Beat
    08/25/49 #07 The Val Dane Murder Case (Sus.) (CBS) (29:38)
  • 09:00 p.m. Fibber McGee & Molly
    11/28/39 #224 Finance Company Troubles (Johnson's Wax) (NBC) (29:50) 
  • 09:30 p.m. NBC Short Story
    03/14/51 #04 The Lottery (Sus.) (NBC) (29:30)
  • 10:00 p.m. Lux Radio Theater
    04/03/39 #213 Silver Dollar w/Edward Arnold and Anita Louise (Lux) (CBS) (59:44)

Arts & Culture

NPR

Book News: Alice Munro, Author Of Pensive Short Stories, May Retire

Also: The Apple ebook trial wraps up; the unique horror of Kafka's stories; James Salter's woman troubles.

Food

NPR

And The Winner Of The World Food Prize Is ... The Man From Monsanto

The prize is sometimes called the "Nobel Prize for food and agriculture." And this year's winners include Monsanto executive Robert Fraley, a pioneer in genetically engineered crops. If there's a single person who personifies the company's controversial role in American agriculture, it's probably Fraley.

Politics

WAMU 88.5

Associate Of D.C. Businessman To Plead Guilty To Making Straw Political Donations

Lee Calhoun, a former associate of the D.C. businessman at the center of a wide-ranging investigation into D.C. corruption, is said to have made campaign contributions in the names of other people.

Technology

NPR

In More Cities, A Camera On Every Corner, Park And Sidewalk

A growing number of cities are using surveillance cameras in the hope of fighting crime, but all that video is almost useless without powerful search tools to sort the material. The municipal camera trend is proving to be big business for companies that design video analytics software.

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