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Before SXSW 2012, hear 100 handpicked highlights and discoveries in one music-packed place.

In the past few months, job growth has picked up, while economic growth has slowed. What's going on?

In Afghanistan and other conflict zones, the military is often first on the ground, followed by diplomats, contractors and journalists. Next, in many cases, are aid workers: People who work for private organizations and strive to remain impartial in some of the world's most dangerous places.

There's more to this series of commuters than meets the eye. For photographer Alejandro Cartagena, it's one tiny slice of a project about development in Mexico.

A long line of international parenting guides are offering advice to Americans. This made the Tell Me More moms ask, "What's so bad about American parents?" Host Michel Martin checks in with The Washington Post's Brigid Shulte and regular contributors Dani Tucker, Jolene Ivey and Leslie Morgan Steiner.

An advertising agency sparked controversy at the South by Southwest technology conference when it hired homeless people in Austin to act as "Homeless Hotspots." Critics charge that it exploits the homeless. But Megan Garber, a staff writer for The Atlantic, sees some good in the project.

The sudden national fame for the 85-year-old North Dakota newspaper columnist seems to be because she's incredibly nice and because so many snarky sorts are amazed that a chain restaurant could be the most beautiful eatery in town.

Comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele push stereotypes to new — and sometimes uncomfortable — levels. On stage, on MadTV and now in their Comedy Central show, Key & Peele, they find the humor in their biracial roots and the many roles of black men in America.

DC-3 planes transported American troops in World War II. One of them hangs in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington. Yet this aircraft is still in daily use and is the most reliable means of transport in remote parts of Colombia.

In parts of Florida and around the country, paddling kids who misbehave is considered traditional discipline — and schools are the only public institution where that's allowed. But parents don't always get a say in whether their kids can be disciplined with spankings.