What's Your Favorite Holiday Movie?
[LATE-BREAKING CORRECTION: We misunderstood where the 24 hours of Elf was being planned. We thought it was USA, but it's actually Starz. Sorry, Starz!]Over the weekend, Tanya Ballard Brown and Jen...
View ArticleDestruction Plan To Be Announced For Syrian Chemical Weapons
Transcript LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: You're listening to MORNING EDITION on NPR News. I'm Linda Wertheimer.DAVID GREENE, HOST: And I'm David Greene.There's another milestone today in the long effort to...
View ArticleProtesters In Ukraine Agitated By Economic Deal With Russia
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: Yesterday, Ukraine got a big holiday present from its neighbor, Russia, in the form of a multi-billion dollar bailout. And now everyone is trying to figure out what...
View ArticleObama Fails To Accomplish Ambitious Agenda In 2013
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.DAVID GREENE, HOST: And I'm David Greene.Here's a way to look at the year 2013 for President Barack Obama: He...
View ArticleNFL Playoffs To Start With Wild Card Teams In Action
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: OK. We've gotten through Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year's. But if you're an NFL fan, the next holiday up is Wild Card Weekend. There is football on Saturday...
View ArticleSupreme Court Declines To Consider Arizona Abortion Law
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: And some news from the Supreme Court this morning: The justices have decided not to intervene in a legal battle over abortion in the state of Arizona. Earlier, an appeals...
View ArticleFor Foster The People Frontman, Fame And Isolation
Transcript (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "PUMPED UP SUP KICK")DAVID GREENE, HOST: A few years ago, this song came out of nowhere, "Pumped Up Kicks" from Foster The People, an unsigned band from L.A. It became...
View ArticleNegotiators Gather In Vienna For Talks On Iran's Nukes
With the clock ticking on a six-month deal to limit Iran's nuclear program in exchange for easing economic sanctions, negotiators from Iran and world powers meet this week in Vienna.
View ArticleMan Turns Himself In After Google Search Tells Him He's Wanted
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning, I'm David Greene.Recently Christopher Viatafa did something many of us have done: He Googled his own name. But what he found wasn't so normal. It was his...
View ArticleClothing Retailer Lands End To Split From Sears
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: NPR's business news begins with a split for Lands' End.(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)GREENE: Lands' End, the outdoor clothing retailer, will spin off from Sears Holdings...
View ArticleSen. Durbin Says U.S. Is Ready To Provide Nonlethal Aid To Ukraine
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.DAVID GREENE, HOST: And I'm David Greene.Just before residents of Crimea voted to break away from Ukraine and...
View ArticleRed Robin Adds New Adult Milkshake To Menu
A new offering from the food chain Red Robin: milkshakes made with wine. The first wine shake on the menu will be the Mango Moscato — made with wine, vodka, mango puree and vanilla ice cream.
View ArticlePrimark To Pay $10 Million To Victims Of Bangladesh Factory Collapse
British clothing retailer Primark says it will pay $10 million in compensation to the victims of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh last year. The tragedy killed more than 1,100.
View ArticleBrit Uses Shakespeare To Exact Revenge
Edd Joseph bought a game console online, but he never received it. So he took revenge by texting 37 full Shakespeare plays to the seller's phone. That's nearly 30,000 messages.
View ArticleObjects Spotted In Indian Ocean Possibly Linked To Missing Jet
Australian officials say they are searching the Indian Ocean southwest of Perth after satellite images found objects that are possibly connected to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
View ArticleTattoo Of Handgun Triggers Call To Police
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning, I'm David Greene.Michael Smith, of Norridgewock, Maine, has a really convincing tattoo of a handgun on his lower stomach. This week, he woke up to a crew...
View ArticleWait. How Much Is That Doggy?
A Chinese property developer has reportedly paid close to $2 million for a golden-haired Tibetan mastiff puppy. The lion-looking dogs have become a status symbol for China's very rich.
View ArticleTwitter Tool Lets Users Revist First Tweets
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning, I'm David Greene.It is Twitter's 8th birthday. To celebrate, the site has put out a tool that lets you see any user's very first tweet. Some were naturals....
View ArticleSearch Planes Fail To Locate Objects Spotted By Satellite
Transcript LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Linda Wertheimer.DAVID GREENE, HOST: And I'm David Greene. Two large objects showed up satellite images bobbing in a remote...
View ArticleSupreme Court Strikes Down Key Part Of Campaign Finance Law
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View ArticleAfter Mubarak, Egypt Appears Ready To Elect Another Military Man
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: And so as Leila just told us, Egyptians appear ready to elect a military man - which in a way seems amazing considering the images we remember from three years ago. At...
View ArticleCuba's Budding Entrepreneurs Travel A Rocky Road Toward Success
When Americans think of business in Cuba, they think of government-owned enterprise. And the vast majority of Cubans do work for the state.But in recent years, private business owners known as...
View ArticleCuba's Mariel Port: Once An Escape, Now A Window To The Future
When you arrive at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, you're greeted with a barrage of billboards with the popular Cuban government slogan promoting tourism: "Cuba, where the past and the...
View ArticleTourism Money Flows Into Cuba, Bringing Economic Hopes And Fears
Every morning, Manuel Landin Rodriguez walks past the luxurious state-owned Xanadu Mansion hotel and crosses its neatly trimmed golf course all the way to its edge. He camps out on the cliff...
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Liberia Blocks Off Neighborhood In Ebola Quarantine, Sparking Riot
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: Liberia has been overwhelmed by the Ebola outbreak. This country has seen the highest number of deaths so far....
View ArticleRochester Focuses On A New Picture Of American Manufacturing
Rochester, N.Y., was once the imaging capital of the world, home to Kodak, Xerox and the eye care company, Bausch + Lomb.Led by these companies, the manufacturing sector once employed 60 percent of...
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Closed McDonald's In Moscow Taken As A Political Message
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View ArticleIn Crimea, Many Signs Of Russia, Few Of Resistance
Morning Edition host David Greene and producer Lauren Migaki traveled to Crimea to see what's changed since Russia sent troops in this spring and shortly afterward annexed the territory despite...
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Crimean Tatars Pressured To Become Russian Citizens
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: All this week we're reporting from Crimea. The Vermont-sized peninsula on the Black Sea was forcibly taken from...
View ArticleAs Crimea's Borders Change, So Do Lives
It's like a scene from an old Soviet movie playing out before our eyes in 2014.Dozens of young Crimeans, with innocent faces and crisp blue uniforms, stand at attention and declare oaths of loyalty to...
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