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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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Planet Money
2:58 am
Fri March 23, 2012

How A City Goes Broke

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A garbage truck at the Harrisburg incinerator.
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This is the first of two stories we're doing on Harrisburg. Read the second story here.

Eric Papenfuse owns a bookstore in Harrisburg, Pa. He used to be on the city agency in charge of basic municipal services — sewer, water, trash.

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Monkey See
10:01 pm
Thu March 22, 2012

'Mad Men' Returns On Sunday, To The Delight Of Its Excitable Fans

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Jon Hamm plays Don Draper on Mad Men, which returns this Sunday night.
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On Friday's Morning Edition, Elizabeth Blair investigates one of television's pressing questions: Why has Mad Men been off the air so long? It's returning this Sunday night with a two-hour season premiere, but it's still puzzled some viewers that it has been off for such a long time.

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Monkey See
2:00 pm
Thu March 22, 2012

Spiders And Fighting And Trees, Oh My: Filming 'The Hunger Games'

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Jennifer Lawrence on the set of The Hunger Games.
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Originally published on Fri March 23, 2012 10:24 am

There's a movie freshly out this weekend — perhaps you've heard of it.

The Hunger Games?

On Friday's Morning Edition, director Gary Ross and star Jennifer Lawrence talk to NPR's David Greene about the film.

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Planet Money
2:56 am
Thu March 22, 2012

From Abe Lincoln To Donald Duck: History Of The Income Tax

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Originally published on Fri March 23, 2012 7:02 am

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Author Interviews
1:52 am
Thu March 22, 2012

'Wonder' What It's Like To Have Kids Stare At You?

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R.J. Palacio is the pen name of Raquel Jaramillo, a book jacket designer based in New York City. Wonder is her first novel.
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Raquel Jaramillo's debut novel, Wonder, written under the pen name R.J. Palacio, was born out of a rather embarrassing incident. The author was out with her two sons, sitting in front of an ice cream store. Her oldest had just finished fifth grade, and her youngest was still in a stroller. They spotted a girl whose face had been deformed by a medical condition.

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