Katrina & Beyond Autos Weather Katrina, End Up for Sale December 29, 2005 • Insurance investigators say cars and trucks have been taken out of flood zones after Hurricane Katrina and sent to used car lots nationwide. It's not illegal to do this if the damage is disclosed, but sometimes it's not. Used-car buyers are being urged to take precautions. Autos Weather Katrina, End Up for Sale Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5073848/5073849" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World EU Launches Satellite in Galileo Project December 28, 2005 • The European Union launched the first satellite in its planned Galileo navigation project Wednesday. European Space Agency officials say Galileo will let people pinpoint a location to within about three feet. EU Launches Satellite in Galileo Project Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5072082/5072083" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
EU Launches Satellite in Galileo Project Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5072082/5072083" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Technology New Frequency Would Help First Responders December 27, 2005 • A new radio frequency is being developed to make first-respond personnel communicate more effective during emergency operations. New Frequency Would Help First Responders Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5070428/5070429" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Obituaries Character Actor Vincent Schiavelli Dies December 27, 2005 • Vincent Schiavelli died of lung cancer Monday at age 57 in Italy. Schiavelli had memorable turns as a mental-ward patient in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest and as a science teacher in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. In 1997, Vanity Fair named him one of America's best character actors. Character Actor Vincent Schiavelli Dies Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5070410/5070411" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Provenance of Italian Antiquities Disputed December 26, 2005 • Italian authorities say they have documents that prove that antiquities in possession of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art may have been looted. Provenance of Italian Antiquities Disputed Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5069693/5069694" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Business Retailers Hope for Day-After-Christmas Sales December 26, 2005 • Retailers are hoping people will be out Monday looking for bargains for next Christmas, exchanging gifts and spending more money on marked-down items. Kurt Barnard, president of Barnard's Retail Consulting Group, discusses the Christmas season for retailers. Retailers Hope for Day-After-Christmas Sales Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5069708/5069709" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Long View 'Harper's' Editor Lewis Lapham Looks Back December 26, 2005 • In the first of a series called "The Long View, Steve Inskeep talks to Lewis Lapham, outgoing editor of Harper's Magazine. Lapham has been at the helm of the magazine for almost 30 years and gives his perspective on U.S. culture and politics today. 'Harper's' Editor Lewis Lapham Looks Back Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5069720/5069721" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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NSA Questioned on Scope of Domestic Spying Powell: Warrants Would Have Prevented Spying Uproar December 26, 2005 • In an interview with ABC's This Week, former Secretary of State Colin Powell revealed that he does not object to President Bush authorizing a domestic spying program but that he believes the controversy could have been avoided by obtaining court warrants. Powell: Warrants Would Have Prevented Spying Uproar Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5069681/5069682" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Katrina & Beyond New Orleans Update: Ronald Lewis, Clancy Dubos December 16, 2005 • Steve Inskeep checks in with two people in New Orleans. Ronald Lewis is a displaced resident of the Ninth Ward in New Orleans who was the subject of a Morning Edition profile in October. Clancy Dubos is editor and columnist for the Gambit Weekly newspaper in New Orleans. New Orleans Update: Ronald Lewis, Clancy Dubos Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5056530/5056531" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Middle East New Parliament to Convene in Afghanistan December 16, 2005 • Four years after the overthrow of the Taliban, a new Afghan parliament will meet for the first time on Monday. The meeting is the latest step in a plan to bring democracy to the country after three decades of conflict. New Parliament to Convene in Afghanistan Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5056491/5056492" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Morning Edition Origins of the Christmas Tree Tradition December 15, 2005 • Evangelical groups say they want to put the 'Christ' back into Christmas, and House Speaker Dennis Hastert has declared that the capital has a Christmas tree, not a "holiday tree." But debate over the tradition is not new, as a historical account illustrates. Origins of the Christmas Tree Tradition Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5054626/5054627" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion From Our Listeners Letters: Tookie Williams, Iraqi Candidates, Pop Language December 15, 2005 • Renee Montagne and Steve Inskeep read from listeners' letters. Some thought we gave too much attention to Tookie Williams' execution and not enough to his victims. Letters: Tookie Williams, Iraqi Candidates, Pop Language Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5054587/5054588" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Death Penalty Facts December 13, 2005 • In the 1970s, the U.S. Supreme Court stopped capital punishment nationwide, then allowed it to resume. Since that time, the number of executions has declined, along with public support for the death penalty. Death Penalty Facts Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5050279/5050280" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Vioxx: The Downfall of a Drug Houston Vioxx Case Ends in Mistrial December 12, 2005 • A judge declares a mistrial in the first federal lawsuit over the painkiller Vioxx. Merck emerged from its third Vioxx trial Monday with a hung jury when the panel failed to side with the drug maker or the widow of a 53-year-old Florida man who died after taking Vioxx for about a month. Houston Vioxx Case Ends in Mistrial Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5048845/5048847" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Politics Bush to Address Drive for Democracy in Iraq December 12, 2005 • President Bush readies the third of four planned speeches in a campaign to win more support for the U.S. effort in Iraq. Monday's address to the World Affairs Council in Philadelphia is expected to focus on political progress in Iraq. Bush to Address Drive for Democracy in Iraq Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5048445/5048446" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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