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<title>An audio postcard from the mountains of Afghanistan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 24, 2010) Yesterday President Obama fired his top commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, in the wake of comments he made in Rolling Stone magazine. Pundits applauded McChrystal&apos;s replacement, General David Petraeus. But the dismissal has renewed doubts over the military’s ability to win the war. Violence is at its highest since 2001. Corruption and poppy production remain serious obstacles. With thousands of Fort Drum soldiers already in or soon going to Afghanistan, we&apos;re examining the war effort from various points of view. Several years ago, photojournalist and ex-soldier Bill Putnam sent us audio diaries from Iraq. Now, Putnam is in the mountains of Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan.  He&apos;s embedded with a unit out of Texas. Today he sends us the first in a series of audio journals. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15865/20100624/an-audio-postcard-from-the-mountains-of-afghanistan">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Commentary: no recovery without workers&apos; rights</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 1, 2010) It’s been about two years now since the near collapse of our economy, and Congress is finally getting serious about making financial institutions follow tougher rules.   Commentator George Gonos thinks this all to the good, because, he says, de-regulation of the banking industry over the last 30 years – the weakening or elimination of rules – was a major cause of the crisis. He hopes Congress will pass new laws to govern the banks, and put some teeth into them.  But he adds that at best, reining in the financial executives will deal with only one-half of the problem.George Gonos is associate professor of sociology, at SUNY Potsdam [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15753/20100601/commentary-no-recovery-without-workers-apos-rights">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Finch Paper Reacquires 1,700-acre Tract in Indian Lake</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 12, 2010) Three years after the Nature Conservancy bought tens of thousands of acres of timberland from the Finch Pruyn paper company, the company is buying some of the land back near the town of Indian Lake.  The sale is part of a complex plan to return some of the land to private ownership, or to ownership by local towns. Chris Morris has our story.Also yesterday, an environmental group called the Open Space Institute announced that it had acquired a conservation easement on 1400 acres in Essex County.The deal will prevent future commercial or real estate development on a section of forest that includes the shore of Butternut Pond and part of Poke-O-Mmoonshine Mountain.  The land will remain in private ownership.  But the conservation easement was donated to the green group by the family of Eric Johansen. Logging will still be allowed on the property. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15224/20100212/finch-paper-reacquires-1-700-acre-tract-in-indian-lake">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Commentary: envisioning a new direction for Moriah</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 10, 2010) The state corrections officer union says it will launch an &quot;aggressive&quot; campaign today designed to save three prisons in the North Country. The effort will include an ad campaign and a series of rallies targeting the Paterson administration plan to close the prisons as part of its effort to close the state budget deficit. Donn Row, who heads the guard union, says the planned closures in Moriah, Lyon Mountain and Ogdensburg will hurt public safety and cost jobs. The governor&apos;s plan to close the three prisons sent waves of anger and anxiety through the local communities. Local and state officials have vowed to do their best to keep the facilities open.Commentator Martha Swan is a teacher and a social justice activist. She lives in Westport, not far from the Moriah shock camp.  She thinks it is time for the community to take another direction. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15207/20100210/commentary-envisioning-a-new-direction-for-moriah">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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