The Best of As it Happens: 2006-10-27

Where in the world is Piotr Drabik? The ex-wife of a missing Polish scientist searches for clues about his mysterious disappearance.Alternating current. An electrifying study charges the Amazon River with having switched direction, a few dozen million years ago.And...after the work-out, a relaxing hot tub -- by which I mean a deep fryer. Researchers measure the internal crustacean engine, by putting shrimp on a treadmill.As It Happens, the Podcast edition. Radio that values brains over prawn.

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The Best of As it Happens: 2006-10-20

Crossing a line. Eritrean troops move into a prohibited buffer zone along the Ethiopian border -- violating a six-year-old peace accord.Trying to keep "fillet of evil twin" off the menu. As the FDA considers putting cloned meat on the market, a warning that the plan may be undercooked.And, she refuses to mince words, but she insists on minced meat. A mother protests Jamie Oliver's healthy school meals -- by selling pies and fries to students.

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The Best of As it Happens: 2006-10-13

Adding a little heat to the classroom. A Wisconsin lawmaker suggests letting teachers have access to guns.From protest to professorship. A former lunch-counter protester becomes faculty at the very university he was expelled from.And Fangs-giving? Residents of a Toronto rooming house are cleared out when a cobra is spotted behind a refrigerator.As It Happens, the Podcast edition. There's no antidote for this radio.

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The Best of As it Happens: 2006-10-06

Offending the Cheney command. A man is arrested and detained for offering a political opinion to the US Vice President. This hiker sure created a buzz. A rambler stranded on an Arizona mountain is attacked by angry bees while firefighters attempt his rescue.And it was one small glitch in a radio transmission, and a giant annoyance for Neil Armstrong. A computer programmer determines whether the astronaut flubbed his big line when he landed on the lunar surface.

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