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Middle East
7:07 am
Sat August 4, 2012

Rebels In Syria Respond To Crescendo Of Criticism

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A picture released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network purportedly shows Syrian rebels celebrating after taking over a police station in the Ansari district of Aleppo on Friday.
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Ribal Al-Assad, cousin of Syrian President Bashar Assad, says it's not just Syria that's arming for war.
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For the second weekend in a row, observers are predicting a major government offensive against rebels in Syria's largest city, Aleppo. Fierce fighting has also been reported in parts of the capital, Damascus. Allegations of atrocities on both sides of the conflict have prompted a crescendo of criticism from the outside world.

Both sides claim to have gained the upper hand in the fighting over Aleppo, the country's commercial hub and the main city in the north. The government said last week that it had killed many rebels in Aleppo and would soon restore peace to the city.

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Destination Art
6:32 am
Sat August 4, 2012

Columbus, Ind.: A Midwestern Mecca Of Architecture

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Architect Eliel Saarinen's First Christian Church (1942) helped launch a design revolution in Columbus, Ind. Nearly 30 years later, as part of that same movement, sculptor Henry Moore created the 20-foot-tall Large Arch as a piece of art that could be walked through and around.
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Designed by Don M. Hisaka in 1990, Columbus' brick and limestone Bartholomew County Jail is one of many public buildings to come out of the town's architectural fever.
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The Columbus Signature Academy Fondrea Campus primary school was designed by Paul Kennon in 1973 as a "people-centered" school to be used for both education and community gatherings.
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Architect Eliel Saarinen's First Christian Church (1942) helped launch a design revolution in Columbus, Ind. Nearly 30 years later, as part of that same movement, sculptor Henry Moore created the 20-foot-tall Large Arch as a public art work that could be walked through and around.
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The house Will Miller grew up in was designed by Eero Saarinen on a grid in which each corner is used for a space that requires privacy, including the master, family and guest bedrooms.
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Inside, the sunken "conversation pit" allows for plenty of seating without visual clutter. Architect and designer Alexander Girard worked with Will Miller's mother, Xenia Miller, on the house's interior decoration, which includes a selection of textiles that changes seasonally and a 50-foot-long storage wall.
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Eero Saarinen also designed the North Christian Church, which was completed in 1964, three years after Saarinen's death. Along with the First Christian Church and the Miller house, North Christian is one of Columbus' six national historic landmarks.
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This summer, NPR's Destination Art series is going off the beaten path to visit small to midsize North American cities that have cultivated lively arts scenes. We want to hear from you! Where's your favorite art hot spot? What makes it unique? Tell us about it.
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Across from the First Christian Church, I.M. Pei's Cleo Rogers Memorial Library boasts a waffled concrete ceiling that, with help from an elaborate intake system, uses heat from the ceiling lights to warm the building in winter months.
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When J. Irwin Miller began working at Cummins in 1934, his responsibilities included opening the mail. He went on to transform the company through innovations in management, marketing and production.
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Part of Zaharakos restoration involved replacing its '50s-era storefront with a 19th-century design that better matched its interior. The result can feel anachronistic, considering the town's more contemporary claims to fame.
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Columbus, Ind., looks like any other small town, with its small shops and restaurants. But what sets this town apart is its architecture.

The Modernist buildings — mostly geometric and made of glass and steel — are not immediately visible, interspersed as they are with old, 19th-century, gingerbread-like structures; but more than 60 public buildings in Columbus have been built by a veritable who's who of modern masters — I.M. Pei, Eero and Eliel Saarinen, Cesar Pelli, Richard Meier, Harry Weese, Robert Venturi and James Polshek, to name a few.

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Sports
6:32 am
Sat August 4, 2012

An Olympic Impression Of London 2012 So Far

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SUSAN STAMBERG, HOST:

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Susan Stamberg. Time for sports.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

SPANDAU BALLET: (Singing) Gold. Always believe in your soul, you've got the power...

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Europe
6:32 am
Sat August 4, 2012

Olympics Sets Off British Tears

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You find out so much about a country, you know, when it's hosting the Olympics. It's almost as if the games lay bare a nation's soul. NPR's Philip Reeves says that is what's happening in Britain. He's finding the experience unnerving, as he explains, in this letter from the Olympics.

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Economy
6:32 am
Sat August 4, 2012

Economists Cautiously Applaud Jobs Report

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SUSAN STAMBERG, HOST:

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Susan Stamberg in for Scott Simon. In an encouraging sign for the U.S. economy, the Labor Department told us yesterday that the country gained 163,000 jobs in July. That was better than expected but not all signs are pointing up. In a separate government survey, the unemployment rate increased slightly to 8.3 percent. NPR's Chris Arnold is at a gathering of economists in northern Maine. He sent this report.

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