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From civil wars in Bosnia and El Salvador, to hospital rooms, police stations, and America's backyards, National Public Radio's Peabody Award-winning correspondent Scott Simon brings a well-traveled perspective to his role as host of Weekend Edition Saturday.

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Saturday, April 21, 2012

Campaign Finance Disclosures Mark A Turning Point

We have a new look at the fundraising contest being waged by President Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney. Romney may like to say the president is out of ideas, but Obama's re-election campaign is definitely not out of money.

Sports: Who's Starting Baseball Season Well

Host Scott Simon talks with ESPN's Howard Bryant about how teams are doing in the first few weeks of Major League Baseball, Fenway Park's 100-year anniversary and women's basketball coach Pat Summitt, who stepped aside this week.

Pole Vaulter Aims For New Heights And Olympic Gold

The world's top-ranked female pole vaulter lives and trains near Rochester, N.Y. After taking home the silver medal in the Beijing Olympics, 30-year-old Jenn Suhr, with support from her husband and coach Rick Ruhr, is gunning for gold in London. But first, she must qualify at the U.S. trials in June.

Prostitution's Real Casualties Aren't Secret Service

I've been curious about a question I haven't heard in the stories about U.S. Secret Service agents misbehaving before President Obama's arrival at the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia. Why were world leaders meeting in a place with legalized prostitution anyway?

Saturday, April 14, 2012

The Magnetic Fields: 'Out Late At A Bar, Writing A Song'

While composing the songs on his band's latest record, frontman Stephin Merritt felt most inspired with a cocktail in one hand and a pen in the other.

The Fourth Stooge: Memories Of 'Uncle Shemp'

NPR's Sue Goodwin says Hollywood may not always remember the man her father called "Uncle Shemp," but her family does.

World Smolders As Smoke Clears Over N. Korea

The failure of North Korea's rocket launch early Friday may have revealed serious technical flaws, but the fact that the launch took place at all underlined the international community's inability to prevent such acts.

'Prague Fatale': 'Downton Abbey With SS'

Author Philip Kerr's latest novel takes his wartime German gumshoe Bernie Gunther from Berlin to Prague at the behest of notorious SS boss Reynhard Heydrich. Gunther must solve an Agatha Christie-style country house murder mystery in which the suspects are all mass murderers already.

History Lost And Found: A Letter From Titanic

John Edward Simpson was a ship's doctor aboard the Titanic. He wrote a letter to his mother back home in Belfast, a few bits of news and fond wishes. The letter, sent from the great ship's last port of call, made it home. Simpson did not.

'Heretics': The Crisis Of American Christianity

Americans are still as religious as ever, says New York Times columnist Ross Douthat. It's the churches and institutions that have declined. In his latest book, Bad Religion, Douthat argues that the U.S. become a nation of heretics.

A Felon, But He'll Probably Be Re-Elected Anyway

A conviction on corruption charges isn't stopping former Pennsylvania state House Speaker Bill DeWeese from running for re-election. On the day he's likely to win the primary, the 17-term Democrat will become constitutionally ineligible to keep serving.

Who Is A Parent? Surrogate Technology Outpaces Law

For thousands of years, there was no doubt. A woman who gave birth was that child's mother, and her husband the presumed father. Thanks to scientific advances, multiple people may be involved in creating a child now, but the law has not caught up.

World Powers Meet With Iran For Nuclear Talks

Envoys from six world powers meet Iranian officials in Istanbul Saturday. It's the latest attempt to resolve the growing confrontation over Tehran's suspect nuclear program. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

Sports: NHL And NBA Playoffs

The march to the Stanley Cup is under way in Hockey. NBA teams are still jostling for spots in their post-season, and the Boston Celtics look like they're grinding their way to a fifth-consecutive playoff berth. Guest host Linda Wertheimer talks with NPR's Tom Goldman about playoffs in hockey and basketball.

Romney Talks Freedom At NRA Conference

He can't really call himself a big-time hunter, but Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney went to the annual National Rifle Association meeting loaded for bear. His wasn't a speech about guns, however. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports on Romney's first speech since Rick Santorum dropped out of the presidential race.

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