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Take Two for January 8, 2013
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Jan 8, 2013
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Take Two for January 8, 2013

A new CA bill proposes the strict tracking of all bullets and shotgun shells sold in the state. Plus, a judge rules that names in the LA archdiocese sex abuse files should be public. Then, 'Awesome Tapes From Africa' blog transports obscure tunes beyond Africa's borders, the Mars500 experiment is over...How did the six volunteers fare during 500 days of solitude? Plus much more.
A photo taken from a monitor at the Korolev Space Mission Control Center outside Moscow shows volunteers of the Mars500 experiment, Van Yue of China and Alexander Smoleevskiy of Russia, taking a mock walk on Mars on February 18, 2011. Two members of a group of volunteers isolated from the outside world for eight months stepped out on a mock-up of Mars, half-way through their experiment to study the effects of a Red Planet mission. The men's first steps were relayed to the Russian control center that monitors real space missions, as part of an experiment organized by the European Space Agency and Moscow's institute of biomedical problems.
A photo taken from a monitor at the Korolev Space Mission Control Center outside Moscow shows volunteers of the Mars500 experiment, Van Yue of China and Alexander Smoleevskiy of Russia, taking a mock walk on Mars on February 18, 2011. Two members of a group of volunteers isolated from the outside world for eight months stepped out on a mock-up of Mars, half-way through their experiment to study the effects of a Red Planet mission. The men's first steps were relayed to the Russian control center that monitors real space missions, as part of an experiment organized by the European Space Agency and Moscow's institute of biomedical problems.
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A new CA bill proposes the strict tracking of all bullets and shotgun shells sold in the state. Plus, a judge rules that names in the LA archdiocese sex abuse files should be public. Then, 'Awesome Tapes From Africa' blog transports obscure tunes beyond Africa's borders, the Mars500 experiment is over...How did the six volunteers fare during 500 days of solitude? Plus much more.

Proposed California bill would track all bullets and shells sold in state
Listen • 6:30
California assembly woman Nancy Skinner wants the state to track every bullet and shotgun shell sold in the state. She introduced AB-48 yesterday in Oakland and gun rights advocates are calling it an overblown reaction.
Judge rules names in church sex abuse files should be public
Listen • 6:26
The Archdiocese was set to release as a huge cache of internal church documents as part of a settlement reached more than five years ago, but an L.A. County Superior Court judge has put a kink in the plan.
How the Mars500 volunteers fared during their simulated journey to the Red Planet
Listen • 7:57
In the movie "Alien," astronauts like Ripley traveled through space in deep sleep chambers. But in real life, there's no short cut for traveling to distant planets.
Campanile and other local restaurants hope for rebirth at LAX
Listen • 4:26
The famous LA restaurant Campanile closed its doors in October as part of a plan to reopen at LAX. It's one of 15 local eateries coming to the airport.
Bluefin tuna sells for $1.76 million in Japan
Listen • 5:27
Conservationists say the demand and rising price for bluefin tuna is decimating the fish's numbers around the world.
Lone Gray Wolf from Oregon finds new home in the Golden State
Listen • 5:09
A few days after Christmas, the state of California got an unusual visitor — A large gray wolf.
'Awesome Tapes' blog transports obscure cassettes beyond Africa's borders
Listen • 10:26
Blogger Brian Shimkovitz created the blog Awesome Tapes From Africa as a way to bring to light the wealth of cassette-based music from Africa into the mainstream.
Should Hispanic be considered a race for the 2020 Census?
Listen • 5:19
The U.S. Census is taken every 10 years, and there is one yes or no question everyone is asked: Is this person of Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin?
Why Nicaragua has been safe amid Central American drug violence
Listen • 5:57
A number of Central American countries have been besieged by violent crime. Honduras, for example, now has the highest murder rate in the world, with 82 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants.
The ramifications of a technologically enhanced military
Listen • 7:35
The US military has been developing technologies to help boost troops‚ performance abilities for years. Now, a new study looks at the future of military enhancement. Max Mehlman joins the show to discuss the ethical ramifications of an enhanced military. Mehlman is the co-author of the study “Enhanced Warfighters.”
Supreme Court rules against environmentalists in LA water runoff lawsuit
Listen • 4:13
At issue is responsibility for polluted water that flow into the Los Angeles and San Gabriel rivers, and eventually the Pacific Ocean, after heavy rainfalls.
California must move forward with No Child Left Behind
Listen • 3:57
This year marks the 11th anniversary of the No Child Left Behind program. California applied for a waiver to have some of the requirements relaxed but was denied.
Former DC schools chancellor Michelle Rhee subject of new Frontline doc
Listen • 10:04
Alex Cohen talks to filmmaker John Merrow about his upcoming Frontline documentary, "The Education of Michelle Rhee."