NPR Programs: Morning Edition
For more than two decades, NPR's Morning Edition has prepared listeners for the day ahead with two hours of up-to-the-minute news, background analysis, commentary, and coverage of arts and sports. With nearly 13 million listeners, Morning Edition draws public radio's largest audience.
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Conflict Of Interest For AARP In Health Bill Debate?
House Republicans are questioning whether the senior citizens lobby is putting its potential for profit ahead of its members' interests. It seems that whenever health care changes are debated, one party or the other seeks to undermine the organization's clout.» E-Mail This &nb …
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Can Prosecutors Be Sued By People They Framed?
The Supreme Court on Wednesday hears arguments on whether prosecutors should have immunity from lawsuits, even when they frame people for murder. The case involves two men who served 25 years in prison for a murder they did not commit. They say prosecutors coerced witnesses to lie and withheld evide …
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In Italy, Verdict Expected In CIA Rendition Trial
Judges in Italy are expected to hand down a verdict Wednesday in the first-ever trial examining the practice known as extraordinary rendition. Twenty-six Americans, mostly CIA agents, are being tried in absentia, charged with kidnapping a Muslim cleric who was taken to Egypt, where he says he was to …
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Housing Agency Flexes Muscle As Loan Defaults Grow
The Federal Housing Administration is responsible for about one-third of new mortgages — 10 times what it was just a few years ago. But as its market share has grown, so has the rate of defaults on its loans. Now, the FHA is zeroing in on lenders with high default rates.» E-Mail This&nbs …
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Cuba Was A Canvas For Artist Belkis Ayon
When Ayon committed suicide in 1999, she was just 32 years old — and already a star in the Cuban art world. A major exhibit of her work now under way in Havana has revived an enduring mystery in Cuba — about art, African myths and the shadowy, all-male secret society known as Abakua.&raq …
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Baby And Me Wii Game Debuts In Australia
If playing with a doll wasn't enough on its own, now there's one that can be hooked up to Nintendo's Wii. The new game Baby and Me is only being released in Australia and comes from software publisher 505 Games. The Wii remote control is inserted into the doll's back, and then the doll cries or gig …
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Best Buy Plans Movie Download Service
Electronics retailer Best Buy announced Tuesday it plans to start an online service that allows consumers to buy, rent and download movies and television shows. Best Buy has been watching DVD sales slide.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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'Battle Of The Blades' Draws Huge Audience In Canada
One of the most popular TV shows on Canadian public television pairs figure skaters and hockey players in a weekly ice dance-off. Only one Canadian program — Little Mosque on the Prairie — has debuted with more viewers than the CBC's Battle of the Blades. The show says it's been getting …
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Karzai's Team Needs To Establish Strong Government
Even though Afghanistan's runoff election has been called off and President Karzai was declared the winner, the country's political future is uncertain. Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad talks with Renee Montagne about what steps Karzai and his main challenger Abdullah Abdullah …
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Projection For Swine Flu Vaccine Was Too Optimistic
Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, says the government's projection for how much swine flu vaccine would be available was too optimistic. Osterholm tells Steve Inskeep the government needs to do a better job of tel …
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Flu Study Reassures Pregnant Women, Children
New data show the new H1N1 flu vaccine is safe and effective in pregnant women and children. Ongoing studies of the swine flu vaccine confirm that pregnant women do just fine with one dose but young children will need two. The government has set up an independent panel to monitor what happens to peo …
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'Battle Of The Blades' Hit Canadian Reality TV Show
One of the most popular TV shows on Canadian public television pairs figure skaters and hockey players in a weekly ice dance-off. Only one Canadian program — Little Mosque on the Prairie — has debuted with more viewers than the CBC's Battle of the Blades. The show says it's been getting …
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Isolation Failed, U.S. Tries To Engage Myanmar
Two senior U.S. diplomats arrived in Myanmar for talks with that country's leadership and detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. They are the highest-ranking U.S. officials to visit Myanmar — also known as Burma — since 1995 when then U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine …
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Obama's Decison On U.S. Troops Still 'Weeks Away'
Now that Afghanistan's presidential election has been decided, pressure is intensifying for President Obama to settle on a strategy for the war, and to announce whether more U.S. troops will be sent to Afghanistan. A White House spokesman said a decision by Obama on troop levels is still weeks away. …
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Manufacturing Rebounds: Are Jobs Far Behind?
A report released Monday shows the manufacturing sector has rebounded. The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing reading was the strongest since April 2006. The hope now is that companies will start to rehire employees, however many may try to produce more without hiring at all.» E-M …
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Law Firms Find Uncertain Economy A Tough Judge
Law firms have been adjusting to the economic downturn. Nashville's Bass Berry & Sims laid off more than 8 percent of its associates this year. The firm also is pushing trial work away from high-dollar senior partners down to associate attorneys with lower hourly billing rates.» E-Mail This&nb …
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Health Issues Follow Natural Gas Drilling In Texas
Vast new natural gas fields have opened up thanks to an advanced drilling technique. While natural gas is a cleaner burning fuel than coal or petroleum, extracting it is still hard, dirty work. Some people who live near the massive Barnett Shale gas deposit in north Texas, have compliants. Health an …
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Philly Paper Runs Macy's World Series Ad Too Soon
The Philadelphia Phillies may have successfully held back the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the World Series Monday night, but not before one newspaper got ahead of itself. The Philadelphia Inquirer ran a Macy's ad Monday — offering a T-shirt congratulating the team on its back-to-back World S …
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Khalilzad: Karzai Needs To Establish Strong Government
Even though Afghanistan's runoff election has been called off and President Karzai was declared the winner, the country's political future is uncertain. Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad talks with Renee Montagne about what steps Karzai and his main challenger Abdullah Abdullah …
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Natural Gas Projects Prompt Health Complaints
Vast new natural gas fields have opened up thanks to an advanced drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing. While natural gas is a cleaner burning fuel than coal or petroleum, extracting it is still hard, dirty work. Some people who live near major projects, like the massive Barnett Shale gas d …
NPR Programs: Morning Edition
