kpft news (july 25, 2003)

this newscast originally aired at 6pm CST on july 25, 2003 on kpft. listen in houston at 90.1fm, or stream it live at www.kpftx.org. read transcripts of previous newscasts at www.kpft.org/news. (28 minutes 36 seconds)

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Activist and technology experts have been working for months to bring to the attention of citizens the potential flaws in electronic voting machines. Yesterday, major media, including the ny times, began to cover the story. Rice University Professor Dan Wallach was one of the scientists who helped bring the issue out into the open.. Wallach spoke with KPFT investigative reporter Pokey Anderson… [pushed to sunday, on news beyond borders from 6-7pm on kpft]

As the people of Liberia continue to die amidst their country’s continuing civil war... more of them are calling for the US to intervene and stop the violence. Those calls can be heard in Houston as over a thousand Liberians live in and around the area - many of them waiting to return to there homes in peace. This, as tomorrow marks Liberia’s independence day. Richard Hanna speaks with members of Houston’s Liberian community.

Yesterday BioHouston held a conference exploring the road to biotech commercialization in the city with the largest medical center in the world… Erica Hall has the details.

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Karem Said brings us a story on Blueprint Houston… the most recent attempt to make city officials pay attention to citizen input regarding Houston's development.

And Texas carried out another execution last night… KPFT News reporter Eric Thompson was at the Walls Unit in Huntsville and brings you his report from outside the death chamber.

All this and much more...