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Friday, December 07, 2012
Planet Money
Why The Falling Birthrate Is Bad News For My 2-Year-Old Son
December 7, 2012 By the time our children get to be our age, there will be fewer working people for each retiree. So they'll have to pay a bigger share of our retirement costs.
The Salt
In Farmers Market, A Free Market Rises In Cuba
December 7, 2012 Farmers in the communist nation were once banned from freely selling their crops. As the country struggles to feed itself, the government has begun to accept a greater role for the profit motive. Now each night, in a muddy vacant lot on the edge of Havana, a market appears after sundown.
All Tech Considered
To Catch A Suspect — On Pinterest
December 7, 2012 WHYYThe social media site Pinterest is known as a place where people share recipes, crafts or fashion. But a new set of images have started showing up: mug shots. It's the result of one local police department's effort to get wanted notices in front of more eyeballs.
Space
Is Another Moon Mission Written In The Stars?
December 7, 2012 It's been 40 years since NASA launched Apollo 17, its final human mission to the moon. The commander of that mission says he'd love to give up his claim to fame as "the last man on the moon" but concedes that it probably won't happen in his lifetime. And future trips might be run by companies in the private sector.
StoryCorps
3 Years After Parents' Divorce, Son Looks Back
December 7, 2012 In a visit to StoryCorps, Sarah Avant and her 12-year-old son discuss how his life was changed by his parents' divorce in 2009. Anand Hernandez admits that the stress was hard on him. But lately, things have been looking up, he says.
Thursday, December 06, 2012
Superstorm Sandy: Before, During And Beyond
Post-Sandy: Atlantic City Wants Its Tourists Back
December 6, 2012 A month after Hurricane Sandy pounded the New Jersey Shore, Atlantic City is back in business. Even though most of the casinos, restaurants and the famous boardwalk sustained very little damage in the storm, they're now suffering from a lack of visitors.
Middle East
'It's A Disaster': Life Inside A Syrian Refugee Camp
December 6, 2012 At one camp near the town of Atma, near the border with Turkey, some private aid is getting through, but it's not nearly enough. There's a shortage of tents, water and food — all amid falling temperatures.
