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Art & Design
1:53 am
Thu June 7, 2012

Monet's Green Thumb: How Art Grew From A Garden

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Claude Monet observes his Giverny, France, garden from its Japanese footbridge in this 1922 colorized.
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Just outside the New York Botanical Garden's conservatory, water lilies — some purchased from the same French nursery where Monet bought his — are beginning to bloom.
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This 1922 colorized photograph shows Monet on the original Japanese footbridge in Giverny.

Credit Henri Manuel / Musee Marmottan/The Bridgeman Art Library
Monet works on one of his many water lily paintings in his studio at Giverny in 1920.
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The New York exhibit's flowers will change as the show runs through spring, summer and fall.
Credit Claude Monet / Yale University Art Gallery, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, B.A. 1929
The Artist's Garden in Giverny is one of the two Monet paintings on display at the New York garden. Painted in 1900, it offers a glimpse of Monet's enthusiasm for his garden.
Credit Ivo M. Vermeulen / The New York Botanical Garden
The Japanese footbridge from Claude Monet's garden in Giverny, France, has been recreated inside the New York Botanical Garden's Bronx conservatory.
Credit Claude Monet / Private collection. Switzerland
Claude Monet's Irises painting is making its U.S. debut at the New York Botanical Garden exhibit.
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Originally published on Thu June 7, 2012 11:31 am

Claude Monet's garden in Giverny, France, draws half a million visitors a year, but for the next several months, you won't have to travel farther than the Bronx to get a taste of the artist's green thumb. The New York Botanical Garden has recreated Monet's horticultural work for an exhibit that includes photographs, videos, rare documents and two of the impressionist's paintings.

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Science
1:52 am
Thu June 7, 2012

A Scientist's 20-Year Quest To Defeat Dengue Fever

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Scott O'Neill wants to rid the world of dengue fever by infecting mosquitoes with bacteria so they can't carry the virus that causes the disease.
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"Success for me is having a significant impact on dengue disease in communities," says Scott O'Neill, holding a container of mosquitoes.
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Originally published on Fri July 6, 2012 2:26 pm

First of a two-part series

This summer, my big idea is to explore the big ideas of science. Instead of just reporting science as results — the stuff that's published in scientific journals and covered as news — I want to take you inside the world of science. I hope I'll make it easier to understand how science works, and just how cool the process of discovery and innovation really is.

A lot of science involves failure, but there are also the brilliant successes, successes that can lead to new inventions, new tools, new drugs — things that can change the world

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Revolutionary Road Trip
1:50 am
Thu June 7, 2012

Tunisia's Leader: Activist, Exile And Now President

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Moncef Marzouki, the president of Tunisia, photographed in the presidential palace.
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The ruins of the Roman baths in Carthage, just outside the Tunisian capital Tunis.
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Colorful graffiti in on an underpass in Tunis that appeared after the Tunisian revolution in January 2011.
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Inside the presidential palace, now home to Moncef Marzouki, who became president last December.
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Moncef Marzouki, the president of Tunisia, photographed in the presidential palace.
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A portrait of Habib Bourguiba, the founder of modern Tunisia and its first president, hangs in the presidential palace.
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Originally published on Thu June 7, 2012 1:26 pm

NPR Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep is taking a Revolutionary Road Trip across North Africa to see how the countries that staged revolutions last year are remaking themselves as they write new social rules, rebuild their economies and establish new political systems. Steve and his team are traveling some 2,000 miles from Tunisia's ancient city of Carthage, across the deserts of Libya and on to Egypt's megacity of Cairo. In Tunisia, he sat down with the country's new president, Moncef Marzouki.

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Dead Stop
11:12 pm
Wed June 6, 2012

How Dorothy Parker Came To Rest In Baltimore

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Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke (center left) and NAACP Executive Director Benjamin Hooks lower the ashes of writer Dorothy Parker into her final resting place at the NAACP headquarters in 1988.
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Author Dorothy Parker works at her typewriter in 1941. After her death at 73, Parker's ashes were stored in a file cabinet until being interred at NAACP headquarters in Baltimore.
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Originally published on Thu June 7, 2012 7:17 pm

The writer, poet and critic Dorothy Parker was technically not a native New Yorker; she was born at her family's beach cottage in New Jersey. But she always considered New York City to be her beloved hometown. It's where she grew up, where she struggled during her early days as a writer, where she became famous, and where she died of a heart attack at the age of 73.

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Shots - Health Blog
6:57 pm
Wed June 6, 2012

CT Scans Boost Cancer Risks For Kids

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Isabel Doran, 4, gets a CT scan at Children's National Medical Center with her mom, Veronica Doran. The X-ray radiation in CT scans raises the risks for cancer, including leukemia, a new study shows.
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Children who get CT scans are at slightly increased risk for brain cancer and leukemia, according to a large international study released Tuesday.

CT scans create detailed images of the inside of the body. So they're great for diagnosing all sorts of medical problems — so great that their use has soared in recent years. More than 80 million are being done every year in the United States.

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Remembrances
11:46 am
Wed June 6, 2012

The Curious Life Of Futurist Author Ray Bradbury

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Originally published on Thu June 14, 2012 11:07 am

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Some sad news this morning: The world has lost a literary giant. Author Ray Bradbury died last night after a long illness. He was 91 years old. He wrote such classics as "The Martian Chronicles" and "Fahrenheit 451" - futuristic tales from a man who never used a computer, or even drove a car. NPR's Arnie Seipel has more on Bradbury and his curious life.

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Pop Culture
6:44 am
Wed June 6, 2012

Muppet's Elmo Campaigns To Carry Olympic Torch

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Originally published on Thu June 14, 2012 11:07 am

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RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

Good morning. I'm Renee Montagne. Eight thousand people will carry the Olympic torch before it reaches London to open the summer games, though one would-be torch barer isn't even human. He's a small red fuzzy monster.

KEVIN CLASH: (As Elmo) Elmo's ready to start training to be a monster torch-bearer. Yay. Oh, oh, Cramp, cramp.

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Around the Nation
6:33 am
Wed June 6, 2012

Clouds Block Florida Crowd's View Of Venus

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Originally published on Thu June 14, 2012 11:07 am

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Around the Nation
3:29 am
Wed June 6, 2012

Gov. Walker Survives Recall, Vows To Unite Wisconsin

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Originally published on Thu June 14, 2012 11:07 am

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm David Greene.

RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

And I'm Renee Montagne.

Wisconsin's combative Governor Scott Walker has survived an attempt to remove him from office. Labor unions, angry over the Republican governor's successful push to strip them of most collective bargaining rights, had battled Scott Walker and hoped Wisconsin voters would oust him.

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Economy
3:29 am
Wed June 6, 2012

Europe's Debt Crisis Contributes To Lower U.S. Exports

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Originally published on Thu June 14, 2012 11:07 am

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

And let's turn to the issue that is front and center this election year - the economy. Austerity measures aimed at curing Europe's debt crisis have thrown a number of eurozone countries into recession. The threat of defaults in Greece and even larger countries like Spain have rattled U.S. financial markets, and President Obama recently said that Europe's troubles are casting a shadow over the U.S. economy.

To better understand what the president is talking about, we brought in NPR economics correspondent John Ydstie.

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