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Morning Edition

Weekdays from 4am to 9am C.T.

The nation's most popular morning news program, Morning Edition brings you wide-ranging news, features and interviews from NPR and the WKU Public Radio news team. Start your day with the latest national, international, and regional news each weekday morning, with local host Joe Corcoran.

Produced and distributed by NPR in Washington, D.C., Morning Edition draws on reporting from correspondents based around the world, and producers and reporters in locations in the United States. This reporting is supplemented by NPR Member station reporters across the country as well as independent producers and reporters throughout the public radio system.

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Business
3:00 am
Fri April 6, 2012

GOP, Democrats Budgets Reflect Different Approaches

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Steve Inskeep talks to David Wessel, economics editor of The Wall Street Journal, about how the Republican budget by Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan compares with President Obama's proposal. The plans show differences on spending, taxes and dealing with the government.

Movies
3:00 am
Fri April 6, 2012

Get Your Geek On With 'Comic-Con Episode IV'

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Movie maker Morgan Spurlock, director and star of Supersize Me and The Greatest Story Ever Sold, has a documentary opening on the West Coast this weekend: Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope. It introduces a group of determined popular culture enthusiasts who've come to San Diego's enormous convention in the summer of 2010 to pursue their different but connected dreams.

Business
3:00 am
Fri April 6, 2012

The Last Word In Business

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According to The Consumerist, the video game publisher received more than 250,000 reader votes for that distinction. It was singled out for deliberately holding back video game content so it can charge for it later, and for buying up small video game companies to squash competition.

StoryCorps
9:00 pm
Thu April 5, 2012

75 Years Later: The Day The Town School Exploded

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Kenneth Honeycutt spoke about the New London School Explosion of 1937 with his wife, Gaye, in Knoxville, Tenn.
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The New London School Explosion of March 18, 1937, killed hundreds of students in the East Texas town.
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Originally published on Thu April 5, 2012 11:01 pm

One of the worst school disasters in American history occurred 75 years ago, when an explosion killed hundreds of students at a school in East Texas. It was an event that etched itself into the memory of Kenneth Honeycutt, now 83.

"It was an explosion in the school building that led to the death of 300 students and teachers," he says. "It was caused by an accumulation of gas throughout the school building."

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Music News
3:55 pm
Thu April 5, 2012

Rock Hall Inductees Offer Two Takes On New York Attitude

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The Beastie Boys circa 1987.
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New York native Laura Nyro in 1968.
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Originally published on Thu April 5, 2012 11:01 pm

A new batch of performers will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame later this month. In the weeks leading up to the induction ceremonies, Morning Edition is visiting the cities that gave birth to the inductees.

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