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  • Surfing Goes To The Dogs In Del Mar, Calif.
    Del Mar, Calif., is one of the most popular surfing spots in Southern California. And Sunday it went to the dogs, with the seventh annual dog surfing competition. Hundreds of canines and their owners paddled out, and then the dogs rode the surfboards back to the shore.
  • Members of the Chicago Teachers Union distribute strike signage at the Chicago Teachers Union strike headquarters on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012 in Chicago.
    Chicago Teachers On Strike, Affecting 350,000 Students
    Teachers from the nation's third-largest school district have gone on strike despite an offer of a 16 percent pay raise over four years.
  • Government To Sell Controlling Interest In Bailed-Out AIG
    The government will reduce its stake in the insurance giant to less than 50 percent for the first time since the 2008 bailout.
  • NY Fashion Week, From Google Glasses To Harnesses
    Top designers are showing off their spring 2013 collections in New York. Host Michel Martin gets a glimpse of what's hot and what's not with Isabel Wilkinson, editor of the fashion section for The Daily Beast. They also discuss Michelle Obama and Ann Romney's fashion picks at the conventions.
  • What College Kids Can Learn From 'The Zombie War'
    Several colleges and universities have adopted a common read program, where freshmen read the same book during the summer and discuss it once on campus. Author Max Brooks discusses what students can learn from his book World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War.
  • Cook County morgue workers walk between a row of refrigerated trucks outside the morgue in July 1995, when a deadly heat wave struck Chicago.
    When Heat Kills: Global Warming As Public Health Threat
    Emerging science shows that people respond more favorably to warnings about climate change when it's portrayed as a health issue rather than as an environmental problem. Should the symbol for danger be a child instead of a polar bear?
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    The iPhone 5 And The Economy: Don't Believe The Hype
    Will there be a smartphone stimulus this fall? Don't hold your breath.
  • Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping addresses the opening ceremony of the autumn semester of the Party School of the Communist Party of China in Beijing on Sept. 1.
    The Mysterious Case Of China's Disappearing Heir Apparent
    Xi Jinping, the next in line to succeed President Hu Jintao, has missed important meetings in the past week, with officials offering no explanation for his sudden disappearance.
  • A flag sits atop one of the memorial panels at the World Trade Center site in New York City on Tuesday.
    Subdued Reflection On Sept. 11 Anniversary
    On the eleventh anniversary of the World Trade Center terror attacks, NPR's Neal Conan listens to sounds from anniversary events across the country.
  • Corporal Punishment In Schools: Does It Work?
    Nineteen states have laws that allow corporal punishment in public schools, according to the Center for Effective Discipline. Critics argue paddling does not stop bad behavior, while supporters say paddling teaches discipline and respect. StateImpact Florida education reporter Sarah Gonzalez outlines the debate.
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