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NPR Story
2:07 pm
Wed August 15, 2012

Obama Wraps Up Iowa Bus Tour

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Originally published on Wed August 15, 2012 4:23 pm

President Obama wraps up a four-day bus tour of Iowa this evening. The president seemed to enjoy the barnstorming — delivering speeches before enthusiastic throngs, high-fiving kids along the way, and knocking back beers with their folks. A look at the trip, and the messaging woven through the speeches and seemingly spontaneous exchanges.

The Salt
1:34 pm
Wed August 15, 2012

Saving Lives In Africa With The Humble Sweet Potato

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Sweet potato evangelist Maria Isabel Andrade from the International Potato Center drives around Mozambique in her orange Toyota Land Cruiser.
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These two varieties of orange sweet potatoes are being promoted in Mozambique for their tolerance to drought.
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Arcanjo Alfabeto Cosim works on a farm that grows orange sweet potatoes and distributes vines to other farmers to plant.
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Originally published on Mon October 22, 2012 9:26 am

A regular old orange-colored sweet potato might not seem too exciting to many of us.

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Europe
11:50 am
Wed August 15, 2012

On Denmark's Summer Nights, Tivoli Gardens Beckon

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Tivoli Gardens is part Disney, part state fair. Walt Disney was a visitor and give it rave reviews. Many Danes first come as children and return as adults.
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Tivoli Gardens, one of the world's oldest amusement parks, has been a landmark in Copenhagen, Denmark, since the middle of the 19th century. It remains hugely popular, particularly on summer nights.
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Originally published on Fri August 17, 2012 2:17 pm

Maybe it's because there are so few of them, but there is something special about a Scandinavian summer night. And there is no better place to spend one than at Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens amusement park.

Long before there was Disney, there was Tivoli, the second-oldest amusement park in the world. (The oldest, Dyrehavsbakken, or Deer Park Hill, is also in Denmark.) For nearly 170 years, people have been enjoying the magic of a summer night here.

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Election 2012
4:04 pm
Tue August 14, 2012

Will Florida Seniors Accept Ryan's Medicare Vision?

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An audience member looks on during a campaign rally for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney in St. Augustine, Fla., on Monday.
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Originally published on Thu August 16, 2012 11:07 am

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's choice of Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate may help energize support from conservative voters who like his tough approach to overhauling the federal budget.

But there's a risk that Ryan may turn off an important voting bloc: senior citizens.

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All Tech Considered
3:29 pm
Tue August 14, 2012

Could The New Air Traffic Control System Be Hacked?

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The current radar-based air traffic control system (shown here) will eventually be replaced with a new system called NextGen, which will rely on GPS. A number of computer security experts are concerned that NextGen is insecure and vulnerable to hackers.
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Brad "RenderMan" Haines was able to spoof the signals used in the NextGen system and create fake planes in the sky.
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