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Morning Edition

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Morning Edition provides news in context, airs thoughtful ideas and commentary, and reviews important new music, books, and events in the arts. All with voices and sounds that invite listeners to experience the stories.

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Strange News
7:39 am
Mon July 23, 2012

Bear Sends Shoppers Packing At Pa. Sears Store

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Strange News
7:34 am
Mon July 23, 2012

How Much Is A Scrap Of Royal Wedding Toast Worth?

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Technology
5:14 am
Mon July 23, 2012

Silicon Valley Boot Camp Aims To Boost Diversity

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As part of the New Media Entrepreneurship camp, participants paid a visit to Google.
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Originally published on Wed July 25, 2012 2:30 pm

If there is a founding ethos in the world of high-tech startups, it's this: The idea is everything. Facebook's initial public offering might have seemed like the perfect illustration. A simple concept, conceived by a college student, became a $100 billion empire in just 8 years.

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Crime In The City
5:14 am
Mon July 23, 2012

Jo Nesbo's Fiction Explores Oslo's Jagged Edges

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Crime novelist Jo Nesbo says despite Oslo's well-kept streets and sharply dressed residents, the city has a dark and seedy side.
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The real-life residents of No. 5 Sofie's Gate have paid homage to Nesbo's fictional detective by putting Harry Hole's name on the doorbell.
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Around the corner from Henry Hole's fictional flat, Restaurant Schroder serves up real, traditional Norwegian food.
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Nesbo — a former stockbroker, journalist and professional soccer player — says he doesn't consider himself to be part of the larger Nordic Noir tradition.
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Originally published on Tue July 24, 2012 2:52 pm

The sun descends reluctantly over Norway's waterside capital, but novelist Jo Nesbo is determined to show Oslo's dark side, to convince me the real city, in parts, is as dirty, twisted and seedy as his own fictional version.

It's a tough sell in this city of bike helmets, clean streets and smiling blond people.

The author has written nine successful novels about the reckless Oslo police detective Harry Hole, a nonconformist with a mercurial mind.

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Middle East
5:14 am
Mon July 23, 2012

In 'Free' Syrian Village, A Plea For U.S. Help

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In this image taken July 16 and provided by Edlib News Network, a Syrian girl holds a poster that reads, "Greetings from Kfarnebel's children to the Free Syrian Army soldiers in Damascus," during a demonstration in Kfarnebel, Syria. Rebels hold large swaths of territory in rural Syria. Fighters in the village of Atima recently launched their first operation against the regime.
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Originally published on Tue July 24, 2012 2:52 pm

First of five parts

It's sunset in the village of Atima. The old police station clearly was part of the government at one point. The police basically left and now the police station itself is a headquarters for the rebels.

The flag on top of the police station is no longer the Syrian flag, but the flag of the revolution. It's a bit in tatters, but it's still there.

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