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Sara Jane Olson Paroled to Minnesota
After serving terms for deadly crimes in California, Sara Jane Olson has been paroled to Minnesota. We get the latest on the Symbionese Liberation Army. Also, California declines $2.5 billion in stimulus money, and why a man wants to walk to the North Pole 100 years after Admiral Peary. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, green technology and the price of gasoline.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenThe so-called “soccer-mom terrorist” is paroled from California to Minnesota, despite the objections of that state's governor and local police. Also, the California Assembly says “no” to $2.5 billion in stimulus money. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, GM and Chrysler may be on the verge of bankruptcy, but auto sales are declining so fast the entire industry is in trouble. We hear about “green” technology and the price of gasoline.
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4 storiesThe Auto Industry: In Survival Mode
President Obama's automobile task force is in Michigan this week to assess the so-called “viability plans” of Chrysler and General Motors. Meantime, auto sales have taken a nosedive. GM is down by 53 percent since last year, Ford by 48% and Chrysler by 44%. Toyota sales are off 40% and Honda has dropped by 38%. How important is the price of gas?
Read the story27 minRepublicans Vote against Extension of Unemployment Benefits
Unemployment in California is running at 10.1%. In Sacramento last night the State Assembly spent hours deciding whether to accept $2.5 billion in federal dollars for 20 additional weeks of benefits. By one vote… the measure failed. Marc Lifsher reports from the Capitol for the Los Angeles Times .
Read the story4 minSara Jane Olson Paroled to Minnesota
Sara Jane Olson was a fugitive from justice for 25 years. In 2001, she was arrested in Minnesota and returned to California to serve sentences for two crimes. In 1975, she was a member of the so-called Symbionese Liberation Army , the SLA, which kidnapped newspaper heiress Patty Hearst and committed numerous other crimes.
Read the story13 minSebastian Copeland Treks to North Pole
Admiral Robert Peary made the first recorded walk to the North Pole just 100 years ago. In a week, photographer and environmental activist Sebastian Copeland sets off on a two-man trek that he hopes won’t be the last such expedition.
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