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June 18, 2013 | NPR · The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Arizona has no right to demand documents proving citizenship when people register to vote. In a 7-2 decision, the court said the National Voter Registration Act trumps state law. At the same time, the court told Arizona officials how to get what they want, anyway.
 
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June 18, 2013 | NPR · President Obama says federal judges have been "overseeing" the recently exposed government surveillance programs. But few, if any, experts in the Bush or Obama administrations believe that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has the enforcement teeth it once had.
 
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June 18, 2013 | NPR · The first-ever study of more than 1,100 schools of education released Tuesday by the National Council on Teacher Quality shows that teacher preparation is in disarray. The study warns that 163 programs provide only "minimal, substandard training."
 

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June 18, 2013 | NPR · National Security Agency director Keith Alexander returned to the Hill on Tuesday, this time to testify before a House intelligence committee about the NSA spying revelations. Alexander said the programs in question foiled 50 terrorist plots, including one against the New York Stock Exchange.
 
June 18, 2013 | NPR · Melissa Block talks to Republican Congressman Mac Thornberry, who serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He talks about the testimony by leaders of the National Security Agency, the Department of Justice and the FBI on Tuesday morning. He's been supportive of the NSA surveillance program, saying it's not only legal, but vital to security.
 
June 18, 2013 | NPR · Robert Siegel and Melissa Block read emails from listeners about Mozart's violin and the price of potatoes.
 

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June 15, 2013 | NPR · This week the Obama administration announced it would send weapons to the Syrian rebels, because of credible evidence Syrian government forces had indeed used chemical weapons. Weekend Edition Saturday Host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Deborah Amos about how Syrians are reacting to the news.
 

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June 16, 2013 | NPR · Weekend Edition Sunday Host Rachel Martin speaks with Karim Sadjadpour, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, to learn more about new Iran's president-elect, cleric Hassan Rouhani.
 

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Jun 8, 2013 — Fans of writer/producer/director Joss Whedon don't just kinda like him. They really love him. He also showed us some love after his interview with Morning Edition Host Renee Montagne on his latest film: a modern, black and white movie adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
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Apr 23, 2013 — The NPR Science desk and Morning Edition have teamed up for a series about one of the world's most celebrated and powerful beans (or berries really). It's Coffee Week, and we're getting in on the fun with a few mug shots. See if you can match these mugs with NPR mugs.
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Feb 28, 2013 — Hear comedian Mel Brooks tell NPR Host Renee Montagne about his long career in comedy, which song he's particularly proud of, and the movie he says went a little too far with the vulgar humor. And for the finale, a display of NPR love.
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Jan 31, 2013 — Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite have been talking about making an album together for 10 years, and now it's out. They came in to talk to NPR host Steve Inskeep for Morning Edition about harmonica playing, song writing, and Muddy Waters. The guys even had a little love duet to show for NPR.
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Jan 24, 2013 — Aaron Neville spoke with Host Renee Montagne about the new doo-wop album. We wish you could hear the unexpected show Neville gave us as he sang to himself in our lobby, but this photo of him loving NPR will have to do.
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Jan 16, 2013 — British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is taking the U.S. and the U.K. by storm with his Grammy-nominated song "The A Team." He talked to Morning Edition host David Greene about couch surfing his way to success, and before leaving, showed that he's singing our tune, with some NPR love.
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Jan 11, 2013 — Though we've retired our decorations for another year, we turned up a couple festive items left to brighten post-holiday spirits. While in Washington, D.C. for Morning Edition interviews about their holiday albums, Colbie Caillat and KEM warmed our hearts with their love for NPR.
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Jan 7, 2013 — Pushed by social media mores, we demand to know ever more about reporters online. But when Morning Edition went mainstream with innocent revelation, including a reporter's lack of information, listener complaints underlined the perils of the practice. We have no guidelines for a rapidly changing media world.
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Jan 3, 2013 — Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Sophie McShera, Elizabeth McGovern, Joanne Froggatt and Rob James-Collier of the popular PBS period drama Downton Abbey show a little love for NPR while in the States earlier this month.
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Jan 1, 2013 — On the first day of the first month of a brand new year, there couldn't be any better thing to celebrate than you, our listeners, making Morning Edition a part of your daily routine, and the most-listened-to radio news program in the country.
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