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Theater
11:41 pm
Thu April 26, 2012

Managing The Gershwins' Lucrative Musical Legacy

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In Nice Work If You Can Get It, Matthew Broderick plays Jimmy Winter, a New York playboy of the Prohibition era. The show is at the Imperial Theatre.
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In Porgy and Bess, Serena (Bryonha Marie Parham) and Maria (NaTasha Yvette Williams) give Porgy (Norm Lewis) some distressing news. The show is is playing at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
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Originally published on Fri April 27, 2012 4:24 am

In the 1920s, it wasn't uncommon for the Gershwin Brothers — composer George and lyricist Ira — to have two shows running on Broadway at the same time. What's surprising is that this season, 75 years after George's death, it's happening again, with Porgy and Bess and Nice Work If You Can Get It.

It's no coincidence: Both shows were generated by the Gershwin estates, the nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews charged with looking after a legacy that's not only highly loved, but immensely lucrative — a multimillion-dollar-a-year responsibility.

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Europe
4:34 am
Thu April 26, 2012

Swedish Woman Gets Invitation Meant For Official

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Originally published on Thu April 26, 2012 6:21 am

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Around the Nation
4:25 am
Thu April 26, 2012

Research Examines Newly-Drafted NFL Quarterbacks

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Originally published on Thu April 26, 2012 6:21 am

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Asia
2:05 am
Thu April 26, 2012

Pakistan's Prime Minister Found Guilty Of Contempt

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Originally published on Thu April 26, 2012 6:21 am

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Pakistan faces even more political uncertainty. The country's supreme court today found the prime minister guilty of contempt of court. Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani had resisted demands by the court that he press authorities in Switzerland to pursue money laundering charges there against his boss, the president of Pakistan. NPR's Julie McCarthy has been following this story. She was at the court in Islamabad.

Hi, Julie.

JULIE MCCARTHY, BYLINE: Hi, Steve.

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Politics
2:00 am
Thu April 26, 2012

Obama To Begin Campaigning In Earnest

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Originally published on Thu April 26, 2012 6:21 am

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep.

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And I'm Renee Montagne.

For the president, next week is being billed as the official launch of his re-election campaign. Mr. Obama will be holding rallies in the swing states of Ohio and Virginia. But it would be hard to tell a difference from this week, when Mr. Obama made a tour of college campuses in three other battleground states.

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Media
1:45 am
Thu April 26, 2012

Panel: Murdoch Is Too Powerful In U.K.

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Originally published on Thu April 26, 2012 6:21 am

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This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.

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Asia
1:45 am
Thu April 26, 2012

Pakistani Group Tries To Keep Sons From Being Radicalized

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Originally published on Thu April 26, 2012 9:32 am

Renee Montagne talks to Pakistani peace activist Mossarat Qadeem about how women can help moderate extremism in Pakistan. Qadeem works with mothers of young men who are at risk for joining the Taliban. She helps reintegrate young men through job training and education programs.

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1:25 am
Thu April 26, 2012

Checking In On Eurozone Economies

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Young corn plants grow next to the Guardian Energy ethanol plant in Janesville, Minn. Five years ago, the U.S. government projected that in 2012, ethanol production would use up 30 percent of the nation's corn supply. Last year, it used 40 percent.
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A 45-cent-per-gallon government subsidy for ethanol producers ended earlier this year, but there's still a mandate that forces refineries to blend ethanol with gasoline. Before the mandate, refineries used about half as much ethanol as they do today.
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Originally published on Thu April 26, 2012 10:28 am

Five years ago, ethanol was seen as the next big thing to wean the U.S. off foreign oil. Then some studies on the corn-based fuel cast doubt on its environmental benefits, and auto companies turned their attention to hybrids and electric cars. The hype died off, but the ethanol industry is alive and well, driving a big change in America's corn consumption.

Rising up out of the corn fields outside Lake Odessa, Mich., is the ethanol refinery for Carbon Green Bioenergy. The company's CEO, Mitch Miller, says a lot of refineries were popping up when this one was built in 2006.

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1:25 am
Thu April 26, 2012

The Last Word In Business

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Originally published on Thu April 26, 2012 6:21 am

The Netherlands Energy Co. is running an ad promoting its free beer taps. The ad contains a warning for Netherlands women: Prevent your husbands from traveling to Ukraine to see this summer's European soccer championship. The ad says the men might be seduced by beautiful Ukrainian women, so better that they stay home and drink beer.

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1:25 am
Thu April 26, 2012

Hague To Issue Verdict Against Charles Taylor

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Originally published on Thu April 26, 2012 6:21 am

A special tribunal in The Hague has found former Liberian President Charles Taylor guilty of aiding war crimes. Taylor armed fighters in neighboring Sierra Leone in return for "blood diamonds."

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