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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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NPR Story
3:21 am
Mon May 13, 2013

'Impossible Odds' Details Aid Workers Dramatic Rescue From Somali Pirates

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Originally published on Mon May 13, 2013 11:59 am

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Now a story of "Impossible Odds," that's the title of a new book by Jessica Buchanan. She's an American aid worker who was kidnapped in Somalia back in 2011. Her new book recounts the terrifying experience. It's co-written with her husband and fellow aid worker, Erik Landemalm. The couple was based in northern Somalia, considered the safer part of a country that to this day they feel an affection for.

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All Tech Considered
2:06 am
Mon May 13, 2013

Google Fights Glass Backlash Before It Even Hits The Street

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A visitor at the "NEXT Berlin" conference tries out Google Glass on April 24 in Berlin.
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Originally published on Mon May 13, 2013 10:57 am

Google Glass isn't even for sale yet, but it's already facing backlash.

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Shots - Health News
2:02 am
Mon May 13, 2013

Cases Of Mysterious Valley Fever Rise In American Southwest

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Emily Gorospe, 8, loves to dance and usually can't sit still, so her parents started to worry when she became very tired two years ago. Emily was eventually diagnosed with valley fever, a fungal disease that 150,000 people contract each year.
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Winemaker Todd Schaefer will take anti-fungal medication for the rest of his life. Not only does it cause nausea and vomiting, but it means he can't drink his own wine.
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Valley fever is caused by tiny spores that live in California and Arizona soil. When the spores are disturbed, they can be inhaled into the lungs, so people who work outside are at higher risk of contracting it.
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Todd and Tammy Schaefer walk through a neighbor's vineyard with their Old English mastiff, Daisy Ray. Todd was working in a vineyard when he contracted valley fever about 10 years ago and has since struggled with his health.
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Originally published on Mon May 13, 2013 3:01 pm

When she was just 6, Emily Gorospe became very tired and sick. The spunky girl, now 8, developed a fever that wouldn't go away, and red blotches appeared across her body.

"She's got so much energy usually," says Emily's mother, Valerie Gorospe. "Just walking from one part of the house ... she was drained." The little girl was also very pale. "She just didn't look like herself," Valerie recalls.

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Author Interviews
2:00 am
Mon May 13, 2013

After Leaving Senate, Snowe Is Still 'Fighting For Common Ground'

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A Republican from Maine, Olympia Snowe served as a U.S. Senator from 1995 to 2013. Above, she speaks at a news conference in South Portland, Maine, in March 2012.
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Originally published on Mon May 13, 2013 8:18 am

As a Republican senator from Maine, Olympia Snowe was known for her willingness to stand alone. A moderate with independent views, she had substantial influence in the health care debate as both sides vied for her vote. Earlier this year she left the Senate, out of frustration, she says, with the inability to get anything done.

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Environment
11:30 pm
Sun May 12, 2013

Atop A Hawaiian Mountain, A Constant Sniff For Carbon Dioxide

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Researchers use the 120-foot tower atop Mauna Loa in Hawaii to collect air samples and measure the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Mauna Kea looms in the distance.
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Aidan Colton is a research scientist at the Mauna Loa Observatory. Here in the "carbon cycle room," he measures the amount of carbon dioxide, methane and carbon monoxide in air from intake ports at the top of a 120-foot tower outside the lab.
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Originally published on Tue May 14, 2013 12:22 pm

Climate scientists have a good reason to want to get away from it all. To get an accurate picture of the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere, you have to find places where the numbers won't be distorted by cities or factories or even lots of vegetation that can have a major local impact on CO2 concentrations.

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