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Every weekday for over three decades, NPR's Morning Edition has taken listeners around the country and the world with two hours of multi-faceted stories and commentaries that inform, challenge and occasionally amuse. Morning Edition is the most listened-to news radio program in the country.

A bi-coastal, 24-hour news operation, Morning Edition is hosted by NPR's Steve Inskeep in Washington, D.C., and Renee Montagne at NPR West in Culver City, CA. Even as hosts, Inskeep and Montagne often get out from behind the anchor desk and travel across the world to report on the news first hand.

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Produced and distributed by NPR in Washington, D.C., Morning Edition draws on reporting from correspondents based around the world, and producers and reporters in locations in the United States. This reporting is supplemented by NPR Member station reporters across the country as well as independent producers and reporters throughout the public radio system.

Since its debut on November 5, 1979, Morning Edition has garnered broadcasting's highest honors, including the George Foster Peabody Award and the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award.

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Shots - Health News
2:04 am
Thu May 16, 2013

Cloning, Stem Cells Long Mired In Legislative Gridlock

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After President Obama overturned Bush-era policy restricting federal funding of embryonic stem cell research in 2009, Nebraska Right to Life led a protest of the research outside the University of Nebraska regents' meeting.
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Originally published on Thu May 16, 2013 10:53 am

The news that U.S. scientists have successfully cloned a human embryo seems almost certain to rekindle a political fight that has raged, on and off, since the announcement of the creation of Dolly the sheep in 1997.

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Research News
2:03 am
Thu May 16, 2013

Water Trapped For 1.5 Billion Years Could Hold Ancient Life

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This map, from the United States Geological Survey, shows the age of bedrock in different regions of North America. Scientists found ancient water in bedrock north of Lake Superior. This region, colored red, was formed more than 2.5 billion years ago.
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Mars, seen in this composite image, has a lot of water in its polar ice caps. If water is also trapped in the planet's crust, experts say, it could house microbial life.
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Originally published on Thu May 16, 2013 8:25 am

Scientists have discovered water that has been trapped in rock for more than a billion years. The water might contain microbes that evolved independently from the surface world, and it's a finding that gives new hope to the search for life on other planets.

The water samples came from holes drilled by gold miners near the small town of Timmins, Ontario, about 350 miles north of Toronto. Deep in the Canadian bedrock, miners drill holes and collect samples. Sometimes they hit pay dirt; sometimes they hit water, which seeps out from tiny crevices in the rock.

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Parallels
2:02 am
Thu May 16, 2013

U.S. Hands Over Nation-Building Projects To Afghans

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Afghan and U.S. officials attend the closing ceremony for the Paktia provincial reconstruction team on April 9 in eastern Afghanistan. NATO created more than 20 teams to help the Afghans rebuild. But now the U.S. teams are winding down their activities.
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The main road through the Panjshir Valley, shown here April 9, remains under construction. A U.S. reconstruction team started the project in northern Afghanistan, and the provincial government is overseeing the completion.
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Lt. Col. John Chong (left), the last commander of the Paktia PRT, rolls up and cases the flag at the closing ceremony on April 9.
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On a sunny spring day in eastern Afghanistan's Paktia province, Afghan officials and U.S. troops and civilians gather inside the ancient mud fort in the center of Forward Operating Base Gardez. They're attending a ceremony marking the formal end of the work of the provincial reconstruction team, or PRT.

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Around the Nation
6:45 am
Wed May 15, 2013

Unsatisfied Fan Uses Tweets To Torment Players

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The NBA's New York Knicks lost to the Indiana Pacers Tuesday night, falling further behind in their playoff series. Knicks shooting guard J.R. Smith took responsibility. A new Twitter account followed each shot he took.

Around the Nation
6:40 am
Wed May 15, 2013

Security Tapes Show Supermarket Glutton Stuffing Himself

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Police in Kentucky say Trevor Runyon slipped into a supermarket and waited for it to close.Surveillance cameras show he then had a feast. He cooked and ate six steak, and washed them down with beer, shrimp and birthday cake. Police found him hiding in the ceiling.

Politics
5:23 am
Wed May 15, 2013

Holder Called To Capitol Hill To Testify On Controversies

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In an NPR interview, Attorney General Eric Holder answers questions about the IRS's processing of tax-exemption applications, the Justice Department's subpoenas for reporters' phone records and other hot issues. Holder faces questions on Capitol Hill Wednesday during an oversight hearing.

