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The Record
11:03 pm
Wed September 26, 2012

YouTube Shares Ad Revenue With Musicians, But Does It Add Up?

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Donna Summer in 1976. YouTube's Chris Maxcy says the company targets advertising to videos by artists like her and gives a share of the revenue from it to the track's label and publisher.
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Europe
9:36 am
Wed September 26, 2012

Greeks Take To Streets In Anti-Austerity Protests

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By and Joanna Kakissis

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

People are not getting much work done in parts of Europe. Last night, there were violent protests in Spain. They were protests against austerity measures, which is also the case in Greece, where a nationwide strike came today. It closed businesses and schools, and reporter Joanna Kakissis is following the story from Athens.

Joanna, what's been happening?

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Animals
7:15 am
Wed September 26, 2012

Tourists Banned From India's Tiger Reserves

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A tiger is seen in June 2008 at Sariska Tiger Reserve in the western state of Rajasthan, India, after being shifted from Ranthambore National Park. In an attempt to help revive western India's tiger population, a female tiger was airlifted to join a male at the national reserve.
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In October 2010, a tiger walks past a vehicle carrying tourists at Ranthambore National Park in India. India's top court has banned tourism in parts of tiger reserves across the country in an effort to save the endangered big cat.
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Scavenging monkeys mix with visitors at the temples of the ancient Ranthambore Fort in Ranthambore National Park. Dotted with remnants of India's past glories and its religious heritage, the national parks draw many visitors on pilgrimages.
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A view of Ranthambore National Park from atop the thousand-year-old fort that bears the same name. The park has been closed to visitors since the Supreme Court's ban on tourists in core areas of the country's 41 tiger reserves. A quarter-million visitors toured the park last year, and local businesses say the economy in the area will collapse if the ban is not lifted.
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Originally published on Wed September 26, 2012 1:27 pm

Can tigers and tourists coexist? The debate is rumbling through India, where the Supreme Court has temporarily banned tourism in core areas of the country's 41 tiger reserves. The unexpected and controversial ruling is aimed at protecting the last of India's 1,700 tigers.

Up until the late 1960s, big game hunters trod the forests of Rajasthan's Ranthambore National Park, part of a sprawling tiger reserve southwest of Delhi. Under the court's recent ban, spotting one of India's big cats — a tiger or the more elusive leopard — inside the park is forbidden.

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Food
6:13 am
Wed September 26, 2012

Cheap Cheese Smuggled Across Canadian Border

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Originally published on Wed September 26, 2012 10:17 am

Pizzerias in Canada's Niagara Falls region say they've been offered cases of cheese smuggled from the U.S. In Canada, cheese costs three times as much as it does in the U.S. So drivers are paid a lot to drive contraband cheese across the border. CBC News reports Niagara police officers are alleged to be in on the scam.

Around the Nation
6:06 am
Wed September 26, 2012

See You Later Alligator, At My Kid's Party

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Originally published on Wed September 26, 2012 9:36 am

Bob Barrett of Madeira Beach, Fla..has a new service. He's the owner of a park called Alligator Attractions, and the New York Daily News reports he's offering alligator pool parties for kids. The gators' mouths are taped shut.

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