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Bob's World

Bob's World was a weekday morning feature September through May for four years. Veteran New England broadcaster Bob Welch shares one unique story each morning from the many newspapers he reads in the early hours. Bob's World ended its run on Friday, September 13, 2024 after four seasons

EXTRA 6/2/2023 VT Sports Broadcaster Johnny Allen has died

4 mins; June 02, 2023

6/3/2023 FDA warns of off-brand Rx weight loss drugs.

2 mins; June 01, 2023

6/1/2023 The climate crisis is becoming a financial one as well.

3 mins; May 31, 2023

5/31/2023 Elizabeth Homes trades her pant suits for prison jumpsuit

3 mins; May 30, 2023

5/30/2023 Wildfires in the City of Halifax, Nova Scotia

3 mins; May 29, 2023

5/26/2023 Used Car Prices Measure Inflation

2 mins; May 25, 2023

5/25/2023 Unregistered deed results in a good deed in Nova Scotia

4 mins; May 24, 2023

5/24/2023 Ford keeps AM in the dash of new vehicles.

3 mins; May 23, 2023

EXTRA 11:45a ET 5/23/2023 VT Digger: WWLR Sale to VPR violated VT State Law

3 mins; May 23, 2023

5/23/2023 Shrinking Streaming Options

2 mins; May 22, 2023

5/22/2023 Dogs and bikes in the Montreal Metro

2 mins; May 22, 2023

5/19/2023 Another installment of Animal Stories

6 mins; May 18, 2023

5/18/2023 People are holding on to their cars longer.

2 mins; May 17, 2023

Corrected audio issue: A Bob's World Special: 45 Years of LR, Episode 1

25 mins; May 17, 2023

5/17/2023 New Jersey fights NYC's Congestion Pricing Plan

5 mins; May 16, 2023

5/16/2023 Police: Colorado man trades places with dog at DUI stop.

2 mins; May 15, 2023

5/15/2023 Brooklyn Mom's misdiagnosis nearly kills her. Has Special Needs Daughter, age 4

3 mins; May 14, 2023

5/11/2023 A makeover for Canada's Passport

2 mins; May 10, 2023

5/10/2023 - Encouraging first time home buyers in the UK

2 mins; May 10, 2023

5/9/2023 Digitizing an archive of Northern New England local TV

4 mins; May 09, 2023

5/8/2023 Have a person at work who drives you nuts? You're not alone- study.

2 mins; May 08, 2023

5/5/2023 Lee Harris' last day.. at 1010 WINS, NY

6 mins; May 05, 2023

5/4/2023 Fore! Renewal on the Forth hole.. after Fiona

3 mins; May 04, 2023

5/3/2023... A venti of liberica excelsa, please

2 mins; May 03, 2023

5/2/2023 Gordon Lightfoot

4 mins; May 02, 2023

5/1/2023 As Bed & Bath goes into the Beyond others see For Rent signs dancing in their heads.

2 mins; May 01, 2023

4/28/2023 An Animal Story... from Chicagoland!

3 mins; April 28, 2023

4/27/2023 AM killed from the dash by car companies?

9 mins; April 27, 2023

4/26/2023 The Northern Lights... in Arizona?

3 mins; April 26, 2023

4/25/2023 Bed & Bath is headed to the Beyond.

3 mins; April 24, 2023

4/24/2023 Scenes from a Vermont restaurant...

3 mins; April 24, 2023

4/21/2023 20-Million taken in heist at Toronto's Pearson Airport, suspects sought.

3 mins; April 21, 2023

4/20/2023 Broadcaster and former Haverhill, MA councilor Bill Macek, 71

6 mins; April 20, 2023

4/19/2023 Better return your Netflix DVDs

4 mins; April 19, 2023

4/18/2023 Older Americans getting declined for loans despite excellent credit

3 mins; April 18, 2023

4/17/2023 The "Phantom's" final show sells out.

2 mins; April 17, 2023

4/14/2023 The story of Shep who ruled the roost of a Maritime village.

4 mins; April 14, 2023

4/13/2023 A long... overdue.. record

2 mins; April 13, 2023

4/12/2023 Al Jaffee of Mad Magazine, 102

2 mins; April 12, 2023

4/11/2023 Did you see it, New Brunswick and Eastern Maine?

3 mins; April 11, 2023

4/10/2023 Bank accounts closed without warning?

3 mins; April 10, 2023

4/7/2023 Food safety after a power outage

3 mins; April 07, 2023

4/6/2023 Meta Cutbacks make customer service collateral damage

3 mins; April 06, 2023

4/4/2023 WWE in the process of being sold?

2 mins; April 04, 2023

4/2/2023 Sports Betting

3 mins; April 03, 2023

3/31/2023 All hail the Royal Lives Clause?

3 mins; March 31, 2023

3/30/2023 Nature's cotton-swab: The Honeybee?

