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Weekend Edition is a two-hour weekend morning newsmagazine covering hard news, a wide variety of newsmakers, and cultural stories with care, accuracy, and a wink of humor. 

 

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NPR Story
6:00 am
Sat January 28, 2012

Obama's Plan To Kick-Start Housing Market

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Originally published on Sat January 28, 2012 8:46 am

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

The future of the state of the U.S. housing market was a primary focus for the White House this week. On Tuesday's State of the Union address, President Obama unveiled a new plan to try to correct the housing downturn. It would allow qualifying homeowners the chance to refinance their mortgages at historically low rates.

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6:00 am
Sat January 28, 2012

Egyptians Divide As They Celebrate Together

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This week, Egyptians marked the first anniversary of the uprising that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. Deepening political divisions between pro-Islamist and secular protesters marred the event, erupting into violent scuffles. NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson reports.

NPR Story
6:00 am
Sat January 28, 2012

Changes Stir Cuba's Communist Conference

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Simon Says
5:40 am
Sat January 28, 2012

A Fan's Notes On Pro Sports, Brain Damage

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Trainers help Cleveland Browns quarterback Colt McCoy after he took a hit during a game in December. In a series of interviews with The Associated Press, 23 of 44 NFL players said they would try to hide a brain injury rather than leave a game.
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Originally published on Sat January 28, 2012 11:31 am

I will watch the Super Bowl next weekend, along with several billion other people. I expect to cheer, shout and have some guacamole.

But as a fan, I'm finding it a little harder to cheer, especially for my favorite football and hockey players, without thinking: They're hurting themselves.

Not just breaks and sprains but dangerous, disabling brain damage.

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Television
4:19 am
Sat January 28, 2012

'Smash' Stars An 'Interesting Tribe': Theater People

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Ingenue or Leading Lady: Ivy Bell (Megan Hilty, left) and Karen (Katharine McPhee, right) compete for the coveted lead role in a new Marilyn Monroe Broadway musical in Smash, which premieres Feb. 6 on NBC.
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Theresa Rebeck, creator and executive producer of Smash.
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Dream-Making Team: Anjelica Huston plays an influential theater producer and Jack Davenport plays the new musical's director.
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NBC's new drama, Smash, plumbs the drama behind the curtain. The series is the story of a Broadway musical — from the first idea, to auditions, rehearsals and the big premiere.

Theresa Rebeck is the show's creator and executive producer. She's also a screenwriter, playwright and a Broadway veteran — with a hit play "Seminar," that's now on Broadway.

Rebeck tells Weekend Edition host Scott Simon that Smash is a "workplace drama — it's just that the workplace is a musical."

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