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Television

2:11 pm

Wed July 11, 2012

Finally, TV's 'Dolt' Dads Get To Evolve

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In Modern Family, writes Hanna Rosin, dad Phil Dunphy, played by Ty Burrell, is "the center of joy and fun in his household."

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Originally published on Wed July 11, 2012 3:02 pm

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"Starting from the birth of sitcoms, fathers are pretty much universally morons," writes Hanna Rosin in a piece for Slate.com. The latest crop of sitcoms, though, showcases dads who are a stark contrast to the bumbling Stu Erwin, on The Trouble With Father, or Fred Flintstone, or even Homer Simpson, she adds.

1:58 pm

Wed July 11, 2012

In France, The (Abandoned) Dog Days Of Summer

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Dogs wait to be adopted at the Animals Without Home shelter south of Paris in Montgeron, France, in August 2010. France is among the European countries with the highest number of abandoned pets during the summer months, when people take long vacations.

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A volunteer takes an abandoned dog for a walk at the Animals Without Home shelter in 2010.

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Claire Brissard runs an SPCA shelter outside Paris. She says too many French equate a pet with a stuffed animal — to be thrown away when they get tired of it.

By Eleanor Beardsley

Originally published on Wed July 11, 2012 5:33 pm

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For Europeans, it's not uncommon to take a whole month of vacation in the summer. But the season can be a deadly time for the many pets left behind — permanently.

The abandonment of domestic animals by vacationers is a scourge in many countries across Europe. And in France, this summer isn't likely to be different despite campaigns by animal-rights groups against the practice.

1:55 pm

Wed July 11, 2012

That's 'Gnathia Marleyi' To You: Scientist Names New Species After Bob Marley

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Male gnathiids.

By editor

Originally published on Thu July 12, 2012 4:00 pm

We're not quite sure what to make of it. Is it an honor? Is it an insult?

1:44 pm

Wed July 11, 2012

Romney Absorbs Boos, Tells NAACP That Democrats Have Failed Blacks

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Mitt Romney speaks at the NAACP annual convention Wednesday in Houston.

By Liz Halloran

Originally published on Wed July 11, 2012 3:02 pm

12:39 pm

Wed July 11, 2012

Kim Dotcom, Megaupload Founder, Offers To Extradite Himself

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Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom, left, leaves court after he was granted bail in the in Auckland, New Zealand.

By Eyder Peralta

Originally published on Wed July 11, 2012 1:31 pm

Kim Dotcom, the founder of Megaupload, now says he's ready to fly himself to the United States to face charges and forgo what could be a lengthy extradition process.

As you might expect, Dotcom made the offer of self-extradition on Twitter, saying:

"Hey DOJ, we will go to the US. No need for extradition. We want bail, funds unfrozen for lawyers & living expenses."

12:37 pm

Wed July 11, 2012

Heir To Billions May Have Lived With Wife's Body For Days In Britain

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Eva Rausing, right, and her husband Hans Kristian Rausing in 1996.

By Mark Memmott

"Detectives are investigating whether one of the heirs to the Tetra Pak drinks carton fortune lived with his wife's body for up to a week after her death in their Belgravia mansion in London," The Guardian reports.

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Marilyn Geewax is a senior editor, assigning and editing business radio stories. She also serves as the national economics correspondent for the NPR web site, and regularly discusses economic issues on Tell Me More and Talk of the Nation.

Her work contributed to NPR's 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award for hard news for "The Foreclosure Nightmare." Geewax also worked on the foreclosure-crisis coverage that was recognized with a 2009 Heywood Broun Award.

Before to joining NPR in 2008, Geewax served as the national economics correspondent for Cox Newspapers' Washington Bureau. Before that, she worked at Cox's flagship paper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, first as a business reporter and then as a columnist and editorial board member. She got her start as a reporter for the Akron Beacon Journal.

Over the years, she has filed business news stories from China, Japan, South Africa and Europe.

Geewax was a 1994-95 Nieman Fellow at Harvard, where she studied economics and international relations. She earned a master's degree at Georgetown University, focusing on international economic affairs, and has a bachelor's degree in journalism from The Ohio State University.

Economy

12:04 pm

Wed July 11, 2012

Did The Great Recession Bring Back The 1930s?

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Thousands of unemployed people wait outside the State Labor Bureau in New York City to register for federal relief jobs in 1933.

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Job seekers wait to attend a job fair in the Brooklyn borough of New York City in 2010.

By Marilyn Geewax

Originally published on Wed July 11, 2012 2:00 pm

The long economic downturn that began in late 2007 came to be known at the Great Recession –- the worst period since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Even though both events were momentous enough to earn the word "great" as a modifier, they really are not comparable, according to recent research by economist Mark Vaughan, a fellow at the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy at Washington University in St. Louis.

11:47 am

Wed July 11, 2012

U.S. Pig and Cattle Producers Trying To Crush Egg Bill

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Egg producers and the Humane Society agree on a bill to require larger chicken cages, but the pork and beef industries fear they're next and are fighting it.

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Originally published on Fri July 13, 2012 8:54 am

Remember our reports a few months ago on the odd couple who struck an innovative compromise between egg producers and animal welfare activists? (Here's a hint: The deal calls for egg producers to replace their standard cages with new "enriched" accommodations, complete with perches and nest boxes where chickens can lay their eggs.)

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