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English Town Plans To Commemorate Luddites

March 19, 2010 - Nearly 200 years ago, workers in England took up arms against technology. Weavers protested the advent of mechanized looms with violence. Named for weaver Ned Lud, the Luddites feared machines would make hand weaving extinct. The people of Huddersfield are rising up again, but this time to commemorate the city's 19th century weavers.

Jaguar Once Driven By Queen Is Up For Sale

March 19, 2010 - A Jaguar driven by Britain's Queen Elizabeth between 2001 and 2004 is up for sale. A memorabilia dealer bought it after the Queen owned it, and now he's selling it. The car comes with some regal extras — including an armrest designed to hold the Queen's famous handbag.

Will The Real 'Music City' USA Please Stand Up

March 19, 2010 - While the music festival South by Southwest attracts thousands of industry types to Austin, Texas, other locales are trying to make sure the host city doesn't get too much credit as being the "music city." Places like Nashville, Seattle and even the state of Louisiana have sent contingents to Austin to promote their own ties to music.

Billionaire Investor Wannabe Rock Star?

March 19, 2010 - Warren Buffett can be seen in a video dressed and singing like Axel Rose of Guns and Roses. The video was made by employees of Buffett's car insurance company Geico. Every year Geico workers put together a music video for their annual meeting. They told Time magazine that this year they wanted to come up with the most "ridiculous" outfit they could think up for their billionaire owner.

CBO Figures Show Health Care Bill Would Cut Deficit

March 19, 2010 - The tension is high and the stakes are even higher, as Republicans and Democrats near the decisive moment of the health care battle. The language of the final bill was released Thursday. Along with Congressional Budget Office numbers that show it would cost $940 billion over 10 years, it would also reduce the deficit in the long run.

ABC Hires CNN's Amanpour For 'This Week'

March 19, 2010 - Correspondent Christiane Amanpour will be moving to ABC in August to take over the anchor chair at This Week. Amanpour is best known for racing across the globe from hotspot to hotspot, covering conflicts for CNN. She replaces George Stephanopoulos, who moved to Good Morning America.

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About Morning Edition

Each weekday morning, WAMU 88.5's Matt McCleskey takes to the air at 5 a.m., guiding listeners through their daily routines and commutes with NPR's national news magazine and WAMU 88.5's local news, traffic, weather, and features.

Produced by NPR here in Washington, D.C., Morning Edition is one of the most respected news magazines in the world, carried by nearly 600 NPR stations across the United States, and around the globe on NPR World Wide. It has a weekly national audience of more than 12.5 million listeners.

Morning Edition produces two hours of content each weekday morning that is updated throughout the morning. WAMU 88.5 repeats the complete show twice between 5 a.m. and 10 a.m. Marketplace Morning Report from American Public Media airs at 5:50 and 7:50 a.m., with business news updates and features.

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Matt McCleskey

Local Host, Morning Edition

Matt McCleskey, local host of NPR's Morning Edition, joined the WAMU 88.5 staff in 2004. His voice is the first thing many of our listeners hear each day. He previously worked as a producer and reporter at KQED-FM in San Francisco and as an assistant producer at NPR's Newscast Unit in Washington. He also has been a freelance producer and reporter for many other public radio projects and programs. Matt holds a bachelor's degree from Duke University and a master's degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley, and lives with his wife in Washington, D.C.