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 Morning Edition
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 A two-hour mix of news, analysis, interviews, commentaries, arts, features and music, Morning Edition is heard Monday through Friday on more than 600 NPR stations. Its cast of regulars includes some of the most familiar voices on radio: Correspondents Susan Stamberg, Juan Williams; commentator Frank Deford; news analyst Cokie Roberts; and newscasters Jean Cochran and Carl Kasell. Morning Edition is hosted by Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne.
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March 19, 2010 | NPR· Thanks to specials like zero percent financing and price cuts, Toyota sales have risen sharply. A recent Edmunds.com dealer survey finds that so far this month, Toyota has regained the same market share of sales it had before the gas pedal recall. March 19, 2010 | NPR· The problems with Toyota's gas pedals have been front page news for weeks now, but what about the people in front of the pedals? Earlier studies have found that the majority of car-surging incidents were actually the fault of the driver. But the recent problems with cars continuing to accelerate haven't been studied yet. March 19, 2010 | NPR· Western nations have long criticized Afghanistan's failure to curtail opium production, a main source of income for the Taliban. But counterterrorism officials say the problem is far more complex than just drug money, including diverted charity payments and "protection money" from convoys seeking to resupply U.S. forces in Afghanistan. March 19, 2010 | NPR· The FDA has issued the first regulations since Congress gave the agency power to regulate tobacco. The regulations clamp down on the marketing of cigarettes to children and teenagers. The new rules prohibit a number of ad strategies like giving way hats and T-shirts with tobacco logos. Plus, no more selling of cigarettes in certain vending machines where kids can get at them. March 19, 2010 | NPR· On Capitol Hill, a few dozen House members are trying to decide how to vote on health care — while hundreds of advocates and thousands of e-mails are trying to sway them one way or the other. The House is expected to vote on its health care overhaul legislation on Sunday. March 19, 2010 | KJZZ· Activists are arriving in Washington D.C. for this weekend's rally to push for an overhaul of immigration laws. Arizona has some of the toughest laws in the nation targeting illegal immigrants. Churches and advocacy groups from the state are sending delegates to Washington to march for changes at the federal level. March 19, 2010 | NPR· The world's largest music company is lowering the price of CDs. Universal Music is rolling out a test to see whether a $10 price ceiling will encourage consumers to buy more compact discs. Over the last decade, CD sales have dropped by more than half. March 19, 2010 | NPR· The South by Southwest music festival bills itself as "the premier destination for discovery." It's also the destination for truckloads of cash, as music and art fans flock to Austin, Texas, each March. Last year's event brought nearly $100 million to the city, according to one analyst. March 19, 2010 | WPLN· While the music festival South by Southwest attracts thousands of industry types to Austin, Texas, other locales are trying to make sure the host city doesn't get too much credit as being the "music city." Places like Nashville, Seattle and even the state of Louisiana have sent contingents to Austin to promote their own ties to music. March 19, 2010 | NPR· Warren Buffett can be seen in a video dressed and singing like Axel Rose of Guns and Roses. The video was made by employees of Buffett's car insurance company Geico. Every year Geico workers put together a music video for their annual meeting. They told Time magazine that this year they wanted to come up with the most "ridiculous" outfit they could think up for their billionaire owner. March 19, 2010 | NPR· The tension is high and the stakes are even higher, as Republicans and Democrats near the decisive moment of the health care battle. The language of the final bill was released Thursday. Along with Congressional Budget Office numbers that show it would cost $940 billion over 10 years, it would also reduce the deficit in the long run. March 19, 2010 | NPR· President Obama is making a final frenzied push before the health care bill comes up for a vote in the House on Sunday. If the bill fails, he will be severely weakened. He will have failed to deliver his signature initiative, and his Democratic Party will look incapable of governing. March 19, 2010 | NPR· Simin Behbahani, Iran's most prominent poet, was about to board a flight to Paris when police seized her passport. Behbahani, 82 and nearly blind, has not been charged with any crime. Many fear her treatment may signal a rise in repressive tactics by Iran's government. March 19, 2010 | NPR· Graciela Kavulla grew up in Texas near her grandmother, Adelaida. As Graciela recalls, her grandmother was determined to become a midwife. To learn how, a doctor gave her some medical books. But there was a problem: She couldn't read. March 19, 2010 | NPR· Correspondent Christiane Amanpour will be moving to ABC in August to take over the anchor chair at This Week. Amanpour is best known for racing across the globe from hotspot to hotspot, covering conflicts for CNN. She replaces George Stephanopoulos, who moved to Good Morning America. March 19, 2010 | NPR· During the peak of the housing market, the value of the mortgages that got stuffed into those complicated mortgage bonds known as toxic assets was more than $3 trillion. But now the market has stalled, in part because many sellers are waiting for the economy to improve. March 19, 2010 | NPR· New York City parents want the right to bake their cake and sell it, too, after officials began enforcing a once-a-month limit on PTA bake sales during the school day. Schools say they're trying to balance health with the need to find ways to fund programs. But parents say their treats are more wholesome than the prepackaged foods that schools do allow. March 19, 2010 | NPR· This weekend, Ben Zimmer will take over The New York Times Magazine column William Safire originated in 1979 and continued to write until his death last year. Zimmer's first column will be on the word "no." March 19, 2010 | NPR· Film critic Mia Mask says the new movie Repo Men is a science fiction flick that comments on two prominent policy issues: health care overhaul and the regulation of the financial industry. Mia Mask teaches film at Vassar College, and is the author of Divas on Screen. March 19, 2010 | NPR· A Jaguar driven by Britain's Queen Elizabeth between 2001 and 2004 is up for sale. A memorabilia dealer bought it after the Queen owned it, and now he's selling it. The car comes with some regal extras — including an armrest designed to hold the Queen's famous handbag. March 19, 2010 | NPR· Nearly 200 years ago, workers in England took up arms against technology. Weavers protested the advent of mechanized looms with violence. Named for weaver Ned Lud, the Luddites feared machines would make hand weaving extinct. The people of Huddersfield are rising up again, but this time to commemorate the city's 19th century weavers.
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March 19, 2010 | NPR· Thanks to specials like zero percent financing and price cuts, Toyota sales have risen sharply. A recent Edmunds.com dealer survey finds that so far this month, Toyota has regained the same market share of sales it had before the gas pedal recall. March 19, 2010 | NPR· The problems with Toyota's gas pedals have been front page news for weeks now, but what about the people in front of the pedals? Earlier studies have found that the majority of car-surging incidents were actually the fault of the driver. But the recent problems with cars continuing to accelerate haven't been studied yet. March 19, 2010 | NPR· Western nations have long criticized Afghanistan's failure to curtail opium production, a main source of income for the Taliban. But counterterrorism officials say the problem is far more complex than just drug money, including diverted charity payments and "protection money" from convoys seeking to resupply U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
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