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Weekend Edition Saturday

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Saturday mornings are made for Weekend Edition Saturday, the program wraps up the week's news and offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories.

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Sports
3:28 am
Sat August 25, 2012

Armstrong's Decision Ripples Outside Of Sporting World

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Originally published on Sat August 25, 2012 7:16 am

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon and it's time for sports.

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2:47 am
Sat August 25, 2012

Apple Win Over Samsung Sends Message To Industry

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By Wendy Kaufman

Originally published on Sat August 25, 2012 7:16 am

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. Apple has won a decisive victory in a closely watched patent lawsuit. A federal jury in California yesterday ordered Samsung to pay Apple slightly more than $1 billion. The jury found that the world's largest maker of smartphones had essentially stolen iPhone and iPad technology. As NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports, the impact of the ruling is likely to be felt throughout the tech industry.

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2:47 am
Sat August 25, 2012

Need A Soprano? Get A Gibbon On Helium

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Originally published on Sat August 25, 2012 7:16 am

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

This just in: Gibbons on helium sing like sopranos. Wired magazine reports on a study at Kyoto University in which an ape named Fuku-chan was placed in a chamber filled with helium enriched air. This was not a party trick. Helium-rich air apparently allows scientists to more easily analyze vocalizations. Fuku-chan's bellow went from this:

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SIMON: To this:

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2:47 am
Sat August 25, 2012

Hurricane Andrew: Florida's Unwelcome Visitor

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By Kenny Malone

Originally published on Sat August 25, 2012 7:16 am

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Music Interviews
11:03 pm
Fri August 24, 2012

Sean Rowe: An Outdoorsman Enters Civilization

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Sean Rowe's new album is The Salesman and the Shark.
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Originally published on Sat August 25, 2012 7:16 am

Sean Rowe has a voice and a style that stands out in popular music. His voice is deep — really, truly deep — fine, and often doleful. He's a baritone troubadour who sings of roads not taken, regrets and the dreams that shake you awake at 3 in the morning.

After years of working bars, road houses and more bars, Rowe is playing concert stages and winning over critics for his story-songs and that remarkable voice. But, as he tells NPR's Scott Simon, he wasn't always so proud to be a singer.

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Music Al Fresco
11:03 pm
Fri August 24, 2012

A Roving Percussionist On The Big Easy's Busy Streets

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Clyde Casey has been performing on the streets of New Orleans for 40 years.
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Casey's machines feature an assortment of found objects, as well as traditional percussion instruments.
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Clyde Casey has been performing on the streets of New Orleans for 40 years.
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"I sit inside of it," Casey says of his percussion machine. "It's got four wheels — it's a quadcycle — and I'm able to pedal and play."
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Casey gets a little help from a fellow percussionist.
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Though they might draw a sidelong glance in another city, Casey and his machines are a natural fit in the eccentric atmosphere of New Orleans and its street performers.

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Originally published on Sat August 25, 2012 9:53 am

All summer long, Weekend Edition has been bringing listeners the sounds of music played outdoors by all manner of street performers. Of all the cities in America that embrace buskers, New Orleans, with its tradition of jazz and oompah bands at Mardi Gras, may be the most welcoming. It also happens to be a city with a certain eccentric flair — so Weekend Edition wasn't surprised to find Clyde Casey there.

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Music Interviews
11:03 pm
Fri August 24, 2012

Selah Sue: From Online Stardom To A Stage With Prince

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Selah Sue performs at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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Selah Sue performs at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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Originally published on Sat August 25, 2012 8:18 am

Just a small-town girl, living in a lonely world — in Belgium, with her guitar and a MySpace page. That's how Selah Sue used to introduce her music to those outside her hometown: with short videos made between high-school classes and weekend shows at local clubs, posted to her online journal.

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Sports
6:43 am
Sat August 18, 2012

Preparing For The 2012 Paralympic Games In London

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Originally published on Sat August 18, 2012 12:03 pm

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Americandy: Sweet Land Of Liberty
3:31 am
Sat August 18, 2012

Valomilks: A Sweet Treat That Runs Down Your Chin

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The family-owned Russel Sifers Candy Company has been making Valomilks — and only Valomilks — for decades.
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More than one million Valomilk packs pass through the Russell Sifers Candy Company's wrapping machine each year.
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Originally published on Sat August 18, 2012 2:23 pm

The Valomilk was once advertised as "the 5-cent candy bar with the 50-cent taste." And while the price has changed, the product has not.

For more than 80 years, the family-owned Russell Sifers Candy Company has been using the same recipe to churn out a rich concoction of chocolate and creamy marshmallow goo.

The candy-making machines are busy on the factory floor in Merriam, Kan., just southwest of Kansas City. This is the headquarters of the century-old company, where Russell Sifers himself is a fourth-generation candy maker.

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Middle East
3:31 am
Sat August 18, 2012

Fighting Continues To Scar Syrian Cities

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Originally published on Sat August 18, 2012 12:03 pm

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. The last U.N. military observers are pulling out of Syria today. Their mission has been made near impossible by the heavy fighting gripping the country.

A former Algerian foreign minister is taking over as U.N. envoy on Syria, but he's not optimistic about a quick end to the fighting. And neighboring Lebanon remains on edge, after a spate of kidnappings this week related to the Syrian conflict. NPR's Anthony Kuhn joins us from Beirut.

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