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Steve Inskeep & Renee Montagne

Produced by NPR in Washington, D.C., Morning Edition draws on reporting from correspondents based in 13 countries around the world, and producers and reporters in 19 locations in the U.S. Their reporting is supplemented by NPR member station reporters across the country and a strong corps of independent producers and reporters in the public radio system.

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Around the Nation
6:12 am
Wed January 16, 2013

Mass. Pub Names Changed Until After Playoff Game

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A Massachusetts man owns the Raven's Nest and the Mad Raven. The trouble is, he's in New England. Pro football's New England Patriots are prepping for a playoff game against the Baltimore Ravens. He temporarily renamed his bars the Patriot's Nest and the Mad Patriot.

Around the Nation
6:02 am
Wed January 16, 2013

Wayne Dobson Doesn't Have Your Lost Cellphone

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Many cell phones allow you to track them using GPS if they go missing. But the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports a technical glitch has, for two years, directed some Sprint customers who've lost their phones to the home of Wayne Dobson. Sprint says it's researching the problem.

Business
4:37 am
Wed January 16, 2013

Sick Workers' Dilemma: Stay Home Or Go To Work?

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Chaim Gross, 24, is known as "Patient Zero" at his company Zeno Radio. About half of the workers have fallen ill in the past couple of months.
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Lauren Kay, 23, runs SmartSitting, a nanny and baby-sitter agency in Brooklyn. She says about one-fifth of her nannies have called in sick in the past three weeks.
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By Ailsa Chang

Originally published on Wed January 16, 2013 7:18 am

As the earliest flu outbreak in years continues to claim victims, businesses are taking a hit, too. They're faced with an unsolvable problem: If they tell too many sick employees to stay home, the work doesn't get done. But when people sick with flu and other bugs show up, they're spreading illness through the workplace.

It's a dilemma the staff at Zeno Radio, a media technology company in Midtown Manhattan, has seen unfold this winter.

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Asia
4:37 am
Wed January 16, 2013

Japan Grounds All Boeing Dreamliners

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By Wendy Kaufman

Originally published on Wed January 16, 2013 5:04 am

The move came just hours after an All Nippon Airlines 787 was forced to make an emergency landing after the pilot detected an apparent problem with the planes electrical system.

Business
4:37 am
Wed January 16, 2013

Who Is The Real Victims Of The NHL Lockout?

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Originally published on Wed January 16, 2013 4:59 am

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RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

The lockout is over and the much delayed National Hockey League's season is now set to begin on Saturday. The regular season will run 48 games instead of the usual 82.

So what's the economic effect of missing almost half the season? NPR's Mike Pesca finds, not as bad as you might think.

MIKE PESCA, BYLINE: We've all seen the reports during the lockout, the empty bar near the arena should be brimming with Bruins backers or a Washington Avalanche acolytes. Or maybe it's not a bar. Maybe it's pizza in Pittsburgh.

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