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From the Director: U.S. House votes to claw back public media funding

The House has approved a proposal to eliminate $700 million in already-approved funding for public media. If enacted, it would strip essential services and could force rural stations off the air. The Senate will take up the bill next.

NBA All-Star Game: Mike and Shaq

By Scott Simon

Published February 7, 2003 at 10:00 PM MST

NPR's Scott Simon talks about tomorrow's NBA All-Star Game in which superstars Michael Jordan and Shaquille O'Neal will both start the game on the bench.

Scott Simon

Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

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