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Sports

7:00 am

Wed June 13, 2012

Oklahoma City Rolls Past Miami In Game 1

By Tom Goldman

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The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Miami Heat 105-94 on Tuesday night in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

Politics

7:00 am

Wed June 13, 2012

Ariz. Voters Pick Giffords' Aide To Replace Her

By Ted Robbins

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Voters in Southern Arizona decided Tuesday who will replace former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords for the remainder of her term: her former district director, Ron Barber. Giffords resigned from Congress in January to focus on recovery from injuries she suffered in a shooting in early 2011. Barber was also injured. His Republican opponent, Tucson businessman Jesse Kelly, narrowly lost to Giffords two years ago.

Strange News

6:40 am

Wed June 13, 2012

Bacon Tops New Burger King Dessert

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Originally published on Wed June 13, 2012 7:00 am

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6:35 am

Wed June 13, 2012

Director Boyle Unveils Pastoral Olympics Opener

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Originally published on Wed June 13, 2012 7:00 am

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5:21 am

Wed June 13, 2012

Fencing's Father-Son Duo Hones An Olympic Dream

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Alexander Massialas (left) lands a touch on Britain's Keith Cook during last year's Fencing International Invitation in London.

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U.S. fencer Alexander Massialas pauses during practice with his father and coach, Greg Massialas.

By Krista Almanzan

Originally published on Wed June 13, 2012 8:17 pm

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5:12 am

Wed June 13, 2012

Ruling Could Help Break The Nuclear-Waste Logjam

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About 70,000 tons of used nuclear fuel sits mostly at power plants across the country. Much is kept underwater in spent fuel pools, but utility companies have been moving the fuel into concrete and steel casks like these in Richland, Wash. Energy Northwest CEO Vic Parrish (center) tours the facility with Reps. Doc Hastings (left) and Jay Inslee.

Credit Isaac Breekken / AP

Pete Vavricka conducts an underground train from the entrance of Yucca Mountain in Nevada in 2006. President Obama canceled the planned nuclear waste repository there in 2009.

By Christopher Joyce

Originally published on Wed June 13, 2012 12:43 pm

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The federal government promised almost 30 years ago to find a place to bury nuclear waste from power plants. It hasn't. So the waste is piling up at power plants around the country.

Now a federal court says the government must prove that this temporary solution is truly safe. The decision could help break the nuclear-waste logjam.

5:03 am

Wed June 13, 2012

Spain's Bank Yenta On What Went Wrong

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Angel Borges, matchmaker.

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Originally published on Mon July 9, 2012 8:55 pm

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A couple years ago, Spain hatched a plan to help its small, regional banks. The banks, called cajas, had made lots of bad loans during Spain's real estate bubble.

The plan: Merge the bad cajas with the good ones, in order to make the losses more manageable and bring down overhead.

The government brought in Angel Borges, a banking consultant from Madrid, as a sort of yenta — a matchmaker who was supposed to help the cajas get together.

4:41 am

Wed June 13, 2012

Traces Of Virus In Man Cured Of HIV Trigger Scientific Debate

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Timothy Ray Brown, widely known in research circles as the Berlin patient, was cured of his HIV infection by bone marrow transplants. Now scientists are trying to make sense of the traces of HIV they've found in some cells of his body.

By Richard Knox

Originally published on Wed June 13, 2012 8:31 am

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Top AIDS scientists are scratching their heads about new data from the most famous HIV patient in the world — at least to people in the AIDS community.

Timothy Ray Brown, known as the Berlin patient, is thought to be the first patient ever to be cured of HIV infection.

Jonathan Ahl joined Iowa Public Radio as News Director in July 2008. He leads the news and talk show teams in field reporting, feature reporting, audio documentaries, and talk show content. With more than 17 years in public media, Jonathan is a nationally award-winning reporter that has worked at public radio stations in Macomb, Springfield and Peoria, IL. He served WCBU-FM in Peoria as news director before coming to Iowa. He also served as a part-time instructor at Bradley University teaching journalism and writing courses. Jonathan is currently serving a second term as president of PRNDI – the Public Radio News Directors, Incorporated.

Jonathan has a master's degree in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois - Springfield along with a bachelor's degree from Western Illinois University.

Jonathan’s favorite public radio program is All Things Considered.

Revolutionary Road Trip

4:30 am

Wed June 13, 2012

In The New Libya, Lots Of Guns And Calls For Shariah

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Libyans rally in favor of Shariah law, in Benghazi, eastern Libya. The city was the birthplace of the uprising that ousted Moammar Gadhafi.

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Weapons were openly displayed at the demonstration.

By Steve Inskeep

Originally published on Wed June 13, 2012 3:33 pm

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Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep is taking a Revolutionary Road Trip across North Africa to see how the countries that staged revolutions last year are remaking themselves. Steve and his team are traveling some 2,000 miles from Tunisia's ancient city of Carthage, across the deserts of Libya and on to Egypt's megacity of Cairo. In the Libyan towns of Benghazi and Derna, he talks to Islamists about their desire to see a new Libya ruled by Shariah law.

The other day in Benghazi, Libya, we found our vehicle surrounded by truckloads of men with machine guns.

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