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Monday

Discarded Mobile Homes a Growing Problem

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports that some local governments are taking steps to rid their communities of junked mobile homes. In some rural areas, there are thousands of abandoned trailers dumped in the woods and along roadsides. They are often difficult and costly to remove.

Discarded Mobile Homes a Growing Problem

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Last Known Civil War Widow Dies at 97

Alberta Martin, the last known widow of a civil war veteran, has died at the age of 97. Alberta Martin married William Japser Martin, a Confederate veteran, in 1927, when she was 21 and he was 81. William Martin died less than four years later, and Alberta Martin married his grandson two months after that. Hear NPR's Melissa Block.

Last Known Civil War Widow Dies at 97

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Business

Station Retailers Calibrate Gas Price Hikes

Gas prices have been soaring, but consumers may not realize the last few pennies are tacked on at the filling station itself. Independent and affiliated station operators, left to eke out their profits from retail sales, use differing strategies to appeal to customers. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

Station Retailers Calibrate Gas Price Hikes

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Bush, Kerry Mark Memorial Day

Both President George Bush and Sen. John Kerry take part in Memorial Day services to honor America's war dead. The president laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington Cemetery, while Kerry visited the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

Bush, Kerry Mark Memorial Day

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Miami Offers Aid to Hispaniola Flood Victims

Immigrants from Haiti and Dominican Republic are gathering donations to help flood survivors in their home countries. Torrential rainstorms on Hispaniola, the island the two countries share, have killed at least 900 people. Shannon Novak in Miami reports.

Miami Offers Aid to Hispaniola Flood Victims

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Violent Storms Strike in Midwest

Powerful storms damage portions of the Midwest. For the second time in a week, a string of violent storms killed people and damaged property in several states. The region was struck by flash flooding last week. Chad Bouchard of member station WFIU in Bloomington, Ind., reports.

Violent Storms Strike in Midwest

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Alabama GOP Primary

Some of Alabama's candidates in Tuesday's Republican primary are using an unlikely figure to gain support -- former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore. Moore was removed from his post after defying a federal order to remove a Ten Commandments monument from Alabama's state judicial building. Melanie Peeples reports.

Alabama GOP Primary

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Morning Edition

A Historic Resting Place

Arlington National Cemetery gets most of the attention on Memorial Day. But the older, smaller Congressional Cemetery -- burial place to veterans, congressmen and other Washington, D.C., residents -- is also full of history. NPR's Susan Stamberg reports.

A Historic Resting Place

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Sunday

Archibald Cox, Watergate Figure, Dies at 92

NPR's Liane Hansen has a remembrance of Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who died yesterday at 92. Cox served as special prosecutor for six months, before he was fired in the "Saturday Night Massacre."

Archibald Cox, Watergate Figure, Dies at 92

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Vacationers Adjust to Gas Hike

Drivers across the country alter their plans and expectations, adjusting to the skyrocketing price of gasoline. Some 31 million Americans are estimated to be on the nation's roads this holiday weekend. NPR's Scott Horsley.

Vacationers Adjust to Gas Hike

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TV Shakes Up Summer Programming

The new summer TV season will include far more debuts and features than in previous years, say industry observers. Summer, long a season of re-runs, is increasingly being viewed as a television season of its own. Fox TV, for one, is offering brand new shows. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to Bruce Fretts, a senior correspondent for TV Guide.

TV Shakes Up Summer Programming

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Replacing Notorious Abu Ghraib Prison

NPR's Laura Sydell examines the costs and logistical problems involved in building a new prison in Iraq, to replace the infamous Abu Ghraib facility. This past week, President Bush promised to tear down Abu Ghraib and build a new detention center.

Replacing Notorious Abu Ghraib Prison

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Political Fallout of Abu Ghraib Scandal

The political fallout of the Iraq war and the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal are still being measured. Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee -- Indiana Democrat Evan Bayh and Republican John Cornyn of Texas -- say it's too soon to judge the impact at the polls. Hear NPR's Linda Wertheimer.

Political Fallout of Abu Ghraib Scandal

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Lynndie England's Lawyer Sets Strategy

Army Private Lynndie England is one of the soldiers seen in humiliating photographs of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports on the legal strategy of England's lawyer, Rose Mary Zapor. England's first military hearing is scheduled to begin June 21 at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.

Lynndie England's Lawyer Sets Strategy

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General Investigates Intelligence Role in Prison Abuses

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports on Maj. Gen. George Fay, who is investigating the role that military intelligence officers may have played in abusing Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison.

General Investigates Intelligence Role in Prison Abuses

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