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StoryCorps
12:51 am
Fri December 7, 2012

3 Years After Parents' Divorce, Son Looks Back

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At StoryCorps in the Tri-Cities area of Washington state, Anand Hernandez and his mom, Sarah Avant, discussed his parents' 2009 divorce.
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Originally published on Fri December 7, 2012 8:52 am

Sarah Avant and her 12-year-old son, Anand Hernandez, rarely get a lot of one-on-one time. Anand has two younger siblings, and his parents are divorced.

So it was a big deal when they decided to spend a whole week together — just the two of them. During that time, they visited StoryCorps in Washington state to record an interview together.

"How do you think you are different because your dad and I got divorced?" Sarah asks her son.

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The Salt
5:33 pm
Thu December 6, 2012

U.S. Olive Oil Makers Say Imports Aren't Always So 'Extra Virgin'

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Freshly picked Arbosana olives from the Texas Olive Ranch in Carrizo Springs, Texas.
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Surprise: Some of the best-tasting extra-virgin olive oils are now being produced domestically. Think Texas, California, Florida.
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Gregg Kelley of California Olive Ranch taste tests his competitor's brand.
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Originally published on Mon December 10, 2012 7:40 am

Italians may still be light-years ahead when it comes to gelato, but when it comes to extra-virgin olive oil? Watch out: U.S. producers are on it.

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Around the Nation
5:33 pm
Thu December 6, 2012

Michigan Approves 'Right To Work' Bill As Dems Walk Out

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Originally published on Thu December 6, 2012 5:40 pm

Michigan's state house has voted to approve a "right-to-work" bill that would weaken the power of labor unions. Democrats walked out in protest. Audie Cornish talks to Rick Pluta of Michigan Public Radio.

Food
4:58 pm
Thu December 6, 2012

In A Family's Lost Cookie, Lots Of Love, And Molasses

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NPR's Lost Recipe project helped Pavlos re-create her great-grandmother's jumble cookies.
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Listener Laurie Pavlos' father, Richard Voigt, with her great-grandparents Frederick and Ethel Rickmeyer. Frederick documented many of his wife's recipes by hand in the early 1900s.
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In 1914, Frederick Rickmeyer documented his wife's cookie recipe on the blank memoranda pages of a cookbook.
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Originally published on Fri December 7, 2012 1:09 pm

Frederick Rickmeyer, our hats are off to you and your note-taking ways.

Shortly after the turn of the last century, Frederick started documenting his wife's recipes on the blank memoranda pages of a cookbook. He included titles like My Wife's Own Original Spanish Bun and comments like "as good as ever," along with the ingredients and dates.

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U.S.
4:53 pm
Thu December 6, 2012

Crime-Ridden Camden To Dump City Police Force

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Camden City Police Chief Scott Thomson says he has shooting investigations "backlogging like burglary cases." Half of his force was laid off last year, and the city says expensive benefits in the police union contract are preventing them from hiring more cops.
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Because of the city's high crime rate, protective iron bars encase the front porches of many houses in Camden. Residents call them "bird cages."
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Memorials to shooting victims can be seen throughout Camden on front porches, at the side of houses and on empty lots.
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Originally published on Thu December 6, 2012 6:54 pm

As the New Jersey city of Camden blasts through its all-time-high homicide record — exceeding 60 murders so far this year — city officials have an unusual solution to rising crime: laying off the entire police department.

Year after year, Camden ranks as one of the most dangerous cities in America based on several categories: murders, rapes, assaults and robberies. But the city says it's too poor to hire more police officers. So it's dissolving its municipal police force and letting the county set up a bigger, cheaper force to replace it.

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