4:00am

Fri June 17, 2011
Europe

Greeks, Government Divided On Spending Cuts

Greece seems to be heading for early elections as the country digests the results of the political turmoil of the last three days. Prime Minister George Papandreou looks to be staying in power at least for now. But there is growing opposition to his policy of bowing to pressure from international lenders for more spending and benefit cuts.

4:00am

Fri June 17, 2011
Business

Pilots Vote Will Decide Frontier's Future

Pilots at Denver-based Frontier Airlines are voting whether to reduce their pay and benefits to keep their employer in business. In exchange, they'll get a stake in the airline, which NPR's Jeff Brady says has been losing a lot of money.

4:00am

Fri June 17, 2011
Politics

Scandal Forces Rep. Anthony Weiner To Leave Office

Weiner says the distraction he created with the handling of his sexting scandal made it impossible for him to remain in office.

4:00am

Fri June 17, 2011
Business

The Last Word In Business

Steve Inskeep has today's Last Word in Business.

4:00am

Fri June 17, 2011
NPR Story

Russia Keeps Mum On What To Do About Syria

Throughout the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, Russia has kept analysts guessing. On Libya for example, the Russians refused to back a UN Security Council resolution and accused NATO of over-stepping its military mandate. But then, Moscow demanded Moammar Gadhafi leave power, and even offered to mediate his exit. NPR's David Greene has more on Russia's diplomacy.

4:00am

Fri June 17, 2011
NPR Story

Syrian Activist Dodges Authorities On Streets, Online

When one man first began writing about the uprising against the regime in Syria, he was terrified. But now he and other Syrians realize there is a certain measure of virtual freedom to be had online. He uses his real name in interviews now, and believes Syrians will not go back to living in fear of the authorities.

2:23am

Fri June 17, 2011
NPR FM Berlin Blog

Dispatch From Abroad: Riding The Trans-Siberian Railway

The enchanting and mysterious Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest of its kind.

Snaking through Russia at 60 km/h, it links Moscow with Vladivostok, a city a mere stone's throw from North Korea, and covers a distance of 9288 km.

However, an increasingly popular route is to ride the rails from Moscow down to Beijing via Mongolia, or vice-versa, covering a distance just shy of 6000 km and utilizing both the Trans-Siberian and the Trans-Mongolian railways.

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12:01am

Fri June 17, 2011
Kentucky Arts and Culture

Tourist Attractions now Attract Kentuckians

Summer destinations rely more this year on their neighbors for support.  Instead of tourists, summer events like the Ichthus Christian Rock Festival near Wilmore, The Stephen Foster Story in Bardstown and A Grand Night for Singing at the University of Kentucky, now target local audiences.  Reporter Rich Copley of the Lexington Herald Leader offers an explanation.

12:01am

Fri June 17, 2011
Movie Interviews

Journalists Navigate New 'Times' In 'Page One'

There was a time when The New York Times was known as a leader in daily news. Today, the new documentary Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times finds that paper struggling to get a footing in the new media landscape.

Beginning in 2009, filmmaker Andrew Rossi spent over a year embedded with the Times' media desk. Rossi tells NPR's Renee Montagne that he was attracted to the "play within a play" quality of shadowing media writers at a time when the paper was renegotiating its place in the media world.

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12:01am

Fri June 17, 2011
Planet Money

How To Buy A Stolen Credit Card

Credit Joe Raedle / Getty Images

To find the online megamall for stolen credit cards, I have to go to Pittsburgh.

That's where Keith Mularski works. He's a cybercrime agent with the FBI, and he's going to show me how to buy thousands of stolen credit card numbers.

Mularski pulls up a login screen on his browser.

To even be able to see this site — to register and get a password here — Mularski had to use an an alias to persuade two criminals already on the inside to vouch for his criminality.

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