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Weekend Edition

Scott Simon/ Audie Cornish

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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U.S.
6:25 am
Sat March 9, 2013

Found At Sea, Civil War Sailors Buried In Arlington

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Originally published on Sat March 9, 2013 7:18 am

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

Two American sailors were laid to rest yesterday at Arlington National Cemetery more than 150 years after they died.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC, "TAPS")

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Middle East
6:25 am
Sat March 9, 2013

When Insects Go Biblical: Swarms Head Toward Israel

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Originally published on Sun March 10, 2013 7:47 am

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

If it just sounded like this, might not be all that bad.

(SOUNDBITE OF GRASSHOPPER)

SIMON: That's a grasshopper, and this is the sound of what happens when grasshoppers go biblical, and become a swarm of locusts.

(SOUNDBITE OF SWARM OF LOCUSTS)

SIMON: Just such a swarm of locusts have entered Israel's Negeve desert on Friday and that's bad news for farmers because the insects eat everything that's green.

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Around the Nation
6:25 am
Sat March 9, 2013

Amid Unemployment Numbers, Faces Of Those Who've Lost Hope

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Originally published on Sat March 9, 2013 7:18 am

Host Scott Simon talks with people who have spent months trying to find work about how they are making ends meet.

The Salt
5:15 am
Sat March 9, 2013

Career Suicide Or Lifesaver? Why A Professional Foodie Went Vegetarian

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Washington Post food editor Joe Yonan has made the decision to go vegetarian.
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Yonan says he became a vegetarian in part for health reason, but also for environmental ones.
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By Lydia Zuraw

Originally published on Sat March 9, 2013 4:53 pm

It takes an adventurous palate to be a food journalist, who must sample and judge from a wide world of cuisines. So it's understandable why some chefs and foodies might be suspicious of a food editor who decides to cut himself off from a broad swath of eating possibilities by becoming vegetarian.

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StoryCorps
4:42 am
Sat March 9, 2013

Returning From Duty, Finding Families' Embrace

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Luke and Mark Radlinski reunite at the airport after Mark's deployment in 2007.
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Talana and Willie with their mother, Felicia Banks, who served in Iraq in 2005.
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Originally published on Sat March 9, 2013 11:29 am

StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative records stories from members of the military who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many of the participants in this project have been speaking about being separated from their loved ones.

This week, Weekend Edition is featuring two stories of families reuniting after deployment.

Brothers' Bond

Both of the Radlinski brothers served in the Navy. Luke deployed in 2001 to the Persian Gulf in support of the conflict in Afghanistan. His brother, Mark, went to Iraq in 2006.

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