Around the Nation
4:10 pm
Sun March 4, 2012

(Sock) Monkey Business: A Festival For Iconic Toy

Adele Jedynak makes monkey sounds to a group of kids who are steps away from playing Sock Monkey bowling and plush-primate parachuting. It's all part of the Sock Monkey Madness Festival, the eighth annual festival dedicated to the sock monkey in Rockford, Ill.

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Science
4:08 pm
Sun March 4, 2012

Meteorite Hunter Scours The Ground For Bits Of Sky

Every so often, pieces of heaven crash into Earth.

They can come from our own solar system, or millions of light years away. Few of us are lucky enough to get our hands on one of these space rocks. But for meteorite hunters and dealers such as Ruben Garcia, touching a piece of outer space is a daily routine.

The Best Hunting Grounds

One of Garcia's favorite spots to go meteorite hunting is an enormous dry lake bed in southern Arizona.

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Happening Now
1:02 pm
Sun March 4, 2012

Rural Hill Scottish Festival - TICKETS

Get a pair of tickets to the Rural Hill Scottish Festival April 20-22 for $75 - camping included.

Call 1-800-245-8870 (Pre-pay only)

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12:47 pm
Sun March 4, 2012

Danny Ellis - TICKETS

For a pledge of $75 you can support WNCW and get a pair of tickets to see Danny Ellis at the Diana Wortham Theatre this coming weekend (choose the night you want to go - Friday, March 9 or Saturday, March 10).

Call 1-800-245-8870 (Pre-pay only) 

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12:41 pm
Sun March 4, 2012

Teada - TICKETS

Get your pair of tickets to see Teada at the Diana Wortham Theatre on May 11 for a pledge of $75.

Call 1-800-245-8870 (Pre-pay only)

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12:35 pm
Sun March 4, 2012

Teetollars - TICKETS

Make a pledge of $75 to receive a pair of tickets to see the Teetollars at the Diana Wortham Theatre on May 24th.

Call 1-800-245-8870 (Pre-pay only)

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12:23 pm
Sun March 4, 2012

Lunasa - Tickets

We have 1 pair of tickets to see Lunasa at the Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place. 

Call 1-800-245-8870 to make a pledge of $75 for these tickets. (Pre-pay only)

Europe
11:04 am
Sun March 4, 2012

Financial Woes Keep Spanish Airport Grounded

Spanish politicians spent $220 million on the sparkling new Castellon airport on Spain's Mediterranean coast — $40 million alone was spent on TV ads and other marketing. They also paid $600,000 for ferrets and falcons to kill birds that endanger aircraft.

Yet no plane has yet taken off. Construction, which began in 2004, went over budget, partly to fund a 75-foot statue of a local politician out front.

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The Two-Way
10:14 am
Sun March 4, 2012

Eric Cantor Endorses Mitt Romney

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney received a key endorsement Sunday morning when House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia endorsed Romney on NBC's Meet the Press.

Cantor cited the economy as the top issue of the campaign.

"What I have seen is a very hard-fought primary. And we have seen now that the central issue about the campaign now is the economy," Cantor said. "I just think there's one candidate in the case who can do that, and it's Mitt Romney."

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Europe
8:00 am
Sun March 4, 2012

Russians Vote Amid Calls Against Fraud

Originally published on Sun March 4, 2012 1:00 pm

Transcript

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Russians are voting today in an election that's expected to return Vladimir Putin to the presidency. There's not a lot of suspense about the choice, but there are big questions about whether a growing segment of Russian society will accept the result. Russia's parliamentary elections, in December, were tainted by allegations of massive vote fraud. This time, thousands of volunteer poll watchers have been deployed to try to curb any attempts to rig the vote.

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