Monday, March 16, 2009

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2009-03-16/earmark-reform

Earmark Reform

10 a.m. (ET)

Candidate Barack Obama promised to change how Washington works but the omnibus spending bill he just signed contained more than eight thousand earmarks. A look at how members of congress set aside money for projects in their districts and...

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2009-03-16/steve-lopez-soloist-berkley

Steve Lopez: "The Soloist" (Berkley)

11 a.m. (ET)

An L.A. Times columnist set out to save a mentally-ill homeless musician and found his own life profoundly changed. A true story about an unlikely friendship and the redemptive power of music.

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