http://kunc.org en http://kunc.org/post/air-force-strips-17-officers-nuclear-missile-launch-authority Seventeen Air Force officers with control over nuclear missiles have had that authority suspended after receiving poor reviews on their mastery of launch operations, <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NUCLEAR_MISSTEPS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-05-08-12-15-54">The Associated Press reports in an exclusive</a>.<p>The suspensions at the <a href="http://www.minot.af.mil/units/91stmissilewingunits/index.asp">91st Missile Wing</a> at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, which controls about a third of the nation's nuclear-tipped <a href="http://www.af.mil/infor Wed, 08 May 2013 18:19:00 +0000 Scott Neuman 44019 at http://kunc.org Air Force Strips 17 Officers Of Nuclear Missile Launch Authority http://kunc.org/post/worst-first-day-ever-tv-anchor-fired-after-profane-debut <p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL3sZaJ8qiA</p> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:26:00 +0000 Eyder Peralta 43253 at http://kunc.org Worst First Day Ever? TV Anchor Fired After Profane Debut http://kunc.org/post/jogging-banned-baskett-slough-wildlife-refuge Transcript <p>STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: <p>Good morning, I'm Steve Inskeep.<p>Running can be good for you but apparently is bad for animals. People who like to run through the Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge were stunned by a new sign. According to the Statesman Journal, the signs at a trailhead there say: No Dogs, Horseback Riding and No Jogging. Hiking is apparently fine. Wildlife officials warn that running people can stress out the animals and might even interfere with their breeding.<p>It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.<p> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:58:00 +0000 43237 at http://kunc.org http://kunc.org/post/integrated-baseball-decade-jackie-robinson In 1947, Jackie Robinson famously broke the color line in baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, ending racial segregation in the major leagues.<p>That moment was a landmark for racial integration in baseball, but there's another moment few may be aware of, and it happened more than a decade before Robinson, in Bismarck, N.D.<p>Tom Dunkel writes about this Bismarck team in his new book, <em>Color Blind: The Forgotten Team That Broke Baseball's Color Line</em>.<p>Legendary baseball players such as Satchel Paige, Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, and Quincy Trouppe left the Negro Leagues to pl Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:04:00 +0000 41952 at http://kunc.org Integrated Baseball, A Decade Before Jackie Robinson http://kunc.org/post/north-dakota-legislature-oks-bill-banning-abortions-after-heartbeat-found A week after the Arkansas legislature <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/03/06/173645531/arkansas-legislature-embraces-strictest-u-s-abortion-law">passed the strictest measure in the country on abortion</a>, North Dakota's legislature passed a bill that goes further and would ban abortions as soon as a heartbeat is detected.<p>Arkansas' bill banned abortions after 12 weeks; North Dakota's could ban them as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.<p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/15/us-usa-abortion-northdakota-idUSBRE92E10320130315">Reuters reports</a>:<p><blockquote Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:55:00 +0000 Eyder Peralta 41606 at http://kunc.org North Dakota Legislature OKs Bill Banning Abortions After Heartbeat Is Found