Morning Edition - Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Morning Edition's National Hosts are Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne.  Northern California Host is Donna Apidone, with Steve Shadley on newscasts.

It's Earth Day!

StoryCorps, NPR's oral history project, is in Sacramento this month.  For more, go to capradio.org.

As the US real estate market falls further into decline, some cities where properties are going particularly cheap are seeing a strange revival.  In Detroit, Michigan, where foreclosed houses can be found on nearly every block, foreign and domestic investors are buying up bargain homes in bulk as long term investments. We'll hear more at 6:15 and 8:15.

After assaults from protestors during the Olympic torch relay, an anti-foreign sentiment has grown in China.  The surge in nationalism has been well-documented by China s vibrant internet community.   Many Chinese websites run by young bloggers have been incensed over perceived anti-Chinese bias in Western media reports about Tibet.  That's at 6:45 and 8:45.

Some kids inn Fulton County, Georgia, are earning a paycheck
just for doing their homework. A pilot project sponsored by a local foundation is offering a group of low-income students eight dollars an hour to come to after-school study sessions twice a week. The program is the brainchild of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.  The story airs at 7:21.

Thanks for listening.