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4:59 am
Wed May 15, 2013

1 Month Since The Bombings, Signs Of Progress In Boston

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Originally published on Wed May 15, 2013 6:25 am

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It has been one month since two bombs rocked the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people. Families of those killed continue to mourn their loved ones; and dozens of the more than 260 people injured continue their rehabilitation, many of them amputees who are now relearning to walk.

Meantime in Boston, all but one business has reopened. But as NPR's Tovia Smith reports, the city continues a slow and painful recovery.

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The Changing Lives Of Women
4:32 am
Wed May 15, 2013

Stay-At-Home Dads, Breadwinner Moms and Making It All Work

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Dawn Heisey-Grove hands off Zane to Jonathan after a midday feeding. The couple were both working full time when Jonathan lost his job as a graphic designer two years ago.
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Dawn Heisey-Grove hands off Zane to Jonathan after a midday feeding. The couple were both working full time when Jonathan lost his job as a graphic designer two years ago.
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Initially Jonathan stayed at home with their eldest son Egan, now 5, to save money on child care. To the couple's surprise, their household became a calmer, happier place, and they decided to extend the arrangement.
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"She was bringing stress home and I was bringing stress home," Jonathan says. "Once I lost my job, the dynamic changed. I was happier and Egan was happier. There was no tension."
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Jonathan juggles Zane and a stroller while rushing to pick up Egan at the neighborhood bus stop. Being the only stay-at-home father in the neighborhood was initially isolating, but he found men in similar situations through a local Yahoo group.
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"We are not incapable people," Jonathan says. "That is the illusion that stay-at-home dads are trying to extinguish."
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Jonathan is often the only father at the playground during the day and says once the mothers' initial discomfort passes they realize they are all in the same boat. "It's not about gender; it's what are the kids doing and how do we keep them out of trouble."
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Jonathan holds Zane while Egan runs in the family's playroom.
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Jonathan oversees playtime with Egan and his neighborhood friends.
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Jonathan says he has never worried about losing his masculinity and says through his children he has learned more about patience and tolerance.
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Jonathan prepares dinner for Egan and his friend while Zane is asleep upstairs.
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According to the Census Bureau fewer than about 3.5 percent of stay-at-home parents are fathers, but the figure doesn't include men who do some work and are their children's primary caregivers.
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Jonathan finds other stay-at-home fathers through daddy's playgroups, online forums and conventions such as the National At-Home Dads Convention. "We talk about everything from diaper changing to sleeping habits to sports; random life things. It's a place where we can just be guys."
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Jonathan says the notion of the "hapless" father shouldn't exist anymore. "Everybody as a parent is learning along the way."
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Jonathan Heisey-Grove kisses his 4-month-old son, Zane, in their home in Alexandria, Va. Jonathan is part of a growing number of fathers who stay at home full time while their wives financially support the family.
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Dawn Heisey-Grove works as a public health analyst and says their home became "calmer and quieter" when Jonathan stayed with the kids full time.
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Jonathan and Dawn Heisey-Grove with their two sons Egan, 5, and Zane, 4 months, at their home in Alexandria, Va.
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Originally published on Thu May 16, 2013 8:21 pm

The next time you see a father out shopping with his kids, you might need to check your assumptions.

"I'll get the, 'Oh, look, it's a dad! That's so sweet!' "says Jonathan Heisey-Grove, a stay-at-home father of two young boys in Alexandria, Va., who is pretty sure the other person assumes he's just giving Mom a break for the day. In fact, he's part of a growing number of fathers who are minding the kids full time while their wives support the family and who say societal expectations are not keeping up with their reality.

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Politics
2:35 am
Wed May 15, 2013

IRS Inquiries Crossed The Line, Tea Party Groups Say

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Originally published on Wed May 15, 2013 8:51 am

Tea Party activists are calling for a full investigation, and possibly lawsuits, following revelations that the Internal Revenue Service flagged so-called patriot groups for extra scrutiny in applications for federal tax-exempt status.

Among those claiming unjust and unconstitutional targeting by the IRS is a group called TheTeaParty.net, which bills itself as the largest grass-roots conservative Tea Party organization in the country.

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The Salt
2:33 am
Wed May 15, 2013

Eating Much Less Salt May Be Risky In An Over-Salted World

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Eat less salt, but not too much less.
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Originally published on Wed May 15, 2013 10:08 am

Americans are repeatedly told to cut back on salt to reduce the risk of heart disease. But there are new questions being raised about the possible risks of reducing sodium too much.

So, how low should we go? Currently, the government recommends that Americans should aim for 2,300 milligrams per day. And people older than 50, as well as those with high blood pressure, diabetes or kidney disease are advised to reduce sodium even further, down to 1,500 mg per day.

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