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Obama, Romney In Tug Of War Over China Trade

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Shipping containers sit at a port in Tianjin, China, on Feb. 28.

By Ari Shapiro

Originally published on Sun October 21, 2012 4:04 pm

President Obama kicked off the week in the battleground state of Ohio, where he spent much of the time Monday talking about China.

His administration filed a new trade complaint against China with the World Trade Organization on Monday. The White House is challenging Chinese subsidies for auto parts.

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Mon September 17, 2012

Occupy Wall Street Marks One-Year Anniversary; More Than 100 Arrested

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A man looks down at a sign during the Occupy Wall Street protest on the one year anniversary of the movement in New York.

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Protesters dance in Zuccotti Park on the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

By Bill Chappell

The one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement brought rallies and arrests Monday, as protesters marched in New York and other cities. More than 100 arrests were reported in New York, where activists marched near the city's stock exchange.

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Obama Files New Trade Complaint Against China

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Originally published on Mon September 17, 2012 4:39 pm

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From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish. We begin this hour with President Obama on the campaign trail. He was in the battleground state of Ohio today, but he spent much of his time talking about China. President Obama even announced a new trade complaint against China during a campaign stop in Cincinnati.

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Mon September 17, 2012

Singapore's Rising Tech Industry Draws Expat Innovators And Investors

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Andrew Roth is co-founder of Perx, a Singapore-based firm that uses smartphones as virtual loyalty cards.

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A reflection of the Marina Bay Esplanade in Singapore. The nation is increasingly seen as a corporate logistics hub and gateway to the region's emerging markets.

By Anthony Kuhn

Originally published on Mon September 17, 2012 4:39 pm

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For the past six years in a row, the World Bank has rated the Southeast Asian city-state of Singapore as the easiest place in the world to do business. Drawn in part by this reputation, money and talent are pouring into the island nation's growing technology sector.

One of Facebook's co-founders recently renounced his American citizenship and relocated to Singapore, where he has been investing in tech startups.

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Mon September 17, 2012

For Liberian Youth, A Creative Outlet In Krumping

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Franklyn Dunbar, 17, practices krumping with his crew at his mother's house in Paynesville, a suburb of Monrovia, Liberia. Dunbar was born in New York, but moved to his home country of Liberia seven years ago.

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Originally published on Mon September 17, 2012 4:39 pm

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Mon September 17, 2012

Medicaid Helps Washington, D.C., Clinic Care For Ex-Prisoners

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Originally published on Mon September 17, 2012 4:39 pm

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Dr. Ilse Levin specializes in internal medicine, but you could say she really focuses on incarceration medicine.

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Mon September 17, 2012

What Drove Early Man Across Globe? Climate Change

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An artist's re-creation of the first human migration to North America from across the Bering Sea.

By Christopher Joyce

Originally published on Mon September 17, 2012 4:39 pm

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Anthropologists believe early humans evolved in Africa and then moved out from there in successive waves. However, what drove their migrations has been a matter of conjecture.

One new explanation is climate change.

Anthropologist Anders Erikkson of Cambridge University in England says the first few hardy humans who left Africa might've gone earlier but couldn't. Northeastern Africa — the only route to Asia and beyond — was literally a no man's land.

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Mon September 17, 2012

Next: Holy Ghost Tent Revival

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Holy Ghost Tent Revival.

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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 10:21 am

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Hear two new tracks from Holy Ghost Tent Revival

Since 2008, the North Carolina band Holy Ghost Tent Revival has been crafting a sound rooted in its members' Southern upbringing. Along the way, it's made the transition from playing acoustic bluegrass and folk to becoming a soul-rock horn band that recalls '60s and '70s classic-rock influences such as The Band and The Flying Burrito Brothers, contemporary indie-rock acts like Dr. Dog, and New Orleans brass-band jazz.

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Mon September 17, 2012

Canada Stops Its Defense Of Asbestos, As Quebec's Mines Close For Good

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A former Asbestos plant is seen February in Thetford Mines, Quebec. Canada has ended its refusal to allow chrysotile asbestos to be added to the U.N.'s Rotterdam Convention on hazardous materials.

By Bill Chappell

Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 4:45 am

Canada's leaders have ended their country's longstanding resistance to asbestos being called a dangerous material under United Nations guidelines, a decision that reflects a shift in the leadership of Quebec province, home of Canada's asbestos industry.

Quebec's incoming premier, Pauline Marois, promised late in her campaign that she would shut down the region's asbestos mines for good. She says that she will use money that would have gone to restart the mines to diversify the local economy.

As Dan Karpenchuk reports for NPR's Newscast unit:

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Mon September 17, 2012

Shriveled Mich. Apple Harvest Means Fewer Jobs, Tough Year Ahead

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A lonely Michigan apple.

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The Michigan Gala apples on this packing line will soon be in short supply. After a mild fall and winter, then a late-April freeze, Michigan's apple cultivation has dropped 90 percent.

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Joe Rasch has been a full-time apple grower for nearly 20 years. He says that this year, he's having trouble filling his bins.

By Noah Adams

Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 12:42 pm

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An apple a day might keep the doctor away, but what do you do when there are no apples? It's a question western Michigan's apple growers are dealing with this season after strange weather earlier in the year decimated the state's apple cultivation.

Michigan is the third-largest apple producer in the U.S. after New York and Washington, but the state's apples will soon be in short supply. Now in the middle of harvest season, growers are picking only 10 percent to 15 percent of their normal crop.

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