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Renée Montagne, Steve Inskeep
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Morning Edition provides news in context, airs thoughtful ideas and commentary, and reviews important new music, books, and events in the arts. All with voices and sounds that invite listeners to experience the stories.

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The Salt
1:25 am
Thu June 28, 2012

Unlike Chicken And Pork, Beef Still Begins With Small Family Ranches

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Barbara and Norman Roux stand in front of cattle pens on their farm outside of Moundridge, Kan., where she has raised cattle for nearly 70 years.
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The cattle industry is shaped like a bottle — wider at the bottom with lots of ranchers, smaller at the top with just four meatpacking companies.
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Originally published on Thu June 28, 2012 5:47 pm

In the chicken and pork industries, nearly every aspect of the animals' raising has long been controlled by just a handful of agriculture conglomerates. But the cattle industry is still populated by mom-and-pop operations, at least at the calf-raising level.

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Asia
1:17 am
Thu June 28, 2012

Amid Fierce Debate, Japan To Restart Nuclear Plants

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Anti-nuclear activists in front of the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, June 22. Some 20,000 demonstrators protested against the Japanese government's decision to restart two idle nuclear reactors in western Japan, ending a brief period without any nuclear power generation.
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The Japanese government may restart one of the two nuclear reactors at the Oi power plant (shown here June 15) in Fukui prefecture as early as July 1. Public concern forced the shutdown of the country's 50 nuclear reactors after the Fukushima disaster last year.
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Originally published on Thu June 28, 2012 10:34 am

After taking all 50 of its nuclear reactors offline following a devastating accident last year, Japan is planning to restart the first of two of them in western Fukui prefecture as early as Sunday.

The catastrophe at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in March 2011 forced Japan to scale back plans to aggressively expand its nuclear energy sector. But the highly controversial move to restart the two reactors on the other side of the country is a sign that the nuclear power lobby isn't throwing in the towel yet.

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Middle East
1:17 am
Thu June 28, 2012

In A Syrian Souk, Support For The Regime Falters

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People walk through Hamidiyah market in Damascus, Syria, Feb. 28. The merchants of this landmark bazaar were once ardent supporters of President Bashar Assad. That's no longer the case.
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Assad supporters chant pro-government slogans as they rally in Hamidiyah Jan. 10. But that support is crumbling, evidenced by a strike by the market's merchants to protest killings in Houla, Syria.
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Originally published on Thu June 28, 2012 6:25 pm

In Syria's capital, Damascus, the Hamidiyah souk is a landmark — a centuries-old covered market linked to a maze of alleyways in the heart of the capital. Over the 15-month uprising, Syria's merchants have supported the regime of President Bashar Assad. But that support is crumbling.

Shops selling everything from cold drinks, ice cream and spices to wedding dresses and electric guitars line Hamidiyah's cobblestone streets.

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Planet Money
1:16 am
Thu June 28, 2012

Going Public Is A Hassle

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Meh.
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Originally published on Wed July 11, 2012 3:09 pm

Here's a classic story of how a multimillion-dollar company gets started.

A young guy named Seung Bak is on a trip to China. He gets back to his hotel room late one night and turns on the TV.

"I'm flipping through channels, and in the middle of China they are showing Korean dramas all around the clock," Bak says.

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Movies
10:03 pm
Wed June 27, 2012

In France, A Star Rises From An Oft-Neglected Place

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Omar Sy plays Driss in the hit French film The Intouchables. The feel-good movie won numerous awards in France, but has met with a mixed reaction in the U.S.
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Driss and Philippe (Francois Cluzet) indulge in one of the shared vices that cement their friendship in The Intouchables.
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Originally published on Thu June 28, 2012 10:34 am

Frenchman Jean Dujardin may have won this year's Academy Award for best actor for his role in The Artist, but in France he was beat out for the country's most prestigious acting award, the Cesar, by a new acting sensation: The 34-year-old son of African immigrants, Omar Sy.

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American Dreams: Then And Now
10:03 pm
Wed June 27, 2012

Great Expectations, And Some Hope Of Meeting Them

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In plays like FOB, M. Butterfly and Chinglish, David Henry Hwang, seen here at a 2006 gala, touches on the obstacles that can stand between immigrants and the American dream.
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Originally published on Thu June 28, 2012 10:34 am

David Henry Hwang is a playwright from Los Angeles, currently living in New York, who has dealt with issues of cultural identity in his work, especially as it pertains to the Asian-American experience. He spoke to NPR's Morning Edition about his thoughts on the American dream.

"I define the American dream as the ability to imagine a way that you want your life to turn out, and have a reasonable hope that you can achieve that.

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Music
6:25 pm
Wed June 27, 2012

Third Time's The Charm: J-Lo And Pitbull 'Dance Again'

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Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull perform onstage at the 2011 American Music Awards in Los Angeles.
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Shots - Health Blog
11:42 am
Wed June 27, 2012

FDA Approves First New Weight-Loss Drug In More Than A Decade

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Belviq, the first new prescription drug in years to help people lose weight, is expected to be available in four to six months.
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Originally published on Thu June 28, 2012 10:34 am

For the first time in 13 years, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug to help people lose weight.

The FDA gave the green light to Arena Pharmaceuticals to sell Belviq, or lorcaserin generically, a twice-a-day pill that suppresses appetite and appears to affect metabolism by influencing levels of the brain chemical serotonin.

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Africa
5:40 am
Wed June 27, 2012

Islamist President Faces Balancing Act In Egypt

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LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST:

It's MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Linda Wertheimer, in for Steve Inskeep.

RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

And I'm Renee Montagne.

In Egypt, a small victory for civil rights: A court there suspended a decree that allowed the military to arrest civilians. Other moves to amass power by the ruling military council, including dissolving Egypt's elected parliament, are still in effect.

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World
5:01 am
Wed June 27, 2012

Beyonce's Daughter Named Honorary Citizen Of Hvar

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Originally published on Wed June 27, 2012 5:03 am

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RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

Good morning. I'm Renee Montagne. Off the coast of Croatia is an island where the mayor dines with Eric Clapton, offers to rename an island Facebook Island if Mark Zuckerberg comes to visit, and just gave honorary citizenship to a celebrity baby. The baby is Blue Ivy, daughter of Beyonce' and Jay Z. Her name was apparently inspired by a tree covered in Blue Ivy at a resort on the island, Hvar. the mayor says the publicity has been great for tourism. It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright National Public Radio.

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