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Superstorm Sandy: Before, During And Beyond
5:29 pm
Wed December 12, 2012

Post-Sandy, Newly Unemployed Struggle To Stay Afloat

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Erin Kulick can see the animal clinic where she once worked from her balcony in Queens, N.Y. Six weeks after Hurricane Sandy, the clinic is still closed.
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Originally published on Wed December 12, 2012 6:19 pm

Hurricane Sandy's effect on the nation's unemployment figures was less pronounced than expected. The reasons are complex, but one thing is clear: Thousands of victims are still struggling to rebuild their lives and get back to work.

Danielle Siekierski was tending bar at a restaurant in Manhattan's Meatpacking District before Sandy hit. When the restaurant was damaged in the storm, the workers were told it might be a week before it reopened.

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All Tech Considered
5:24 pm
Wed December 12, 2012

Who Needs College? Young Entrepeneuer Bets On Bright Idea For Solar Energy

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Eden Full took time off from her studies at Princeton University to work on her startup full time, after being selected for the inaugural class of the 20 Under 20 Thiel Fellowship.
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Full testing her rotating solar panel in Kenya in 2010.
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Originally published on Thu December 13, 2012 9:44 am

Eighteen months ago Eden Full was finishing up her sophomore year at Princeton University. She was on the crew team as a coxswain. She had spent the previous summer in Kenya building an innovative, low-cost contraption to make solar panels more efficient.

Full was glowingly successful — the kind of college student who ends up profiled in alumni magazines.

But Full had decided to drop out.

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U.S.
4:25 pm
Wed December 12, 2012

New Policy For Young Immigrants Creates Paperwork Deluge

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A crowd seeks help applying for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles in August. Schools have been inundated with requests for the documents needed to qualify.
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Originally published on Wed December 12, 2012 5:29 pm

In the six months since a new law opened a path to temporary legal status for some young immigrants in the U.S., more than 300,000 people have applied — and have rushed to request qualifying documents from their schools.

The law, Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, offers legal status, renewable every two years, to people ages 30 and younger who were brought to the country as children. Applicants must prove they were in the U.S. for five consecutive years — something most easily achieved through school transcripts.

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Music Reviews
4:19 pm
Wed December 12, 2012

The Boogers And Play Date Make Punk Rock For Kids

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The Boogers, pogo-ing to their punk rock for kids.
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Originally published on Wed December 12, 2012 5:29 pm

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The Salt
3:51 pm
Wed December 12, 2012

Georgia Town Makes Claim For Fruitcake Capital Of The World

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The Claxton Bakery in Georgia makes millions of pounds of fruitcake each year.
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John Womble is the owner of the Georgia Fruit Cake Company in Claxton.
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The original Claxton Bakery in Claxton, Ga., circa 1915-1920.
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Originally published on Wed December 12, 2012 5:29 pm

In the small town of Claxton, Ga., two bakeries make more than 4 million pounds of fruitcake each year. Both bakeries say Claxton is the fruitcake capital of the world, despite a similar claim made by a company in Corsicana, Texas.

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 All Things Considered debuted on 90 public radio stations at 5:00pm on May 3, 1971.

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