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Rundown 3/31

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Obama Allows For Oil Drilling

The oil drilling platform "Gail," run by Venoco, Inc., operates off the coast of California near Santa Barbara. (AP)
The oil drilling platform "Gail," run by Venoco, Inc., operates off the coast of California near Santa Barbara. (AP)

States Must Now Make Health Care Reform A Reality

It's now up to states to implement health care reform. Among the first items on the agenda: implementing a "high risk pool" to cover people who have been rejected by insurance companies. In Oregon, the state has to figure out how to coordinate the new federal high risk pool with the state's existing one. The state is also considering expanding health care to include some type of public option plan, where the government would be a health insurance provider. We speak with John Fairhall, senior editor at Kaiser Health News, and Barney Speight, director of purchasing for the Oregon Health Authority.

Serbia Remains Divided Nearly Two Decades After Civil War

Liberal Democratic Party leader Cedomir Jovanovic speaks during a parliament session in Belgrade, Serbia yesterday (AP)
Liberal Democratic Party leader Cedomir Jovanovic speaks during a parliament session in Belgrade, Serbia yesterday (AP)

Tomorrow marks the 18th anniversary of the start of Bosnia's devastating civil war in which 100,000 people died. Yesterday the Serbian government condemned the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, one of the worst atrocities of the conflict. Peace has returned but deep ethnic divisions remain. The BBC's Balkans correspondent Mark Lowen reports from Bosnia.

Take A Spin On Chatroulette

We look at what's being shown on the webcam-shuffling site, Chatroulette. It launched in November with a few visitors, but last month, 30 million people logged on. Teenagers are especially drawn to it, and that has internet safety experts worried, since many of the people who pop up are engaged in graphic sexual activities. Sharon Maxwell, an adolescent psychologist, offers advice to parents and children about the site.

Rockers Remember An Escape From Bellevue

Music From The Show

  • Kar Kar Madison, "Boubacar Traore"
  • Tito Puente, "Royal T"
  • Led Zeppelin, "Fool in the Rain"
  • The Wee Trio, "Flint"
  • The Lickets, "Meat City"
  • Steely Dan, "Glamour Profession"
  • Deep Purple, “Smoke on the Water”
  • The Knockout Drops, “Pilot Light”

This program aired on March 31, 2010.

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