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With the country still digging its way out of the recession, banks have severely tightened lending to small firms — making it harder for many to get back on their feet. But Daphne Wilson, an entrepreneur in Milwaukee, Wis., didn't let being turned down by four banks stop her.

The 17 European countries that use the euro have such widely varying debt burdens that they cannot survive as a single eurozone unless the strongest rescue the weakest. Germany's economic strength means it is better positioned than any other country in Europe to stabilize the euro. But the question is: Does it want to?

In the wake of the week that was, at least in terms of the Ames Straw Poll, NPR sat down for lunch in Des Moines Sunday with three influential Iowa Republicans for a freewheeling conversation about what the developments mean for the party.

If you have an autistic child, the chance of you having a second child with autism is higher than previously thought.

Amazon.com is pushing to overturn a California law requiring the firm to collect sales tax on internet purchases from California consumers.

Quick access to credit is not an easy thing for any small business to attain. But it's even harder for Native American Natural Foods. Its headquarters in South Dakota sits on tribal lands and therefore has no value that could be used as collateral for a loan.

The Republicans settled its Minnesota sweepstakes over the weekend, but the argument over Iowa goes on.

Sometimes, when walking Brooklyn's streets, it doesn't feel as if its literary past is haunting. Rather, its literary soul is still alive and pulsating. Brooklyn is a world unto itself and a writer's enclave. Journalist and critic Evan Hughes has written a literary biography of the leafy borough.

Many Egyptians feel their revolution is still unfinished. But they believe the trial of the former president and efforts to establish democracy will help set the tone for the wider Middle East.

The violent and destructive riots in London this month are bewildering to many. But Pat Finn has a rude idea about one cause.