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The Morning Cram [the bride is right! edition]

From NPR: Between China’s one-child policy and the cultural preference for a son, ladies are scarce in the booming nation. That means men looking for wives are having to shell out money to buy gifts like apartments and cars just to get a woman – and her family – to agree to marriage.

Kentucky: The National Weather Service has issued flood warnings in Kentucky and Tennessee along the Mississippi River. Two Murray State students report being assaulted in two similar incidents, prompting the university to send out a safety alert.

Tennessee:  Pilot Flying J CEO Jimmy Haslam suspends some of his staff while an investigation on rebate fraud at the truck stop chain continues.

Illinois: Gov. Pat Quinn asks for Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance to help with damage from last week’s flooding.

Whitney grew up listening to Car Talk to and from her family’s beach vacation each year, but it wasn’t until a friend introduced her to This American Life that radio really grabbed her attention. She is a recent graduate from Union University in Jackson, Tenn., where she studied journalism. When she’s not at WKMS, you can find her working on her backyard compost pile and garden, getting lost on her bicycle or crocheting one massive blanket.
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