Pop Culture
Hundreds Recreating Web's Version Of 'Star Wars'
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Morning Edition archive
Friday, November 27, 2009
Author Interviews
WTC Provides Back Story For Colum McCann's 'Spin'
November 27, 2009 McCann's novel, Let the Great World Spin, won the National Book Award. He tells Steve Inskeep that his book — set in New York on the day a man walked on a tight-rope between the towers of the World Trade Center — is an attempt to reconstruct an event to find moments of grace and understanding in history.
Economy
Job Crunch Even Harder On People With Disabilities
November 27, 2009 Large numbers of Americans are still losing their jobs, but the unemployment rate is particularly high among people with disabilities. They are almost twice as likely to get laid off and they have a harder time finding new jobs.
Television
Go Ahead, Sing Along: When Television Is Karaoke
November 27, 2009 Half a million people have bought the TV show Glee's version of Journey's song "Don't Stop Believing." The show's winning formula is to transform an original song without its reeking of a knockoff.
StoryCorps' National Day Of Listening 2009
National Day Of Listening: Father-Daughter Talk
November 27, 2009 Friday is the National Day of Listening — it is a chance to sit down with a loved one, turn on a tape recorder; and ask that person about their life. It's the kind of conversation that's been heard in the StoryCorps project. Juan Williams sat down and had a conversation with his daughter, Regan Williams Herald, who is expecting his first grandchild.
Economy
'Black Friday' Buyers Focus On Bargains
November 27, 2009 The nation's biggest retailers began gearing up for the busy post-Thanksgiving shopping day months ago. The Conference Board predicts U.S. households will spend about 7 percent less on gifts this season than last year. At a Target store in Maryland, some shoppers were up early looking for specific items.
