http://boisestatepublicradio.org National News You Want, Local News You Need en BoiseStatePublicRadioLocalNewshttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoiseStatePublicRadioLocalNews/~3/MGho4cqHSWw/hey-you-unstoppable-rise-heckling <p>As summer nears, Great American Hecklers are being spotted all over the place. </p><p>You can see them — and hear their calls — at commencements, sporting events, political gatherings. Hecklers on the right and hecklers on the left. </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoiseStatePublicRadioLocalNews/~4/MGho4cqHSWw" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 27 May 2012 18:39:00 +0000 Linton Weeks (NPR) 6994 at http://boisestatepublicradio.org http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/hey-you-unstoppable-rise-heckling http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoiseStatePublicRadioLocalNews/~3/6qARzYRCuP4/rapper-ruined-online-firestorm <p><object width="440" height="330"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-zU4Mj9dpUI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="wmode" value="opaque"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-zU4Mj9dpUI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="440" height="330" wmode="opaque"></embed></object></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoiseStatePublicRadioLocalNews/~4/6qARzYRCuP4" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 27 May 2012 18:09:00 +0000 editor 6993 at http://boisestatepublicradio.org http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/rapper-ruined-online-firestorm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoiseStatePublicRadioLocalNews/~3/KtMoF2YN2mY/eurovision-dance-around-human-rights <p><object width="440" height="330"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pfo-8z86x80?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="wmode" value="opaque"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pfo-8z86x80?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="440" height="330" wmode="opaque"></embed></object></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoiseStatePublicRadioLocalNews/~4/KtMoF2YN2mY" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 27 May 2012 14:14:00 +0000 Dana Farrington 6992 at http://boisestatepublicradio.org http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/eurovision-dance-around-human-rights http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoiseStatePublicRadioLocalNews/~3/JMgyEBvBVEU/canadian-brass-spiking-recital-humor <p>When the <a href="http://www.npr.org/artists/153701310/canadian-brass" target="_blank">Canadian Brass</a> came to NPR for a <a href="http://www.npr.org/tinydeskconcerts">Tiny Desk Concert</a>, the group kicked off the show with a piece its members say has been central to its repertoire for more than 40 years. It's a transcription of an organ work, Johann Sebastian Bach's "Little" Fugue in G Minor. </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoiseStatePublicRadioLocalNews/~4/JMgyEBvBVEU" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 27 May 2012 12:36:00 +0000 editor 6983 at http://boisestatepublicradio.org http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/canadian-brass-spiking-recital-humor http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoiseStatePublicRadioLocalNews/~3/NTV84hetpcQ/latest-attack-syria-game-changer <p>The United Nations has confirmed that at least 90 people were killed by tank shells and artillery fire in central Syria this weekend. While the UN did not outright say this was the work of the Syrian army, activists and residents say the military is the only institution that has such weapons. NPR's Kelly McEvers in Beirut tells host Rachel Martin the latest.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoiseStatePublicRadioLocalNews/~4/NTV84hetpcQ" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 27 May 2012 12:18:00 +0000 editor 6991 at http://boisestatepublicradio.org http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/latest-attack-syria-game-changer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoiseStatePublicRadioLocalNews/~3/eUvDP7cuLXI/state-church <p>The Catholic Church has been in the public spotlight a lot this year. The issues of contraception and gay marriage have been part of the presidential campaign and church leaders have weighed in. There have also been new revelations in a case involving leaked Vatican documents, and it may actually be a case where the butler did it. Host Rachel Martin speaks with John Allen, a senior correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoiseStatePublicRadioLocalNews/~4/eUvDP7cuLXI" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 27 May 2012 12:18:00 +0000 editor 6990 at http://boisestatepublicradio.org http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/state-church http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoiseStatePublicRadioLocalNews/~3/V0ZFNnsIZNI/women-push-their-limits-pro-cycling-race <p>The Exergy Tour began Thursday night in Boise, Idaho. It's the largest women's five-day stage race in North America. It's also the last major race before cycling teams are chosen for the Olympics in London. This Tour is meant to raise the bar for women's cycling but as Sadie Babits reports, the race began with a major upset.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoiseStatePublicRadioLocalNews/~4/V0ZFNnsIZNI" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 27 May 2012 12:18:00 +0000 editor 6989 at http://boisestatepublicradio.org http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/women-push-their-limits-pro-cycling-race http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoiseStatePublicRadioLocalNews/~3/3ibtmzyLcsg/military-children-act-out-performing-deployment <p>Since 2001, more than 700,000 American children have had one or more parents deployed overseas by the military. Missed birthdays and other milestones become a part of life for military kids who are not always vocal about their feelings. In Grand Forks, N.D., a play called Deployed helped give some of them a voice. Meg Luther Lindholm reports.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoiseStatePublicRadioLocalNews/~4/3ibtmzyLcsg" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 27 May 2012 12:18:00 +0000 editor 6988 at http://boisestatepublicradio.org http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/military-children-act-out-performing-deployment http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoiseStatePublicRadioLocalNews/~3/bHMkSAL6af4/under-summer-sun-presidential-race-heats <p>Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Scott Horsley about the aggressive campaigning in recent weeks by both President Obama and Mitt Romney. Both men are focusing on jobs and the economy.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoiseStatePublicRadioLocalNews/~4/bHMkSAL6af4" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 27 May 2012 12:18:00 +0000 editor 6987 at http://boisestatepublicradio.org http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/under-summer-sun-presidential-race-heats http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoiseStatePublicRadioLocalNews/~3/YSFfVL62-kI/musings-nba-draft-lottery <p>Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR sports correspondent Mike Pesca, who has an off-speed pitch on the week's sports news.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BoiseStatePublicRadioLocalNews/~4/YSFfVL62-kI" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 27 May 2012 12:18:00 +0000 editor 6986 at http://boisestatepublicradio.org http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/musings-nba-draft-lottery