OTTOS KANSAS COFFEE BAR

Hear Rep. Bill Otto and "the Lineball Sisters" discuss during the 2nd hour all manner of Kansas small town life after these news stories.

Counterspin (30 min.)  See: http://fair.org Description:The Pentagon has declared the bombing of a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, a “mistake.” But it will investigate itself to determine how US bombs came to destroy the Doctors Without Borders facility, killing at least 22 people.  Doctors Without Borders is calling for an independent investigation—and you would think journalists would, too, since who knows better than they the administration’s history of changing its story? We’ll hear from Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies.

Free Speech Radio News (30 min.)  See: http://fsrn.org/ 

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• MSF awaits single sponsor from Geneva Convention signatory states to initiate UN inquiry
• Violence spirals in West Bank amid holy site tension and calls for third Intifada
• Scientists predict warming ocean temperatures will kill off thousands of miles of coral reefs
• Landmark European court ruling tears hole in Safe Harbor data sharing agreement with U.S.
• Trade negotiators announce agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership deal
• Public health services add ‘game changer’ HIV prevention pill
• Grad students at private universities fight for the right to unionize for employee benefits