March 31, 2001

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An index of this week's stories:

Shirtwaist Factory (14.4 | 28.8) - Ninety years after a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York killed 146 workers, host Lisa Simeone talks with Dana Walden, the granddaughter of one survivor of the fire. Rose Freedman was the oldest living survivor of the fire until her death in Februrary. We hear clips of Freedman from a documentary series, The Living Century, which aired on PBS stations in December and January. For more information about the documentary and Freedman, go to thelivingcentury.com or www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire. - 5:51

Baseball - Sports commentator Frank Deford winds-up for baseball's spring training with a strike zone pitch. - 3:30

Hoops (14.4 | 28.8) - John Ydstie recounts the tale of his tiny hometown's high school basketball team which made it to the state finals in 1968. - 10:06

Dot.com (14.4 | 28.8) - Commentator Farai Chideya says her website never got capital investment, and these days, she's glad. - 2:06

Internet and MTV (14.4 | 28.8) - MTV has announced it will be combining its broadcast and web content, as most of its viewers are already simultaneously logging on while watching the channel. This move will help the brand cross-promote its other channels and products straight to the fans, directing them to sites that offer more information on the musicians featured on TV, free downloads of new songs, and other exclusive content. Host Madeleine Brand is joined by The Way In's web wonder woman, Lisa Napoli, to discuss how this announcement could change the future of media. - 3:30

Teens and Gambling (14.4 | 28.8) - Tandaleya Wilder of member station WSHU reports on a recent survey of teen gambling in Connecticut. The Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling found that 87-percent of high school students had gambled at some point in their lives. The state-sponsored lottery was their favorite form of legalized gambling. - 5:11

My Wife and Kids (14.4 | 28.8) - ABC television has started a new sitcom about a black middle class family -- the only black sitcom currently on the three major networks. It's called My Wife and Kids and stars Damon Wayans. Robert Siegel talks with Paul Farhi, Style writer for The Washington Post, about the show. (4:30)

Single Parent (14.4 | 28.8) - Part II in a weeklong series of essays, read by the prospective college students who wrote them as part of the application process. Today we hear from Ambar Espinoza, of University High School in West Los Angeles, who tells about growing up in a single-parent family. - 2:49

Overcoming Obstacles (14.4 | 28.8) - This week, Morning Edition w ill air essays from high school seniors, written for their college applications. We begin with Richard Van Ornum of Seven Hills School in Cincinnati, about his dream of flight. - 3:29

Outdoor Classroom (14.4 | 28.8) - In Morning Edition's series of college application essays from high school seniors, Leo Stoscheck says he considers the coyotes, peepers and trees of his family's land in New York state, his first classroom. - 3:44

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