NPR's May 5, 2001 Weekly Edition

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May 5, 2001

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An index of this week's stories:

Owensboro (14.4 | 28.8) - NPR's Renee Montagne visits Owensboro Kentucky, the site of the last public execution in the United States. As the execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh approaches, the fact that it will be available to victims families on close circuit television and 13-hundred journalists, prompted us to look back in history. Renee Montagne examines the aftermath of a public hanging in Owensboro in 1936. (9:15)

Philly Revitalized (14.4 | 28.8) - The Mayor of Philadelphia has a plan to clean 31-thousand vacant lots in the next year and demolish 14-thousand buildings during the next five. From member station WHYY, Fred Mogul reports that it's all part of a plan to revitalize the city, but some are saying tearing down buildings is not enough to help the urban poor. (5:00)

E-Mail Requests (14.4 | 28.8) - Laurie gives out the WEED e-mail and snail mail address for those with story suggestions. (:59)

I'm On The Stereo (14.4 | 28.8) - Humourist and actor Bill Cosby has done several editions of his program Kids Say The Darndest Things. He's done them on television. But if you happen to be in Oberlin Ohio, you can hear a more updated version on the Radio. It's not really a version of the television show, but the real thing. Kids as young as 7 years old, working on the radio just like the grown-ups. NPR's Linda Wertheimer found herself under a mic-roscope when she interviewed a few of that stations air personalities. (6:30)

ATC 30th Birthday/Television (14.4 | 28.8) - This week, All Things Considered celebrated 30 years on the air. As part of a look at how the world has changed, ATC spent some time talking to 30 year olds... people who were born the same year at All Things Considered. In this piece, Host Robert Siegel talks with 30 year olds who talked of the influence of television on them. (9:00)

Coffee (14.4 | 28.8) - Back in the day....you could get a cup of coffee for 25 cents or less. And there were only two kinds...regular or de-caf. No more. Part of the blame for the now hefty price tag for a cup of coffee rest squarely on the shoulders of those of us who drink the stuff. NPR's Daniel Zwerdling spent some time in Guatemela and coffee houses here in the US for NPR News and American Radioworks to understand how coffee gets here to the U.S. and why the cost is what it is. (17:15)

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