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6am Newscast Friday June 6, 2014

King began his career in the '50s with The Drifters, but it was the '61 hit "Stand by Me" that sealed his musical legacy. He spoke with Terry Gross in '88 about his career and his childhood in Harlem.

Montgomery, AL – Alabama health officials say they will begin school-based clinics for swine flu vaccinates the week of Nov. 30.State Health Officer Don…

Montgomery, AL – Alabama's unemployment rate has dropped one-half percentage point to 9.3 percent.The October rate announced Friday is down from 9.8…

Montgomery, AL – Alabama's industrial relations director says the tornadoes in late April are a major factor in the state's unemployment rate rising to…

Montgomery, AL – Gov. Bob Riley says a federal economic stimulus package would allow Alabama to maintain state government operations at close to their…

Actor LARRY FISHBURNE. He was Cowboy Curtis on "Pee-wee's Playhouse," and at 15, he played a young GI in "Apocalypse Now." He recently played the musician Ike Turner in the filmed biography of Tina Turner, "What's Love Got To Do With It." His new film is "Searching for Bobby Fischer." REBROADCAST FROM 4/6/92.

SCOTT SIMON GOES TO A SUBURB OF SALT LAKE CITY TO VISIT WITH TENZIN DHONG (TEN-zin DONG-hah) AND HIS FAMILY. THE 6-YEAR-OLD CHILD IS BELIEVED TO BE THE REINCARNATION OF A HIGH TIBETIAN BUDDHIST LAMA...WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE HIS OWN GRANDFATHER.

(A) Writer WALTER MOSLEY. This interview took place after the publication of his book, Devil With A Blue Dress, a hard boiled detective story about a black gumshoe, Easy Rawlins, up against white prejudice. It's just been made into a film starring Denzel Washington. (REBROADCAST from 6

An Alabama man who brought multiple weapons, including 11 Molotov cocktails, to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has reached a plea agreement.