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'Homeland,' 'Modern Family' Are Big Emmy Winners

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Originally published on Mon September 24, 2012 10:10 am

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

"Homeland" and "Modern Family" were big winners last night at the Emmy Awards. For Showtime, the "Homeland" win was a first-ever Emmy for a drama series.

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

It's a thriller about the CIA fighting terrorism in the U.S. It also won acting awards for Claire Danes and Damian Lewis.

(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE 2012 EMMY AWARDS")

4:07 am

Mon September 24, 2012

Politics In The News

By David Greene

Originally published on Tue September 25, 2012 8:08 am

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

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

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

And I'm David Greene.

It's the final week before the debates begin and the presidential candidates are stepping up their campaigning as they try to shake loose what polls are still showing to be a very tight race. We'll hear about one of those polls of rural voters in just a minute. But first, both President Obama and Governor Mitt Romney appeared last night on the CBS program "60 Minutes."

2:57 am

Mon September 24, 2012

South African Children's Hospital Closed Under Apartheid To Reopen

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The Durban Children's hospital opened in 1931, as a facility for all races, but tensions during the apartheid era forced it to close in the 1980s.

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Now boarded up and in disrepair, the Durban Children's Hospital was designed in the 1920s with stately porches and huge windows facing the Indian Ocean.

By Jason Beaubien

Originally published on Tue September 25, 2012 8:08 am

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A large children's hospital in Durban, South Africa, is being rebuilt two decades after it closed owing to apartheid. It opened in 1931 as a facility for all races, but racial tensions in the 1980s forced its closure.

Now with Durban and the surrounding province of KwaZulu-Natal extremely hard hit by AIDS and tuberculosis, local leaders are hopeful they can begin reopening the hospital early in 2013.

2:26 am

Mon September 24, 2012

Ads Slice Up Swing States With Growing Precision

By Ari Shapiro

Originally published on Tue September 25, 2012 8:08 am

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2:24 am

Mon September 24, 2012

Grizzly Bear On Candor, Democracy And Too Much Music

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Grizzly Bear

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Originally published on Mon September 24, 2012 10:10 am

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Grizzly Bear, which has just released its fourth studio album, Shields, spoke to Morning Edition host David Greene about democracy within the band, censorship and candor in interviews, and achieving success as an indie band. Hear the radio version at the audio link and read part of their conversation below.

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On division of labor in Grizzly Bear

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