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Around the Nation
3:56 am
Mon May 20, 2013

Seeds Are An Economical Choice For Vegetable Gardeners

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By Sasa Woodruff

Originally published on Mon May 20, 2013 4:15 am

More and more gardeners are bypassing the local nursery and instead starting their veggies from seed. Seeds are often cheaper and they give growers a bigger choice of varieties. At a community garden in Venice, Calif., students learn the ins and outs of gardening from scratch.

Energy
3:56 am
Mon May 20, 2013

Calif. Law To Require Ships To Cut Pollution

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Originally published on Mon May 20, 2013 4:28 am

California is about to become the first state to require shore power at its ports. A new law mandates at least half of a shipping line's fleet to shut down their diesel engines and plug into shore-side electric power when they unload their cargo. It's part of a larger effort to cut pollution at the state's busiest ports, but costs have been a sticking point.

Business
3:56 am
Mon May 20, 2013

Yahoo To Buy Tumblr In An Attempt To Revitalize Itself

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Originally published on Mon May 20, 2013 4:06 am

Yahoo is expected to announce Monday that it's acquiring the social media site Tumblr, in a deal The Wall Street Journal and other news outlets are reporting to be worth about $1.1 billion. Some analysts are calling the acquisition an effort by Yahoo to be "cool and relevant" again.

It's All Politics
2:07 am
Mon May 20, 2013

Is There Really A Second-Term Curse?

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Richard Nixon says goodbye to members of his staff outside the White House as he boards a helicopter after resigning the presidency on Aug. 9, 1974.
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President Bill Clinton walks to the White House Rose Garden to deliver a statement on the impeachment inquiry on Dec. 11, 1998.
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The phrase "second term curse" is so familiar that it's become a cliche of American politics. Whether it's President Richard Nixon's resignation or President Bill Clinton's impeachment, presidents tend to have a tough time during the back half of an eight-year presidency.

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Around the Nation
2:07 am
Mon May 20, 2013

Advocates Struggle To Reach Growing Ranks Of Suburban Poor

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Volunteers sort donated food into barrels at the Manna Food Center in Gaithersburg in Montgomery County, Md. Poverty in the county, just outside of Washington, D.C., has grown by two-thirds since 2007.
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Elizabeth Kneebone is co-author, with Alan Berube, of Confronting Suburban Poverty in America, a new book from the Brookings Institution.
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Fafaneva Phillip Avudufu, left and his wife Akouavi Davi with their grandson Joshua, 4, in their apartment in Gaithersburg, Md.
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Originally published on Mon May 20, 2013 4:06 am

Poverty has grown everywhere in the U.S. in recent years, but mostly in the suburbs. During the 2000s, it grew twice as fast in suburban areas as in cities, with more than 16 million poor people now living in the nation's suburbs — more than in urban or rural areas.

Elizabeth Kneebone, a fellow with the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, says this shift in poverty can be seen in Montgomery County, Md., right outside the nation's capital.

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