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[description] Tomorrow in Baghdad, leaders from Iraq's feuding factions will announce an agreement designed to heal ethnic and sectarian strife. The deal, hammered out during meetings secret meeting in Helsinki, Finland was forged by key members from both Shiite and Sunni parties. We talk Padraig O'Malley, a University of Massachusetts-Boston professor who convened the talks. The first Protestants to come here seeking religious asylum? French Huguenots beat the Pilgrims by decades. The first European-born American? Baby boy Snorri, born a thousand years ago. The first trans-continental trek? Cabeza de Vaca, centuries before Lewis and Clark. The first American woman head-of- state? The Lady of the Lake, who ruled a vast 16th century empire east of the Mississippi. We'll talk with Tony Horwitz, author of "A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering The New World." Tourists are paying up to $10 thousand premiums for once in a life time experiences on their vacations. Travel expe

[description] On Sunday, June 22, Hull's No Place for Hate Committee sponosred a tree-planting ceremony at Hull Town Hall to honor the memory of Sumner Goldberg, who was a founding member of the committee, as well as the town's veterans' agent.

[description] (NECN) - Wedding gowns can cost thousands and thousands of dollars and brides put so much heart and soul into choosing them. Then, the wedding dress that meant so much, becomes excess baggage after the wedding. But, it doesn't have to be -- t...

[description] It’s June and that means weddings.

[description] Sue talked about her trip to Niagra Falls this morning. We wished Dave Letterman a Happy Birthday. Wally talked more about his screaming rock. We played a brand new Men from Maine. Taxes was a big topic this morning. We had a Wallyology report on Monogamy. Hank talked about Rhode Island. Wally talked about celebrities salaries. We talked to Eliot from Jordan's Furniture. We also talked about Cheney's sunglasses.

[description] The Governor of New York just got caught with a bad case of prostitution.  The fattest man in the world is also trying to go on a diet.  Your daily dose of Men From Maine.  Tips on how to live longer and winter restaurant week continues! Wolly also talks about dating tips for men and girl scout cookies are in...but what kind of girl scout cookies? 

[description] WBZ's Laurie Kirby asks M.I.T. grad, outdoor survivalist and author Matt Stein if he would be prepared in an event like a wildfire.

[description] It’s June and it’s wedding season.

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[description] John Sedgwick measures up to his distant ancestors. Petrina Katsikas looks down at a father she never knew. The power of family, in this week's Morning Story. John Sedgwick is the author of In My Blood. http://johnsedgwick.com Thanks to Magnatune recording artist Ehren Starks for the use of "Tunnel Systems" in the production of this week's podcast. This is sampled under an Attribution 2.5 Creative Commons license. http://magnatune.com/artists/ehren http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ The WGBH Morning Stories page on Flickr is http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories