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Politics
1:30 am
Mon August 20, 2012

Weekend Campaign News

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Originally published on Mon August 20, 2012 10:50 am

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Let's listen to the words that made Todd Akin a lot more famous over the weekend. The Republican congressman from Missouri is running for United States Senate. He was probably no better known nationally than the average Senate challenger until he gave an interview to St. Louis TV station KTVI. He was asked why he opposes abortion in nearly all cases, including rape.

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Asia
1:30 am
Mon August 20, 2012

India Accuses Pakistani Websites Of Inciting Panic

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Originally published on Mon August 20, 2012 10:50 am

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India's government has persuaded companies to shut down more than 150 websites. Authorities blame those sites for circulating claims that led to panic. The claims fueled fears of violence during the Muslim festival of Eid. NPR's Julie McCarthy reports.

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First And Main
12:26 am
Mon August 20, 2012

Weary Wis. Union Workers Face Another Campaign

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Joan Kaeding is a reference assistant at the Oshkosh Public Library. NPR talked to her at New Moon Cafe in downtown Oshkosh. She says she's fielding lots of questions at the library about the new health care law.
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Patti Clark-Stojke, a speech and language pathologist with the Appleton-area school district, says it's hard to find joy in what you do "when you're frozen."
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Jason Menzel, who works as a corrections officer at Oshkosh Correctional Institution, is undecided in the presidential election.
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Originally published on Tue August 21, 2012 1:37 pm

As the presidential election nears, Morning Edition is visiting swing counties in swing states for our series First and Main. We're listening to voters where they live — to understand what's shaping their thinking this election year.

This week, we're visiting Winnebago County, Wis. — a county that went Republican in the 2004 presidential election and flipped to the Democrats in 2008.

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Crime In The City
12:26 am
Mon August 20, 2012

Robert Crais: LA Is A 'Natural Canvas' For Nightmare

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The canals in LA's Venice neighborhood serve as the scene of a murder in Robert Crais' 2011 novel, The Sentry.
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Full of luxurious homes, LA's Hollywood Hills are a standard stomping ground for Crais' recurring protagonists, Elvis Cole and Joe Pike.
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Originally published on Mon August 20, 2012 10:50 am

It's been a few decades, and many published books, but Robert Crais can tell you exactly when mystery writing first caught his attention: He was a bright 15-year-old living in Baton Rouge, La., when he read Raymond Chandler's The Little Sister, which depicted the shady side of sunny Los Angeles through the eyes of private investigator Philip Marlowe.

Since then, Crais has found huge success with his own crime novels, also set in LA. The city is the perfect canvas for a modern mystery, and Crais' eyes still grow wide when he talks about what Chandler painted on it.

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Shots - Health Blog
12:25 am
Mon August 20, 2012

Search For Parkinson's Genes Turns To Online Social Networking

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Submitting a DNA sample to networking company 23andMe entails spitting a saliva sample into a plastic vial.
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Submitting a DNA sample to social networking company 23andMe entails spitting a saliva sample into a tube like this and sending it in.
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Originally published on Mon August 20, 2012 10:50 am

There's a growing interest in what our genes say about our health. And in recent years, quite a few companies have sprung up to help us listen with the help of personalized DNA tests.

For a few hundred dollars and a vial of spit, these companies will search your DNA for sequences that predict your physical traits, your response to certain drugs and your risk for any number of diseases.

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Art & Design
12:25 am
Mon August 20, 2012

Hopper's Pensive Lady In Pink Travels The World

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Edward Hopper's wife, Josephine N. Hopper, served as his model for 1952's Morning Sun.
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Originally published on Mon August 20, 2012 10:50 am

It's one of the ultimate images of summer: a woman in a short, pink slip sits on a bed, her knees pulled up to her chest, gazing out a window. Her hair is tucked back into a bun. Her bare arms rest lightly on her bare legs.

Edward Hopper painted her in 1952 for a work called Morning Sun. The picture has been widely reproduced for decades. But on a recent visit to its home at the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio, it was nowhere to be found.

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Around the Nation
9:46 pm
Sun August 19, 2012

Study Reveals The Geography of Charitable Giving

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Attorneys Cheryl Curtis and her husband, Dana Foster, live in Washington, D.C., and donate generously to a nearby nonprofit that helps low-income residents. "Now that I have more, I want to give to organizations that provide just basic food for people," Curtis says.
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Originally published on Mon August 20, 2012 10:50 am

Ever wonder how charitable the people are who live in your state or community? It turns out that lower-income people tend to donate a much bigger share of their discretionary incomes than wealthier people do. And rich people are more generous when they live among those who aren't so rich.

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Asia
3:53 am
Sat August 18, 2012

Pakistani Televangelist Is Back On Air, Raising Fears

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Aamir Liaquat, 41, is one of Pakistan's most famous and controversial TV hosts. During the holy month of Ramadan, he broadcasts live for 11 hours a day while fasting and drawing record audiences. Back in 2008, remarks he made about a religious minority in Pakistan were followed by a wave of deadly violence. He was fired and recently rehired.
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Liaquat has recently returned to Geo TV, Pakistan's top TV channel, amid much fanfare and an even bigger salary. The president of Geo TV, Imran Aslam, says one condition of Liaquat's rehiring is that he sign a new code of ethics.
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Mohammad Aslam Bhatti, 34, shares photos of himself taken after he was shot in the head, torso and arm by militants he says were motivated by Aamir Liaquat's TV program.
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Originally published on Thu August 23, 2012 1:32 pm

As Pakistan's media has expanded in recent years, there's been a rise in Islamic preachers with popular TV call-in talk shows. And they've had their share of scandal. One famous TV host fled the country after embezzlement allegations. Others are accused of spewing hate speech.

That's the case for Pakistan's most popular televangelist, Aamir Liaquat, who's just been rehired by the country's top TV channel despite accusations that he provoked deadly attacks in 2008.

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Africa
5:46 am
Fri August 17, 2012

South African Police Accused Of Massacring Miners

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Originally published on Fri August 17, 2012 8:06 am

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm David Greene.

RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

And I'm Renee Montagne.

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Animals
4:05 am
Fri August 17, 2012

Dalmation Cares For Look-Alike Lamb

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Originally published on Fri August 17, 2012 8:06 am

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RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

Good morning. I'm Renee Montagne. She's no sheep dog, but Zoe the dog has adopted a little lamb. The lamb was born on a farm in Australia and abandoned by his mother. That's when farmers brought him to their Dalmatian, how immediately began doting on Dotty. Actually, not that surprising, since Dotty - as his name suggests - is a white lamb covered in unusual black spots, looking exactly like a Dalmatian. What you might call a sheep in dog's clothing. It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright National Public Radio.

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