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Love the five min daily recap to start our day! Its a routine for us.

Love the 5 min daily recap

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Reliable news with truthful and informative summary of current events. Totally recommend this station.

best headline news of information

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NPR is my go-to news source, the news is pertinent, the delivery crisp and informative. The jarring, invasive and annoying advertising causes me to press the stop icon. So, I get 2 minutes of really excellent news reports.

The news is excellent, but the ads are not.

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Very up to date independent unbiased reviews of the news. I just wish it were more often every day.

Up to date unbiased news summary in five minutes

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There was not one thing that I disliked other than being forced to write this out

No political agenda

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