Morning Edition archive

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Around the Nation

Safeway Meat Clerk Reinstated After Fight

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Around the Nation

'Tebowing' Move Not Appreciated At Graduation

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Education

Romney Declares National Education Emergency

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by Claudio Sanchez

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Business

Outlook For Housing Industry Appears Promising

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by Chris Arnold

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Movies

'Star Wars' Turns 35 On Friday

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Africa

Egyptians Vote In 2nd Day Of Presidential Election

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Renee Montagne and Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

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Africa

Muslim Brotherhood Unmatched In Grassroot Support

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by Merrit Kennedy

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Middle East

Iran Nuclear Talks Described As Long, Hard

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Steve Inskeep and Peter Kenyon

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Business

Hewlett-Packard To Lay Off 27,000 Workers

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Business

Chevrolet Caprice Returns To Police Car Market

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Economy

Ripple Effect Of Greek Debt Crisis May Hit U.S.

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Election 2012

Obama Seeks To Gain Support Among Military Voters

President Obama returns a Marine's salute as he boards the Marine One helicopter Wednesday. Obama traveled to Colorado Springs for the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation ceremony.

Long before Obama gave a commencement speech to Air Force cadets Wednesday, his campaign was focusing attention on his record with military families and veterans — a key voting group that could make the difference in swing states like Virginia, North Carolina and Florida.

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Music News

Glad To See You Again: Joey Ramone's Unearthed Demos

Joey Ramone: Weightlifter.

The singer left behind a number of song fragments, now collected and cleaned up on a new album.

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Mongolia Booms

Old Ways Disappearing In The New Mongolia

Workers brush cashmere goats in South Gobi on Bat-Erdene Badam's family farm. Cashmere wool, milk and meat are the main commodities for Mongolia's herders.

With desertification, drought and a booming mining industry, Mongolians are leaving the traditional life of herding. Herdsman Bat-Erdene Badam says he will be the last in his family to tend livestock. His children are trading in their nomadic lives for more stable, often urban jobs.

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Music Interviews

Birth Of An Album: In The Studio With Neko Case

Neko Case in the studio in 2009.

In the months ahead, Morning Edition will check in from time to time as the as singer-songwriter creates the follow-up to 2009's Middle Cyclone.

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