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Observers Fear Violence-Marred Election In Senegal

By Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

With just two days left before Senegal's presidential election, mediation efforts are underway to try to calm a political standoff in the West African nation that has led to violent protests.

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3:00 am

Fri February 24, 2012

Rep. Camp On Corporate Tax Plan

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Originally published on Fri February 24, 2012 6:06 am

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It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep.

President Obama put tax reform back on the table this week. He called for changes to the corporate tax system. Tax rates would go down for companies, deductions would go away - many of them, and companies with overseas operations would find it a little harder not to pay.

11:01 pm

Thu February 23, 2012

A Revival In American Manufacturing, Led By Brooklyn Foodies

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Every week, Robert Stout of Kings County Jerky slices meat by hand.

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Juan Delgado (left) and Steve Kempf of Brooklyn's Lee Spring company stand with a 50-year-old coiling machine, still in use today.

By Adam Davidson

Originally published on Tue May 22, 2012 9:56 am

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One day Chris Woehrle decided to finally leave his corporate job and pursue his dream: to become an artisanal food craftsman. And so, every day at home, he'd basically pickle stuff.

"I had a refrigerator full of plastic food buckets that were full of pickles and kimchee and sauerkraut and harissa and salsa and ketchup and mustard and, you know, any kind of craft food you could make," Woehrle says.

11:01 pm

Thu February 23, 2012

The Extraordinary, Ordinary Life Of Alexander Payne

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Alexander Payne's The Descendants has been nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editor and Best Actor. Payne co-wrote and directed the film, which stars George Clooney as an indifferent dad struggling to raise two daughters.

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Matt King (George Clooney) is a Honolulu lawyer left alone with his two girls after his wife falls into a coma.

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Life is a "collection of extraordinarily ordinary moments," Payne says. "We just need to pay attention to them all." Above, Payne stops at a farmers market near his home in the Santa Monica Mountains.

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Payne heads off for a luncheon at the American Film Institute during what he says is an atypically busy week leading up to the Oscars.

By Susan Stamberg

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Alexander Payne watches a movie every day — or tries to, anyway. Lately, the writer and director of The Descendants has been busy going to nomination and awards dinners, in advance of Sunday's Oscar night — when the Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay prizes could be his.

2:21 pm

Thu February 23, 2012

African-American Museum Has Its Groundbreaking

By Allison Keyes

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On Wednesday, President Obama and a number of special guests celebrated the groundbreaking for the National Museum of African American History and Culture. The Smithsonian museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is expected to open in 2015.

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