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Morning Edition, NPR's weekday morning newsmagazine  providing news in context, airing thoughtful ideas and commentary, and reviewing important new music, books, and events in the arts.

 

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StoryCorps
10:01 pm
Thu March 15, 2012

After Tragedy, An Aunt Plays A New Role: Parent

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Laura (left) and Phil Donney (right), with their Aunt Abby, whom they call "Tabby."
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Abby Leibman and her nephew, Phil, visited StoryCorps in Los Angeles to talk about their family's history.
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The three Leibman sisters, from left: Abby, Nina and Marjorie Shaw.
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One night in 1995 completely reshaped the lives of Phil and Laura Donney. Their parents were arguing, and their father stabbed their mother, killing her. Phil was 7; his sister was 4.

Ken Donney was sent to prison, and the children went to live with their mother's sisters.

Phil, 23, recently sat down with his aunt, Abby Leibman, the twin sister of his mother, Nina Leibman.

"What was it like becoming a parent to my sister and I overnight?" Phil asks.

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Afghanistan
6:31 am
Thu March 15, 2012

Panetta, Karzai Meet After Villagers Are Massacred

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is in Afghanistan on a long-planned trip that has turned into something of a fence-mending mission. A U.S. soldier is accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians. That attack is the latest in a series of negative events involving U.S. forces.

Around the Nation
5:49 am
Thu March 15, 2012

'Downton Abbey' Actors Attend State Dinner

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RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

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Around the Nation
5:43 am
Thu March 15, 2012

Bottles Of Tide Turn Up In Drug Bust

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

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Election 2012
2:00 am
Thu March 15, 2012

Biden Speeches To Frame Election Debate

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RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

And I'm Steve Inskeep. Good morning.

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