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A Royal Wedding without a Hitch
With all the trappings of history, will today's royal wedding raise the spirits of a modern nation in the throes of austerity? What's the attraction of a marriage between two people whose power is more symbolic than real?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenWith all the trappings of history, will today's royal wedding raise the spirits of a modern nation in the throes of austerity? What's the attraction of a marriage between two people whose power is more symbolic than real? Also, today's Endeavour is scrubbed, and President Obama surveys wreckage and consoles victims in Alabama.
Banner image: Their Royal Highnesses Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge make the journey by carriage procession to Buckingham Palace past crowds of spectators following their marriage at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011 in London, England. Photo: Tom Pilston - WPA Pool/Getty Images
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3 storiesEndeavour Launch Scrubbed
Commander Mark Kelly and his crew were on their way to the launch pad this morning, when NASA scrubbed the much-awaited last launch of space shuttle Endeavour. The next attempt will be on Sunday at the earliest. Scott Powers is at Kennedy Space Center for the Orlando Sentinel .
Read the story8 minA Royal Wedding in an Age of Austerity
With two billion people watching around the world, Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton became the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today. Among very few surprises were two kisses instead of one a white dress on the bride's sister and the Prime Minister's wife attending without a hat.
Read the story36 minPresident Obama Visits Tornado-Ravaged Alabama
President Obama won't be seeing a space-shuttle launching today, since the Endeavor lift-off has been postponed . But he did make another scheduled stop — to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, a city devastated by a swarm of tornadoes.
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