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WKU Public Radio News Staff

Kevin Willis

News Director

Lisa Autry

Reporter/Producer

Joe Corcoran

Morning Edition host; Reporter/Producer

Kenny Colston

Kentucky Public Radio Frankfort Reporter

The Fracking Boom: Missing Answers

5:01 pm

Thu May 17, 2012

Pennsylvania Doctors Worry Over Fracking 'Gag Rule'

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Plastic surgeon Amy Pare says it's important for doctors to know what kind of substances patients she's treating might have been exposed to.

By editor

Originally published on Thu May 17, 2012 6:30 pm

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From WHYY

A new law in Pennsylvania has doctors nervous.

The law grants physicians access to information about trade-secret chemicals used in natural gas drilling. Doctors say they need to know what's in those formulas in order to treat patients who may have been exposed to the chemicals.

But the new law also says that doctors can't tell anyone else — not even other doctors — what's in those formulas. It's being called the "doctor gag rule."

'I Don't Know If It's Due To Exposure'

4:35 pm

Thu May 17, 2012

New Evidence Released: Trayvon Martin Had Traces Of Pot In System

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A photocopy of a picture of George Zimmerman taken the night of the shooting.

By editor

Originally published on Thu May 17, 2012 9:06 pm

A huge trove of documents has been released by prosecutors in the Trayvon Martin case. Among the biggest revelations so far is that the autopsy reveals Martin had THC in his system. But police said the shooting was "ultimately avoidable."

ABC News, which is digging through the documents, reports:

"The autopsy report shows traces of the drug THC, which is found in marijuana, in Martin's blood and urine.

4:12 pm

Thu May 17, 2012

Billionaire Donor Joe Ricketts: From Behind The Scenes To Center Stage

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Joe Ricketts, whose American Film Company produced The Conspirator, arrives at the film's premiere during the Toronto International Film Festival in 2010.

By Brian Naylor

Originally published on Fri May 18, 2012 8:04 am

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4:06 pm

Thu May 17, 2012

Dino-Aged Deep-Sea Bacteria Is In No Hurry To Eat

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Researcher Hans Roy opens a core sample taken from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. A core sample like this one contained bacteria that settled on the seafloor 86 million years ago.

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Researchers bring aboard a sea floor core sample. Researchers found 86-million-year-old bacteria living in the clay.

By Richard Harris

Originally published on Thu May 17, 2012 6:16 pm

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Back when the dinosaurs ruled the Earth, some hardy bacteria took up residence at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Eighty six million years later, they're still there. And a new study says they're living out the most Spartan lifestyle known on this planet.

4:05 pm

Thu May 17, 2012

The Many Voices Of Donna Summer

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"Queen of Disco" Donna Summer performs in 1979. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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"Music just evolves, people just get tired of it, and they move on to something else," she told The New York Times in 2003, speaking about the disco era. "In that period, people were in a dance mood. They wanted to be lifted up, they wanted to have fun, they didn't want to think." Summer performs here in New York City in 2010.

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Summer's exuberant dance music and style influenced other pop stars like Michael Jackson (pictured here in 1982), Whitney Houston and Beyonce.

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"Music just evolves, people just get tired of it, and they move on to something else," she told The New York Times. "In that period people were in a dance mood. They wanted to be lifted up, they wanted to have fun, they didn't want to think." Summer performs here in New York City in 2010.

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Donna Summer, known as the Queen of Disco, died Thursday at the age of 63. Here, she performs in 1975.

By Ann Powers

Originally published on Thu November 8, 2012 3:36 pm

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Pop singer Donna Summer, whose long career began in the 1960s and reached its apex in the disco era of the '70s, died of cancer on Thursday at her home in Naples, Florida. Summer was 63 years old. According to Billboard magazine, the singer born LaDonna Gaines had 32 singles that charted in the Hot 100. Fourteen of them made it into the top 10. To hear Sami Yenigun's appreciation of Donna Summer's life and career, as heard on All Things Considered, click the audio link.

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