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1:33 am
Sat May 25, 2013

NFL Sideline Reporter Michele Tafoya Plays Not My Job

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Michele Tafoya is the Emmy award-winning reporter for NBC's Sunday Night Football, but she's spent time on basketball courts, softball diamonds, gymnastics mats and now public radio quiz show game grids.

We've invited Tafoya to play a game called "Enter at your own risk!" As one of the first female reporters to be allowed inside the NFL locker room, she has been a pioneer in her field. But there are still places out there where they believe in cooties, so Tafoya will answer three questions about men's-only clubs.

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1:33 am
Sat May 25, 2013

Prediction

Our panelists predict how Apple will repair their image.

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1:33 am
Sat May 25, 2013

Limericks

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: The Pale Diet, Folgers of Maine, A Fair Perspective.

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1:33 am
Sat May 25, 2013

Panel Round Two

More questions for the panel: Hewlett Pizza, Vogue Visas, The Love Train.

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1:33 am
Sat May 25, 2013

Bluff The Listener

Our panelists tell three stories about someone making trash into a must-have item.

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1:33 am
Sat May 25, 2013

Panel Round One

Our panelists answer questions about the week's news: This Face for Rent.

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1:33 am
Sat May 25, 2013

Who's Bill This Time

Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news" President O'Drama, iRate, Mind The Orbit.

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1:32 am
Sat May 25, 2013

Lightning Fill In The Blank

All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.

The Two-Way
7:36 pm
Fri May 24, 2013

Court Rules That Arizona Sheriff Engages In Racial Profiling

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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio (right) attends a rally for the Tea Party Express in 2010.

Originally published on Fri May 24, 2013 8:29 pm

A U.S. district court has ruled that Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio's department has violated the rights of Latino drivers by racially profiling them as part of a crackdown on illegal immigration and issued an injunction to halt the practice.

The decision on Friday marks the first time that the hard-line Maricopa County sheriff's office has been found to be engaging in systematic racial profiling.

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The Two-Way
6:57 pm
Fri May 24, 2013

Toronto Mayor: 'I Do Not Use Crack Cocaine'

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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford at a city council meeting on Tuesday.

Originally published on Fri May 24, 2013 7:25 pm

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he doesn't smoke crack cocaine and isn't an addict, in response to a video that surfaced recently purporting to show him using the illegal drug.

Last week Ford called the cellphone video obtained by The Toronto Star "ridiculous" and blamed the newspaper for "going after me."

Friday's comments from Ford were more emphatic.

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