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The housing market collapse has taken a toll on Florida families and may affect how they vote in the presidential election. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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States Of The Economy

Fla.'s Economic Pain, Anger Could Shape 2012 Race

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Fla.'s Economic Pain, Anger Could Shape 2012 Race

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Anna Hu at the Ao Hua Farmers Market in Shanghai. After years of working long hours and eating only in restaurants, Hu has learned how to cook vegetables and eat more healthfully. Eliza Barclay/NPR hide caption

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In China, Finding A New Way To Eat In Times Of Plenty

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Oprah Winfrey talks to reporters during a press tour that followed the launch of her cable network, OWN, in January. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images hide caption

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Television

Oprah Winfrey Network Still Finding Its Footing

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Oprah Winfrey Network Still Finding Its Footing

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She'll be paid well to party: Kim Kardashian. David Livingston/Getty Images hide caption

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The Two-Way

Are You Being Paid $600,000 To Party?

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Are You Being Paid $600,000 To Party?

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A performance at the Afghan National Institute of Music in November of 2010. Daniel Wilkinson/U.S. Embassy Kabul Afghanistan/flickr.com hide caption

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The Record

Music In Afghanistan A Sensitive Subject

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Music In Afghanistan A Sensitive Subject

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Leila Hatami as Simin in Asghar Farhadi's A Separation. Habib Madjidi/Sony Pictures Classics hide caption

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

A Complex 'Separation' In Iran

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A Complex 'Separation' In Iran

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Isabel Sobozinsky-Wall and her husband, Scott Wall, visited StoryCorps in San Francisco. StoryCorps hide caption

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StoryCorps

On New Year's Eve, An ID Check Helps Love Prosper

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On New Year's Eve, An ID Check Helps Love Prosper

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Zooey Deschanel plays Jess on Fox's New Girl. Fox uses the term "adorkable" to describe her. Isabella Vosmikova/Fox hide caption

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Bridesmaids No More: TV's Women Get All The Laughs

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Bridesmaids No More: TV's Women Get All The Laughs

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Louise Tucker-Mitchell laughs on the phone with a customer at Enterprise Rent-A-Car at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. She says she likes working the week between Christmas and New Year's, as it's calmer and a good time to catch up. Sara Carothers/NPR hide caption

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Business

Happy Holidays? Indeed, For Some Stuck At Work

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Happy Holidays? Indeed, For Some Stuck At Work

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Explore NPR Music's interactive memorial to the musicians, songwriters and producers who died in 2011. NPR hide caption

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The Record

The Music They Left Behind

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The Music They Left Behind

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Analysis

Morning Edition Remembers 2011

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Morning Edition Remembers 2011

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