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WBUR: Here and Now

Produced by WBUR FM in Boston and PRI, Here and Now features fast breaking news, more leisurely analysis, and human interest stories. We also cover the arts: film, theater, music and much much more.

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Here and Now for Monday, June 30, 2008

Date: 06/30/2008
Length: 00:43:14

Iraqi officials are throwing open the country's oil fields, the world's third-largest, to international bidding today. Cod, cannoli, and Cape Ann. In his new book "The Last Fish Tale," Mark Kurlansky chronicles the storied past of Gloucester, Massachusetts, which he calls "America's oldest fishing port and most original town." Gloucester, once a haven for writers and artists like T.S. Elliot, Winslow Homer, and Charles Olson, can now barely support a part-time fishing fleet due to overfishing, ground trawling, and government regulations. Kurlansky says that Gloucester now risks becoming what so many other old fishing ports have already become: a tourist trap. John McCain travels to Colombia and Mexico this week following his weekend meeting with the Rev. Billy Graham and his son, Rev. Franklin Graham. McCain is still working to earn the support of evangelicals who are skeptical about his conservative credentials. We speak to Peter Wallsten of the Los Angeles Times, who has been c

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