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The Picture Show
3:35 am
Fri January 11, 2013

Haiti Then And Now: 3 Years After The Earthquake

Originally published on Fri January 11, 2013 3:07 pm

Evidence of loss remains even three years after a massive earthquake claimed the lives of as many as 200,000 people in Haiti. In the middle of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, there is a cathedral whose sun-washed walls reach into the sky where a roof used to be.

A lone flagpole marks the spot where the National Palace, a symbol of Haiti's government, once proudly stood.

And on a downtown street that once bustled with storefronts, there is now a row of vendors who sell their wares under tent poles and umbrellas.

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Opinion
2:55 am
Fri January 11, 2013

The True Weight Of Water

Credit Courtesy of Craig Childs
Craig Childs walks in the desert surrounding the Colorado River delta.

Originally published on Fri January 11, 2013 7:35 am

Part of the nation's physical landscape is changing. Nature writer and commentator Craig Childs has been watching the dramatic transformation of a mighty river that is running dry.

Small porpoises once swam in the brackish estuaries of the Colorado River delta. Jaguars stalked the river channels and marshes. It's not like that any more, though. The Colorado River no longer reaches the sea in Northern Mexico. It hasn't since 1983.

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Planet Money
2:46 am
Fri January 11, 2013

Black Market Pharmacies And The Big Business of Spam

Credit Dave Keck
Acne medicine, in Turkish.

Originally published on Fri January 11, 2013 7:35 am

An apparent feud between two black market pharmacies has shed light on a shady global industry.

"Rx-Promotion and SpamIt probably are responsible for upward of 50 or 60 percent of spam that you and I got in our inboxes over the last five years," said Brian Krebs, a cyber-security reporter who chronicled the alleged feud on his website. "It's just a ridiculous amount of problems that these two guys cause for everybody."

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Economy
2:44 am
Fri January 11, 2013

Geithner Began With 'Smoldering' Economy; What Does He Leave?

Originally published on Fri January 11, 2013 7:35 am

Outgoing Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has had a bruising four years. He took office when the U.S. economy was plunging into the worst recession since the Great Depression.

Nominating Jack Lew as Geithner's successor Thursday, President Obama praised his departing Treasury secretary for helping to get the economy back on track.

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The Salt
2:34 am
Fri January 11, 2013

This Butter Sculpture Could Power A Farm For 3 Days

Originally published on Fri January 11, 2013 8:49 pm

For more than a week, it was the belle of the ball, the butter with no better: a giant 1,000-pound dairy sculpture that occupied the place of honor at the annual Farm Show in Harrisburg, Pa.

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