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Is That Gas I Smell, Or Cinnamon?

editor — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:52:00 +0000

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. A special odor is added to natural gas. You know that smell meant to warn you of possible trouble? Last weekend New York officials added an odor to mask the odor. They were fixing a pipeline in Harlem and didn't want a flood of 911 calls over gas leaks that weren't considered dangerous because they were in the open. So they masked the smell by adding cinnamon to the gas. We have no word if area coffee shops sold out of rolls. It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

Bakery Apparently Mishears Cake Order

editor — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:44:00 +0000

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Good morning, I'm David Greene with congratulations to Laura Gramble. She graduated from Indiana University. To celebrate, mom ordered a cake - Indiana red and white with a photo of Laura's face. And one more request, a graduation cap made of icing. The baker evidently misheard and drew a cat, instead, on Laura's head; pink nose, white whiskers. The Gramble laughed it off and kept the cake from the bakery. Laura says they must have thought she was going to become a veterinarian.

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Feds Raid 7-Eleven Stores In Immigration Scam

editor — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:39:00 +0000

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Some other news. Authorities in New York have announced the arrest of eight men and one woman who operate several 7-Eleven convenience stores in New York and in Virginia. They're accused of staffing their stores with undocumented workers and then stealing those workers' wages.

From member station WNYC, Ilya Marritz has details.

ILYA MARRITZ, BYLINE: The alleged scheme worked like this: The owners of 14 different 7-Eleven franchises in New York and Virginia obtained stolen Social Security numbers - including some from dead people.

The Last Word In Business

editor — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:04:00 +0000

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

And today's last word in business is home detention.

The story comes to us from New Zealand, where authorities have been locking up some criminals in their homes rather than jail. House arrest is a lot cheaper, but it turns out that serving time at home is not as comfortable as you might think.

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

A local newspaper reports that one young man, after serving 10 months of his 11 month sentence, called the police to say he's sick of playing Xbox games.

Remembering Astronaut Sally Ride's Historic Journey

editor — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:35:00 +0000

Thirty years ago Tuesday, Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space. She was aboard the shuttle Challenger. Less than three years later, it would explode on takeoff, killing seven crew members.