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South Dakota Tries To Avoid Oil Boom's Downside

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Originally published on Mon May 14, 2012 5:47 am

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Some other news. The oil boom in western North Dakota has sparked one of the largest migrations to a single area in the United States since the Great Depression. Communities that once struggled to keep people at all, are now struggling to absorb all the newcomers as workers from across the country arrive to seek their fortunes in oil.

3:47 am

Mon May 14, 2012

Facebook's IPO Could Make Its CEO Worth $18B

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Originally published on Mon May 14, 2012 6:37 am

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Facebook is expected to start selling stock to the public this week. The social networking giant is expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market on Friday. CEO Mark Zuckerberg will remain the company's biggest shareholder. Steven Levy, of Wired magazine, talks to Morning Edition's David Greene about what that means for the company and potential shareholders.

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2:29 am

Mon May 14, 2012

Dear Photograph: New-Age Nostalgia

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Credit From the blog and book 'Dear Photograph'

Dear Photograph is a collection of photos that take us back to our early memories.

Credit Susan Stamberg

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Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 9:47 am

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You may have heard of Dear Photograph, a website that invites readers to submit photos of photos — images from the past, set in the present. Over the past year, the website received thousands of submissions. In fact, enough for a book, also called Dear Photograph, which was released earlier this month.

2:28 am

Mon May 14, 2012

Even Under Threat, Syrian Artists Paint In Protest

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Credit Courtesy Galerie Tanit

"I cared about what was happening around me, so I went to be with the people," says Syrian artist Hiba Akkad. "Whatever the people were doing, I wanted to be with them." Above, Akkad's 2012 mixed media on canvas work, Untitled.

Credit Courtesy Galerie Tanit

Tarek Butayhi's 2011 mixed media on canvas work, Untitled. Butayhi's work was displayed in the Artists From Syria Today exhibition at the Espace Kettaneh Kunigk gallery in Beirut.

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Originally published on Mon May 14, 2012 5:44 am

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In Syria, anyone who speaks out against the regime of President Bashar Assad risks harassment, detention and sometimes worse. One famous cartoonist who'd lampooned Assad was pulled out of his car last summer by pro-regime thugs and had his hands broken.

Public figures like singers and actors are under much pressure to keep silent. Even a small and critically acclaimed group of Syrian painters is not immune — but that might be attracting buyers outside Syria to their work.

6:11 am

Fri May 11, 2012

Freddie Mac Names Retired JPMorgan Official CEO

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Mortgage broker Freddie Mac named Donald Layton as its new chief executive officer. Layton worked for JPMorgan Chase for nearly 30 years before retiring in 2004.

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