Poetry Games
12:22 am
Fri August 10, 2012

'Swim Your Own Race' Wins NPR's Poetry Games

Originally published on Fri August 10, 2012 10:24 am

As athletes have sprinted and soared their way to bronze, silver and gold in London, Morning Edition has celebrated the Olympics with the Poetry Games: We invited poets from around the globe to compose original works about athletes and athletics and asked you to be the judges.

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First And Main
12:20 am
Fri August 10, 2012

An Undecided Florida Voter Faces Emotional Decision

Originally published on Fri August 10, 2012 9:25 am

As the presidential election nears, Morning Edition has begun a series of reports from an iconic American corner: First and Main. Several times in the next few months, we'll travel to a battleground state, then to a vital county in each state. In that county, we find a starting point for our visit: First and Main streets, the intersection of politics and real life.

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National Security
12:19 am
Fri August 10, 2012

Air Force Chief Leaves Legacy In The Sky: Drones

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Gen. Norton Schwartz (shown here in October 2010) is stepping down as the top U.S. Air Force officer.

Originally published on Fri August 10, 2012 3:28 am

The top officer in the U.S. Air Force, Gen. Norton Schwartz, is stepping down Friday after four years on the job.

Schwartz got the job after his predecessor was fired for — among other things — clashing with his Pentagon bosses over how many fighter jets the military needs.

Schwartz is most likely to be remembered for pushing another kind of aircraft: drones.

At this moment, dozens of these unmanned aircraft are flying high above Afghanistan.

Just don't call them drones when speaking with Schwartz.

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Joe's Big Idea
12:00 am
Fri August 10, 2012

So You Landed On Mars. Now What?

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Adam Steltzner, the leader of the rover's entry, descent and landing engineering team, cheers after Curiosity touched down safely on Mars on Sunday.

Originally published on Fri August 10, 2012 3:28 am

The Mars rover Curiosity is beginning its fifth day on the red planet, and it's been performing flawlessly from the moment it landed.

That's been especially gratifying for NASA landing engineer Adam Steltzner. Last Friday, while Steltzner was still on pins and needles waiting for the landing to take place, I told the story of Steltzner's decision as a young man to give up his life as a rocker and go for a career in space engineering.

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Planet Money
11:59 pm
Thu August 9, 2012

Why Don't More Unemployed Spaniards Get Jobs In Germany?

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Jobs ahead.

Originally published on Mon August 13, 2012 8:22 am

Zoe Chace and Robert Smith are reporting from European borders this week. This is the third story in a four-part series.

The eurozone was supposed to create one big labor market by making it easy to cross borders for work.

But Gerhard Wiegelmann, a CEO in Stuttgart, Germany, can't find enough workers to staff his company — even with unemployment in Spain over 20 percent. He's had to turn down projects because he can't hire enough people.

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StoryCorps
10:57 pm
Thu August 9, 2012

Two Sikh Men, Two Lifetimes Of Looking Different

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Surinder Singh and his son Rupinder visited StoryCorps in San Francisco in April.

Originally published on Fri August 10, 2012 3:28 am

The tragic shooting at a Sikh house of worship in Wisconsin this month has turned the spotlight on the Sikh faith and the nation's Sikh community.

Earlier this year, Surinder Singh and his son Rupinder visited a StoryCorps booth in San Francisco, where they reflected on their own experiences standing out among their peers and neighbors.

Both practicing Sikhs, Surinder and Rupinder wear turbans, and maintaining that tenet of their faith has made for some difficult experiences.

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Cougar Hunting Controversy
6:05 pm
Thu August 9, 2012

California Cougar Hunt Controversy 'Ridiculous' In Eyes Of Idaho Hunters

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This photo of Dan Richards, the former California Fish and Game Commission president, appeared in Western Outdoor News.

A controversy over a California wildlife official has Idaho hunters shaking their heads. The California Fish and Game commission stripped its president of his title for hunting a cougar in Idaho – which is legal in the Gem State, but not in California.

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Oregon Decathlete Wins Gold
5:40 pm
Thu August 9, 2012

Oregon's Ashton Eaton Wins Gold In Men's Decathlon

At the London Olympics today, Oregon's own Ashton Eaton placed first in the Men's Decathlon, coming in just shy of the Olympic record. That achievement earned the 24-year-old Eaton not only a gold medal, but also the ceremonial title of "World's Greatest Athlete."

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Northwest Olympic Soccer Fans
5:16 pm
Thu August 9, 2012

USA-Japan Match Draws Northwest Soccer Fans

Megan Rapinoe, a University of Portland alum, is a member of USA's gold-medal winning women's soccer team.

Scores of people watched at the University of Portland Thursday as the American women’s soccer team defeated Japan for the Olympic gold medal. USA star Megan Rapinoe is a UP graduate. But another player with Northwest ties might’ve been more critical to the win.

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Wash. Senate Candidate Threatened
5:09 pm
Thu August 9, 2012

Wash. Man Arrested For Threatening Legislative Candidate

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Eileen Qutub, a Republican candidate for Washington State Senate, received threatening emails.

A Vancouver, Wash., man has been arrested for allegedly threatening a state Senate candidate. The Clark County sheriff's office took Gary Owen into custody Thursday on charges of sending two threatening emails to Eileen Qutub , a Republican. She described the letters as "vile" and "sexually perverted" and said that Owen threatened to shoot her in the head.

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