3 mins; March 30, 2023

UPDATE 3/29/2023 Store process to speed up slows down customer experience

4 mins; March 29, 2023

3/28/2023 The new owner of the Ottawa Senators is....?

2 mins; March 28, 2023

3/27/2023 Used Car Prices Measure Inflation

3 mins; March 27, 2023

Back on Mon, Mar 27

20 secs; March 20, 2023

3/17/2023 St Patrick's Day

4 mins; March 17, 2023

3/16/2023 Quebec truckers might be parked April 1

3 mins; March 16, 2023

3/15/2023 Beware The Ides of March!

3 mins; March 15, 2023

3/14/2023 Pi Day

3 mins; March 14, 2023

3/13/2023 Sleepless in San Francisco

3 mins; March 13, 2023

3/10/2023 The end of an era at Syracuse.

4 mins; March 10, 2023

3/9/2023 Brooklyn's Bling Bishop... faces fraud charges.

4 mins; March 09, 2023

3/8/2023 That's no autocorrect, that email means puffin!

5 mins; March 08, 2023

3/7/2023 First Ever UN Biodiversity Treaty

2 mins; March 07, 2023

3/6/2023 Sled-Dog racing at the Northern tip of New England

3 mins; March 06, 2023

3/3/2023 Weighing NYC transit needs against the rest of NY State

4 mins; March 03, 2023

3/2/2023 The rise and pushback to the dollar store

3 mins; March 02, 2023

3/1/2023 A mystery respiratory illness among dogs in Northern New England

2 mins; March 01, 2023

2/28/2023 A New Madison Square Garden next to a New Penn Station?

4 mins; February 28, 2023

2/27/2023 Now there's a pitch clock!

5 mins; February 27, 2023

2/24/2023 Baby Bonds

2 mins; February 24, 2023

2/23/2023 A better electrical grid?

4 mins; February 23, 2023

2/22/2023 VT State College kids say hold the phone about closing libraries!

8 mins; February 22, 2023

2/21/2023 CBC Halifax broadcaster Jim Nunn dead at 72

4 mins; February 21, 2023

2/20/2023 The cost of warmer winters on maple farmers

2 mins; February 20, 2023

2/17/2023 The power of a tiny camera and radio...

2 mins; February 17, 2023

2/16/2023 The end... of the password?

4 mins; February 16, 2023

2/15/2023 From the Apple II c to being a lender

4 mins; February 15, 2023

2/14/2023 High-end candles...

4 mins; February 14, 2023

2/13/2023 The returned book had to barcode..

3 mins; February 13, 2023

2/10/2023 A montage and story of Burt Bacharach

4 mins; February 10, 2023

2/9/2023 ChatGPT could fuel disinformation in the future.

3 mins; February 09, 2023

2/8/2023 A hotel CEOs worst financial decision..

3 mins; February 08, 2023

2/7/2023 Tick Repellant Research found in Bear Behavior

3 mins; February 07, 2023

2/6/2023 Hasty Pudding's Woman of the Year...

2 mins; February 06, 2023

2/3/2023 Leave the gun, take the calzone

2 mins; February 03, 2023

2/2/2023 Groundhog Day

5 mins; February 02, 2023

2/1/2023 Hedgefund newspaper publishers.

7 mins; February 01, 2023

1/31/2023 For Norwich Hockey, it's "All in and all done for George Commo

9 mins; January 31, 2023

1/30/2023 Bed Bath and Beyond is nearly belly-up

2 mins; January 30, 2023

1/27/2023 Cybersecurity Holds Help Wanted Sign

3 mins; January 27, 2023

1/26/2023 The City without Snow.

2 mins; January 26, 2023

1/25/2023 Not just another police blotter

3 mins; January 25, 2023

1/24/2023 ChatGPT... a poet lariat? Hardly.

4 mins; January 24, 2023

1/23/2023 The Montreal International Auto Show

7 mins; January 23, 2023

1/20/2023 David Crosby... dead at 81

4 mins; January 20, 2023

1/18/2023 How JP Morgan alleges it got snookered.... by a college lender...

5 mins; January 19, 2023

1/18/2023 Twitter's at its "burning the furniture for heat" phase

3 mins; January 18, 2023

1/17/2023 What just happened in New Mexico?

4 mins; January 17, 2023

1/16/2023 Concentrate like it's 1990...

6 mins; January 16, 2023

1/13/2023 Bridge & Tunnel Authority makes 30 y/o cry to dad over impounded car

2 mins; January 13, 2023

1/12/2023 New York, the best work from home city in the world?

2 mins; January 12, 2023

1/11/2023 A Consumer Reports alert on lead & cadmium in dark chocolate

3 mins; January 11, 2023

1/10/2023 Historian finds treasure trove of photos by accident

5 mins; January 10, 2023

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