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Middle East
3:22 am
Wed September 5, 2012

A Syrian Village Is Oasis Of Calm Amid Conflict

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Dr. Mahmoud Hasson, a specialist in internal medicine, runs a new hospital in the Syrian village of Kfar Ghan, a protected area along the border with Turkey. The Turkish government warned that any Syrian military aircraft near the border would be a target.
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Originally published on Wed September 5, 2012 7:58 am

Driving into Kfar Ghan, you notice the difference right away: The shops are open, there are kids on the street, there's even a row of open-air vegetable stalls and a crowd of shoppers.

There is a full spread of watermelon, eggplants, peppers and tomatoes. All the farmers from the area have brought their produce to the market in this Syrian village, about a mile from the Turkish border.

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Business
3:21 am
Wed September 5, 2012

'Quite Good' May Not Be Good Enough For GM

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The General Motors logo is displayed atop the Renaissance Center in Detroit. The automaker, while doing much better following the government bailout, is still lagging some of its competitors.
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Critics say GM's new Chevy Malibu is a fine car, but it's not as innovative as it needs to be to be a blockbuster.
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Originally published on Wed September 5, 2012 4:54 pm

When you talk to car people about General Motors, they all say the company has gotten better.

"I think General Motors, productwise, is in a better position than it's been in a decade or so," says Jack Nerad of Kelley Blue Book. "The new products, we feel ... are all quite good."

Like many people, however, Nerad adds an important caveat. He says GM's improvement doesn't mean the company is completely out of the woods, because the competition is very good as well.

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Education
3:20 am
Wed September 5, 2012

Florida Schools In Session, But Teachers Absent

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Thousands of students in Florida are starting the school year without permanent teachers.
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Shannon Fusco is the principal of DeSoto High School, one of the Florida schools having trouble replacing teachers who left over summer vacation.
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Sue Knight is a substitute teacher at DeSoto High School in Florida. Last year, she taught science. This year, she's in the classroom teaching Spanish.
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Originally published on Wed September 5, 2012 4:46 am

Schools have been open for a couple of weeks across much of Florida, but not all of the students know who their teachers are yet. There's typically a lot of teacher turnover during the summer break, and schools can't always get vacant teaching positions filled by the time school starts.

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It's All Politics
2:47 am
Wed September 5, 2012

Payroll Tax Holiday May Not Survive Year's End

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The Social Security tax rate is scheduled to revert to 6.2 percent next year, up from the temporary reduction — to 4.2 percent on an employee's first $110,000 in wages — which has been in effect since January 2011.
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Originally published on Wed September 5, 2012 4:46 am

An occasional series, Fiscal Cliff Notes breaks down the looming "fiscal cliff" of expiring tax cuts and deep automatic spending cuts set to hit around the first of year.

If you work, you've probably been getting this tax break: Since January 2011, the government has knocked 2 percentage points off the payroll tax.

For someone making $50,000 a year, the payroll tax holiday works out to about $20 a week.

"We definitely notice it," says Steve Warner of Winter Haven, Fla., while on vacation with his family recently in the nation's capital.

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Europe
2:38 am
Wed September 5, 2012

Educated Russians Often Lured To Leave

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Russia is suffering from an exodus of educated, talented citizens, including scientists. Here, scientists rally in Moscow to demand the government increase funding for science last October.
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Billionaire Yuri Milner recently awarded $3 million prizes for innovations in physics. Three of the nine winners, like Milner himself, were born in Russia but now live and work elsewhere.
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Originally published on Fri September 14, 2012 11:43 am

Russia has been facing troubling demographics ever since the Soviet breakup two decades ago. The population has contracted by several million people over this period. The birth rate is low. Life expectancy for men is still less than 65 years.

And there is also a sense that many educated, talented people are leaving the country.

To take one example, the world of science lit up in July, when a billionaire Internet investor named Yuri Milner announced nine prizes for some of the world's most innovative thinkers in physics.

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Sweetness And Light
2:24 am
Wed September 5, 2012

Southern Pride And The Southeastern Conference

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Texas A&M Coach Kevin Sumlin speaks to reporters at the Southeastern Conference NCAA college football media day.
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Originally published on Wed September 5, 2012 4:46 am

Well, the Southeastern Conference season has begun. I have it on good authority that other college football teams around the country will also be playing games this fall.

I don't know when exactly the SEC took over America. I know this is hard to believe, but the epicenter of college football used to be in the Midwest. I'm so old, I can remember when Notre Dame actually mattered, and the real tough players were supposed to come from Western Pennsylvania and Ohio.

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Business
12:38 pm
Tue September 4, 2012

Automakers Report Strong August Sales

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

NPR's business news starts with auto sales on a fast track.

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Around the Nation
7:33 am
Tue September 4, 2012

Secret Service Blunders Make News

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Originally published on Tue September 4, 2012 12:38 pm

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

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Around the Nation
7:24 am
Tue September 4, 2012

How Do You Flip A 1-Ton Hamburger Patty?

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Originally published on Tue September 4, 2012 12:38 pm

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

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Economy
6:31 am
Tue September 4, 2012

Democrats' Convention To Focus On Jobs, Economy

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Originally published on Tue September 4, 2012 12:38 pm

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Now, as you can hear from Scott's report, the economy is a top issue in this campaign.

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

So it's fitting that the Democratic Convention was preceded by Labor Day and will be followed by Friday's release of the latest employment numbers.

INSKEEP: NPR's Yuki Noguchi talked with voters about jobs on Labor Day.

YUKI NOGUCHI, BYLINE: This year, Labor Day festivities came to Charlotte in the form of a huge street party.

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