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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House Votes To Cancel Medicare Pay Cuts For Doctors
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer was able to get the bill passed while the Senate couldn't by appending it to a more popular bill. Republicans complained the cost of the measure was not offset and also charged that it was repayment to the AMA for endorsing the Democrats' health care bill.» E-Mail T …
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Under A 'New Moon,' A Surprising Lack Of Passion
If you have teenage girls in your life, you don't need to be told that New Moon, the second part of The Twilight Saga, hits movie theaters this weekend. Even though the world may have had enough of star-crossed sweethearts Edward and Bella by the series' end, critic Kenneth Turan says there's not en …
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Go Pink: Stamberg And Reichl Make Cranberry Relish
In an NPR tradition, the Friday before Thanksgiving is the time for Susan Stamberg to share her weird-sounding — but delicious — recipe for cranberry relish. This year, she's found a real fan: food expert Ruth Reichl.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Black Males Hit Extra Hard By Unemployment
The country's spiraling unemployment rate continues to take a particular toll on men. The "he-cession," as it's sometimes called, has hit African-American men especially hard, increasing their unemployment rate to more than 17 percent last month.» E-Mail This » Ad …
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Price Fight: Coke Isn't It At Costco
If you're a member of Costco, the nation's largest wholesale club, you may be surprised to learn that Coca-Cola's products are no longer on the shelves. The two companies are locked in a rare public dispute over the price consumers pay for beverages.» E-Mail This » …
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GOP Attacks Health Care Bill With Mammogram Study
Republicans say the study reinforces their nightmare scenario about health care rationing.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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GOP Governors Meeting Decidedly Upbeat
The Republican Governors Association is holding its annual meeting this week in Austin, Texas. Thanks to recent election victories in Virginia and New Jersey, Republicans are feeling good again. They plan to use those wins to help the party rebound in 2010.» E-Mail This …
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Analyst: Calif. Will Have To Confront Growing Deficit
California faces a budget deficit of nearly $21 billion, according to a report released Wednesday by a nonpartisan budget analyst.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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GOP Uses Mammogram Study To Attack Health Bill
Republicans are suggesting that the new guidelines for breast cancer screening reinforce their nightmare scenario about health care rationing under President Obama's proposed overhaul. The political brouhaha comes as the Senate is about to take up its health care overhaul bill.» E-Mail This&nb …
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Sy Syms, Pioneer In Discount Clothing Dies
Sy Syms, founder and chairman of the SYMS Corp. discount clothing chain, died of heart failure this week in New York. He was 83. Syms founded his apparel business in 1959 in New York's financial district as a discount retailer of off-price men's clothes. The company uses the slogan, "An educated con …
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Suitors Vie For British Candy Maker Cadbury
One of Britain's most revered companies is under threat of a takeover. Candy maker Cadbury already rejected a hostile takeover bid by U.S. giant Kraft Foods. Hershey has confirmed it is considering a joint takeover bid for Cadbury, along with Italian chocolate maker Ferrero. But it seems the offers …
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JP Morgan To Buy British Investment Firm
JP Morgan Chase Co. is taking full control of Cazenove Group. JP Morgan began a joint venture with the 190-year-old British brokerage in 2005. JP Morgan Cazenove will continue to operate under that name and become a wholly owned part of the U.S. bank's British investment bank arm.» E-Mail This …
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Cars Are A Hurdle To U.S., Korea Free-Trade Deal
More than two years ago, U.S. and South Korea signed a bilateral free trade agreement but lawmakers of both countries have yet to ratify the deal. Officials from both countries hope the deal will create new jobs and open up markets. However, auto trade is a major hurdle.» E-Mail This &nbs …
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Evaluation Raised Concerns About Maj. Hasan In '07
Documents obtained by NPR show that psychiatrists at Walter Reed Army Medical Center put their concerns about the accused Fort Hood shooter in writing. Two years ago, a top official there wrote an evaluation that harshly criticized Maj. Nidal Hasan's incompetence and unprofessional behavior.» …
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U.S.-Cuba PAC Money May Have Changed Votes
A group of Cuban Americans has had unusual success getting House members to change their positions and vote against closer ties with Cuba. New analysis shows some political contributions from the U.S.-Cuba Democracy Pac reached lawmakers within days of them switching their vote.» E-Mail This&n …
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Calif. Officials Will Need To Confront Budget Shortfall
California faces a budget deficit of nearly $21 billion. That's according to a report released Wednesday by a non-partisan budget analyst. The study was released less than four months after legislators patched together a budgetary compromise.» E-Mail This » Add to …
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Obama Ready To Keep Pressure On Pyongyang
President Obama wrapped up his trip to Asia today with a stop in South Korea. The South Korean President, joked Obama had saved the best for last. The two men discussed a range of issues-among them trade and the nuclear threat from North Korea. » E-Mail This » Add …
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Suitors Vy For British Candy Maker Cadbury
One of Britain's most revered companies is under threat of a takeover. Candy maker Cadbury already rejected a hostile takeover bid by U.S. giant Kraft Foods. Hershey has confirmed it is considering a joint takeover bid for Cadbury, along with Italian chocolate maker Ferrero. But it seems the offers …
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Obama Wants Trade Deal Done By 2010
More than two years ago, U.S. and South Korea signed a bilateral free trade agreement but lawmakers of both countries have yet to ratify the deal.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Flood Of Immigrants To Long Island Sparks Tension
People born and raised in Suffolk County, N.Y., complain about dozens of people living in single-family homes; immigrants complain that they are victimized by locals. An Ecuadorean day laborer was murdered last year, allegedly by teenagers who said they regularly looked for immigrants to bash.» …
NPR Programs: Morning Edition
