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4:25am March 12, 2025

by Michel Martin

U.S. resumes Ukraine military aid and intelligence sharing as Kyiv approves ceasefire, Education Department to cut nearly half of staff, House GOP spending plan to avert shutdown heads to the Senate.

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Small Churches Struggle To Find Organists And Pianists

by Anne Kniggendorf

At Christmastime in small towns, churches are trying to find organists — or even pianists. Sometimes piano-playing children have stepped up to fill the void.

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Seattle Man Plans To Memorize And Perform Joyce's 'Finnegans Wake'

Neal Kosaly-Meyer is memorizing and reciting a chapter a year of Finnegans Wake by James Joyce. He plans to finish by 2030. It took Joyce 17 years to write the book.

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Boeing Picks New CEO To 'Restore Confidence, Repair Relationships'

NPR's David Greene talks to aerospace analyst Richard Aboulafia about David Calhoun, who takes over as Boeing's CEO after the company suspended production of its 737 Max planes.

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Legion Of Christ In Mexico Reveals Its Founder Abused Dozens Of Minors

NPR's David Greene talks to journalist David Agren about sexual abuse within an ultra-conservative Catholic order in Mexico. A church report identified 33 priests of sexually abusing minors.

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50 Cent Gives His Son A Private Shopping Spree

50 Cent's son Sire didn't just want a toy from Toys R Us, he wanted the store. The rapper dropped $100,000 to temporarily dub the store "Sire's Toys R Us," and let his son pick out anything he wanted.

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Toddler Gets Really Excited About Her Christmas Present

Justice Mojica tried to prank his two-year-old daughter with the worst Christmas gift ever. But he and his wife were surprised by Aria's reaction. The video of her unwrapping a banana has gone viral.

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Companies Face An Uphill Battle Trying To Get Americans To Eat Bugs

by Darius Rafieyan

A new crop of young entrepreneurs are looking to capitalize on the latest food trend: eating bugs. The protein source is showing up on shelves at grocery chains.

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National

Shogun Santa Adds To The Festivities In LA's Little Tokyo

Visitors to Little Tokyo in Los Angeles can meet Shogun Santa. The tradition started in the 1980s but later faded away. Shogun Santa made a triumphant return a few years ago.

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Education

The Best Viral Classroom Moments Of 2019

by Anya Kamenetz

Social media gives us a look into the lives of students and teachers. Dozens of teachers used music, costumes and stunts to bring life to their classes this year.

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World News

British Girl Finds Christmas Card Message From Shanghai Prisoner

by Frank Langfitt

Inside a box of Christmas cards belonging to a 6-year-old girl, was one that read: We are foreign prisoners in China and forced to work against our will. Please help us and notify human rights group.

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News Brief: Boeing's Issues, Card Message, Catholic Church Abuse

Boeing has a new CEO but the same old problems. British girl finds message inside holiday card written by prisoner in Shanghai. Catholic order in Mexico reveals sexual abuse of minors in a report.

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4 Out Of 5 Smokers Are Male But Research Shows That Number Is Dropping

by Pien Huang

The number of men who use tobacco has declined for the first time since the World Health Organization started tracking it. The shift is significant because 80 percent of smokers are men.

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