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October 10, 2008
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Folk Music
With Jim Blum

10:34
Abigail Washburn's Sparrow Qua: His Eyes on the Sparrow/Unamed Song (11/2006 40th Kent St. Folk Festival)


10:42
Tim O'Brien: When I Paint/Get Out There/Trail (11/07 41st Kent St. Folk Festival)


10:57
April Verch: Riverboat's Gone,Bumblebee in a Jug (11/2005 39th Kent St. Folk Festival)


11:00
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks: I Scare Myself (11/07 41st Kent St. Folk Festival)



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Classical Music
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10:38
Johan Svendsen: Norwegian Rhapsody #2 (Trondheim Symphony Orchestra)


10:50
Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo No. 2 (Markus Groh, piano)


10:55
Camargo Guarnieri: Prelude #24 (Brazilian Guitar Quartet)


11:01
Alessandro Scarlatti: Rose Garden Overture (Philharmonia Orchestra)


11:06
Johann Strauss, Jr.: Roses from the South (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)



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Bridgestone Firestone agrees to stay in Akron

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Akron's Bridgestone Firestone employees, along with city and state officials are celebrating after the company announced its plans to stay in the city Tuesday.

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