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Friday, March 13, 2009

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• intro 
• NJ’S DOOMSDAY BUDGET 
  We’ll look at the state budget for the coming year unveiled by Governor Corzine this week, and the pain it means for New Jersey’s residents.
• NEWARK’S NEW MASTER PLAN 
  Newark has unveiled the first update to its master plan in a decade. Andrew Meyer takes a closer look at how Newark hopes to grow over the next 15 years.
• YOUTHFUL PERSPECTIVES ON HISTORY 
  Doug Doyle speaks with the three winners of a black history month essay contest at Shabazz High School in Newark. The students were asked to compare Malcolm X, Barack Obama and themselves.
• CELEBRATING OLIVER LAKE 
  Gary Walker talks with Oliver Lake, who’s being honored this weekend with the “African-American Classical Music Award” from the Spelman College Alumnae Association.
• BESSIE SMITH & THE DEVILS MUSIC 
  Doug Doyle talks with Miche Braden, the star of The Devils Music: The Life And Blues of Bessie Smith, now at the George Street Playhouse.
• REVIEW: YOU’RE WELCOME, AMERICA 
  Theater critic Michael Bourne reviews the Will Ferrell one-man show, You’re Welcome, America: A Final Night With George W. Bush. The Broadway show ends its limited run this weekend, but not before HBO airs a live broadcast of Saturday night's performance.
• outro 

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