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The Salt
5:06 pm
Thu August 30, 2012

On the Farmers Market Frontier, It's Not Just About Profit

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On a corner in Washington, D.C., where stores burned during riots 44 years ago, there's now a plaza where farmers sell produce on Saturday mornings.
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The Four Mile Run Farmers and Artisans Market sits beside a park in a strip of suburbia that was neglected for a long time.
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Originally published on Mon October 15, 2012 10:30 am

Farmers markets are popping up in cities all across the country, and people expect lots of different things from them: Better food, of course, but also economic development and even friendlier neighborhoods.

At its core, though, the farmers market is a business, and it won't survive unless the farmer makes money.

So what's the key to success for these markets?

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Movie Reviews
5:03 pm
Thu August 30, 2012

On A Gray 'Day,' One Last Post-Apocalyptic Stand

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Trekking through a post-apocalyptic world in The Day, haggard survivors Adam (Shawn Ashmore), Mary (Ashley Bell), Shannon (Shannyn Sossamon), Rick (Dominic Monaghan) and Henson (Cory Hardrict) come upon a farmhouse that may provide much needed shelter and supplies — as well as hidden dangers.
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By Joel Arnold

In the post-apocalyptic film world, the tactic du jour for tipping off an audience that civilization and its inhabitants have all but kicked it seems to be simple color correction — specifically, zapping the frame of any lively hues and leaving behind a desolate palette of gray. Call it 50 shades of desaturated desperation.

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Movie Reviews
5:03 pm
Thu August 30, 2012

'For A Good Time': More (Dirty) Talk, Less Action

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Lauren (co-writer Lauren Anne Miller) and Katie (Ari Graynor) are reluctant roommates turned business partners in For a Good Time, Call ....
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Loudmouthed nail-salon employee Katie supplements her income by moonlighting as a phone sex operator.
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Hot topic du jour, discuss: Do women rule the world?

First the girls took over the schools, with their stellar grades and all. Then they got the lion's share of the jobs. (Not quite true, but the claim generates Web punditry by the ton.)

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Movie Reviews
5:03 pm
Thu August 30, 2012

'Little Birds': Spiraling Down On Broken Wings

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Wayward Lily (Juno Temple) falls for Jesse (Kyle Gallner), the head of a nihilistic skater gang from Los Angeles, in Little Birds, a story suffused with deprivation and despair.
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Bonnie (Kate Bosworth) and Lily's mother, Margaret (Leslie Mann), soak up the rays in the ravaged landscape where Little Birds finds its setting.
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Originally published on Fri August 31, 2012 10:46 am

The title of Elgin James' debut feature, Little Birds, refers to the two teenage girls at its center. But for all the sweetness and fragility that title suggests, one of those girls, Lily (Juno Temple), has a knack for destruction better suited to a charging rhino.

Lily, in fact, is the stuff of parents' worst nightmares about what their children might become as teenagers: sullen, willful, cruel, smart enough to know how to hurt those closest to her with a few well-chosen words but too dumb to know how to protect herself from harm.

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The Two-Way
5:00 pm
Thu August 30, 2012

South African Miners Charged With Murder In Colleagues' Deaths

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A mine worker sings and dances during a gathering at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, on Wednesday. Some 270 miners were charged with murder Thursday in connection with the deaths of 34 of their striking colleagues.
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Originally published on Thu August 30, 2012 7:28 pm

You may remember the story from South Africa earlier this month in which police opened fire on a group of striking miners, killing more than 30 people. There's an update to that story: South African authorities charged about 270 miners Thursday with the murder of their colleagues under a law that was commonly used during the apartheid era.

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It's All Politics
4:57 pm
Thu August 30, 2012

End Of The 'Tell President Obama' Ads?

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Originally published on Thu August 30, 2012 5:38 pm

"Tell President Obama ... "

Remember that command from TV ads through the spring and summer? "Tell President Obama" to stop spending, cut the debt, increase oil production, or whatever.

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Presidential Race
4:57 pm
Thu August 30, 2012

Romney's Road To The Nomination A Bumpy One

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Originally published on Thu August 30, 2012 6:09 pm

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

Tonight, Mitt Romney formally accepts the Republican Party's nomination to be president of the United States. The path to a presidential nomination is never smooth, but by Republican Party standards, this year's primary campaign was pretty choppy. NPR's Ari Shapiro has this look back.

ARI SHAPIRO, BYLINE: Mitt Romney launched this campaign on June 2nd, 2011, at a farm in New Hampshire.

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Presidential Race
4:57 pm
Thu August 30, 2012

Ryan's Speech Provides Fodder For Fact-Checkers

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Originally published on Fri August 31, 2012 9:36 am

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block.

Tonight, Mitt Romney accepts his party's nomination for president, as the Republican National Convention wraps up in Tampa. Last night, it was his running mate Paul Ryan's turn. And in his speech, Ryan made a number of statements that have made this a busy day for fact-checkers. Among them, Glenn Kessler, who writes the Fact Checker column for The Washington Post.

Glenn, welcome to the program.

GLENN KESSLER: Thank you for having me.

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Politics
4:57 pm
Thu August 30, 2012

Ron Paul Supporters Get One Last Shout At RNC

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Originally published on Thu August 30, 2012 6:09 pm

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

We turn now to my co-host, Robert Siegel, who's at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, where tonight Mitt Romney accepts his party's nomination for president. We're going to hear about that in a moment. But Robert, first, I understand there's some dissention in the ranks there, at the convention center. What's going on?

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:

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It's All Politics
4:57 pm
Thu August 30, 2012

As Convention Day Winds Down, Tampa Hosts Republican (And Other) Parties

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NPR's Cheryl Corley and producer Brakkton Booker followed Tuesday's Republican National Convention events with a trip to Tampa's trendy Ybor City neighborhood.
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The featured guest was celebrity DJ Steve Aoki.
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As the audience danced to Aoki's beats, every now and then he urged the crowd to get out and vote.
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Rock the Vote's goal is to register 1.5 million new voters before the November election.
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"What's up Tampa?" Aoki yelled into the audience as the night wore on.
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The dance floor and guests are covered in confetti at the Amphitheater nightclub in Tampa.
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At the Honey Pot nightclub, an event called the "Homocon" was organized by GOProud.
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Outside the Honey Pot nightclub in Tampa's Ybor City district.
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Rock the Vote, a nonpartisan group that tries to persuade young Americans to vote, hosted a party Tuesday at the Amphitheater nightclub in Tampa's trendy Ybor City district.
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Originally published on Thu August 30, 2012 6:09 pm

In Tampa, "Republican Party" can take on a whole new meaning as it gets later in the convention day. That's when delegates, lobbyists, business executives and others begin to mingle, filling up the city's nightspots.

NPR producer Brakkton Booker and I began Tuesday night with a trip to 7th Street in Ybor City, the Tampa neighborhood made famous for its cigar factories of the past. Now it's a mix of restaurants, bars and trendy shops similar to New Orleans' Bourbon Street.

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