Morning Edition Returns: Speedy Birth, Sales Emergency

NPR

Published January 3, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

The police enforce a pregnant pause in Riley County, Kansas, and in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a sporting-goods store's advertisement reads like a cry for help.

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