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BUSINESS / NATION

NPR’s Morning Edition
SARS fears hurt Chinatown business
Length: 4:05
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Morning Edition, May 9, 2003 • The University of California at Berkeley announces that students from several Asian countries won't be allowed to attend summer school. School officials are concerned that they have no facilities to quarantine students who may contract severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS. Fears about the spread of SARS are also affecting business in San Francisco's Chinatown. Deirdre Kennedy of member station KQED reports.

NPR’s On the Media
San Francisco Examiner Sale
Length: 7:39
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The San Francisco Examiner goes on the block, after its parent company buys the competing San Francisco Chronicle. Deirdre Kennedy reports on the strange marriage that already exists between the two papers and what their future holds.

SCIENCE & HEALTH

NPR’s Morning Edition
Sea Birds
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Sea birds are disappearing from the Pacific Northwest flyway. Scientists are trying to figure out if it’s part of a natural cycle, or a sign of something more ominous. Deirdre Kennedy reports from Seattle.

NPR’s Morning Edition
Proposed National Biodefense Lab Faces Opposition
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The University of California at Davis seeks to build a biodefense center on campus to study lethal pathogens such as anthrax, Ebola and SARS. But the Davis city council considers joining a lawsuit filed to keep the lab out of the city, citing security concerns. Hear Deirdre Kennedy of member station KQED.

ARTS & CULTURE

NPR All Things Considered
Sound Artist Trimpin's 'Phffft'
Length: 7:53
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German installation artist Trimpin has created two new sound sculptures of found objects. One called Phffffft is a room full of duck calls, organ pieces, fake trombones and homemade flutes that emit circus-like melodies. The other “fire organ” drives flames through plastic tubes to create an ethereal sound.

KQED FM
New Century Chamber Orchestra
Length: 7:07
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NCCO performs works by Shostakovich and new works created for opera singer Frederica von Stada by composer Jake Heggie. We talk to von Stada about their work together and explore Heggie’s development as an up and coming composer with the San Francisco Opera.