WBUR Newsroom Election 2008 CommonHealth Blog Boston Weather BBC World News NPR Top Stories NPR's Morning Edition NPR Topics: Books NPR Topics: Movies Fresh Air All Things Considered Marketplace Submit a Story Idea RSS Feeds Podcasts 's  Morning Edition Crowd Sourcing Turns Business On Its Head Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:50:00 -0400 What happens when a company lets customers design and vote on their own products? Some Web-based outfits are finding success by doing just that. And the new business model is really catching on. Real | Windows In Struggling Cuba, Signs Of New Opportunities Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:23:00 -0400 In Cuba, one of President Raul Castro's most dramatic recent announcements was that he would allow private farmers access to up to 100 acres of idle government land. The plan is a shift toward private enterprise on the socialist island. Real | Windows Around Resorts, Boomlet Towns Thrive, Too Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:56:00 -0400 Around the country, more Americans are living where they want to, not where they have to. They're making new lives for themselves by the beach and in the mountains. Locals who have been forced out often buy houses nearby — and have their own effect on smaller towns. Real | Windows Good, Better, Best: Finding Phelps' Place In History Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:58:00 -0400 Ever since Michael Phelps clinched his eighth gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, analysts have debated the swimmer's place in the sports pantheon. But Frank Deford says it's impossible to compare Phelps to other sports greats, past or present. Real | Windows Maine Lobstermen Suffer: Market Drops, Fuel Rises Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:01:00 -0400 Lobstermen have seen their catch drop by half while fuel prices have tripled in recent years. With prices and sales flat, the fishermen are struggling to adapt to the times. Real | Windows Olympic Race Walkers Get A Last-Minute Upgrade Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:38:00 -0400 Race walking normally doesn't get much attention at the games, but a last-minute course upgrade — costing more than $800,000 — has put a new spring in the step of international competitors who feared injury on the original granite surface. Real | Windows Bacteria Fingered As Killer In 1918 Flu Pandemic Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:23:00 -0400 Bacterial pneumonia attacked virus-weakened lungs and killed most of the 50 million victims of the 1918 flu pandemic. This finding may be good news should another flu pandemic strike, because doctors are now armed with effective treatments for bacterial infections. Real | Windows Walter Dean Myers, A 'Bad Boy' Makes Good Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:15:00 -0400 Growing up, the only authors Walter Dean Myers read in school were white and British. But when he discovered Langston Hughes and Richard Wright, he realized that he, too, could be a writer. Now, Myers works to encourage the next generation. Real | Windows