Morning Edition - Wednesday, April 30, 2008

America's Host:  Steve Inskeep; Newscasts: Carl Kasell and Jean Cochran
Northern California Host: Donna Apidone; Newscasts: Steve Shadley

StoryCorps, NPR's oral history project, is in Sacramento until mid-May.  For information, visit capradio.org.

Here are some highlights of today's show:

Governor Schwarzenegger has hypothesized that California's budget deficit could grow to $20 billion next year.  Julie Small reports at 5:35 and 7:35.

The Mercy San Juan Pulonary Rehab Center in Carmichael is using laughter as part of respiratory therapy.  KXJZ's Kelley Weiss reports at 6:35 and 8:35.

In Part Three of our Debt Series, We look at retail stores. Many retailers rely on bank loans to do business. Now, due in part to the slowing economy, some stores are having trouble repaying those loans, or obtaining them in the first place. We'll find out more at 6:21 and 8:21.

Yoko Ono is going to court to protect the legacy of John Lennon. In Boston today her lawyers will face off against the lawyers for Ray Thomas of World Wide Video, which has almost ten hours of videotapes of Lennon smoking pot and plotting to slip LSD to Richard Nixon. At the same time, she is suing the makers of the documentary "Expelled" for using part of the song "Imagine" in their film about intelligent design. That's at 7:51.

Thanks for listening!