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6:54 am
Sat July 14, 2012

Italians Commemorate Costa Concordia Wreck

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Work has begun to remove the tons of rocky reef embedded into the Concordia cruise ship's hull, off Giglio Island in Italy. The plan is to eventually tow the wreck away from the island in one piece.
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Giglio Island's nature-loving tourists have been replaced by day-trippers who want a look at the massive wreck of the Costa Concordia.
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Originally published on Mon July 16, 2012 3:54 pm

Last January, the captain of the Italian mega-cruise ship Costa Concordia committed an apparent act of maritime bravado a few yards from the shore of a Tuscan island. Thirty people were killed, and two are still missing.

Six months after one of the biggest passenger shipwrecks in recent history, relatives of the dead attended a memorial service Friday near the site of the disaster.

The solemn notes of Mozart's Requiem echoed through the small church of Saints Lorenzo and Mamiliano on the island of Giglio.

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Fresh Air Weekend
6:43 am
Sat July 14, 2012

Fresh Air Weekend: Iraq, Guthrie, 'Margaret'

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In Margaret, Lisa (Anna Paquin) distracts a bus driver, which leads to an accident in which a pedestrian is run over and dies.
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Originally published on Sat July 14, 2012 11:26 am

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors, and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:


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The Record
5:20 am
Sat July 14, 2012

He Keeps fun. Running

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Shane Timm tunes Jack Antonoff's guitar on the stage at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn before a fun. show in June.
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All Access: fun. guitar picks alongside tech Shane Timm's keys and back stage pass for the band's European tour.
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A Tech's Nemesis: Jack Antonoff's 1968 Gibson ES-330 electric guitar.
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Guitar tech Shane Timm (right) and fun.'s keyboard player Andrew Dost on stage in Brooklyn.
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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 6:31 pm

When NPR's Scott Simon spoke with singer Nate Ruess of the band fun. three weeks ago, the band was wrapping up a marathon tour of the United States in support of its album Some Nights and the hit single "We Are Young."

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Politics
4:57 am
Sat July 14, 2012

'Exhaustion' Can Signify A Lot More Than 'Tired'

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The office of U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. initially said he had gone into seclusion for exhaustion. Later, that was revised to a mood disorder.
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The 1972 Democratic ticket of George McGovern (right) for president and Thomas F. Eagleton for vice president lasted only 18 days. Eagleton was dropped after telling reporters he'd had electroshock treatments for depression.
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We may never know all the reasons why Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., has dropped out of sight, but history teaches us that if a public figure is linked to "exhaustion," the word can be code for something more problematic than simply being tired.

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Food
4:51 am
Sat July 14, 2012

Three Beers To Cheer Your Summer Suppers

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Originally published on Wed July 18, 2012 10:58 am

When the mercury's soaring, a cold, refreshing beer can be the best part of summer. As part of our occasional Taste of Summer series, we asked beer expert Graham Haverfield to recommend a few of his seasonal favorites.

Haverfield is the beer director for the Wine Library in Springfield Township, N.J. He's also a certified cicerone, or beer server. "Summer beers are typically lighter in body, they're typically a little lower in alcohol," he tells NPR's Scott Simon.

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