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ArchivesEpiscopal Church Elects Openly Gay BishopBy Lisa Peakes on Tuesday, June 10, 2003.This weekend, the Reverend Gene Robinson was elected to be the new bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire. Robinson is the first openly-gay priest to be elected an Anglican Bishop. He will not be ordained until he receives approval at the General Convention in Minneapolis later this summer. Reverend Robinson joins Morning Edition Host Lisa Peakes to talk about his election and what it means for the Church. listen:
 Suicide BombersBy Laura Knoy on Tuesday, June 10, 2003.Conventional wisdom has long held that those most likely to carry out suicide attacks are young men on the margins of society with nothing left to lose. Recent work has proven otherwise -- suicide bombers are well educated, often married with children, and increasingly, women. Laura's guests are Clark McCauley, Professor of Psychology at Bryn Mawr College and Director of the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict and Dr. Nancy Kobrin, a psychoanalyst in St. Paul, Minnesota. listen:
Old SparkyBy John Walters on Tuesday, June 10, 2003.Though it may be hard to believe today, the electric chair was developed as a humane alternative to public hangings around 1880. It too has been largely replaced, but in its tenure ?Old Sparky? was responsible for some 4300 executions. Craig Brandon joins John to talk about his book The Electric Chair, an Un-American History. In it, he describes the early political battles that shaped the development of the chair, how the role of the executioner changed with methods of execution, and memorable stories of the people who were put to death in ?The Chair.? listen:
Montana's Loss Could Hold Lesson for NHBy Trish Anderton on Tuesday, June 10, 2003.A beloved stone formation tumbles to the ground. immediately, a cry goes up to rebuild it. That's been a familiar story here since the Old Man of the Mountain fell from his mountaintop perch last month. But it's also a familiar story in Montana. NHPR's Trish Anderton reports. listen:
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