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The changing face of Coney Island

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Jill Barshay | Aug 15, 2008
Coney Island is famous for its kitsch charm, but a looming redevelopment plan hoping to bring in hotels other mainstream commerce is threatening to change the amusement park for good. Jill Barshay reports.
Posted In: Entertainment
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Hot Jobs: Air Conditioner Repairman

| Aug 15, 2008
When it gets really hot out and your air conditioner conks out, Russ Wichterman could be your knight in shining armor. Wichterman tells us what it's like to be an air conditioning repairman.
Posted In: Jobs, Sports
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Copyrights upheld for open source code

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Jeremy Hobson | Aug 15, 2008
A ruling by a Federal appeals court that open-source software can be protected by copyright is expected to have enormous effect not just for coders, but for the tech world at large. Jeremy Hobson reports.
Posted In: Internet
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Diversify Financial Companies?

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Chris Farrell | Aug 15, 2008
Question: We have just finished our annual retirement portfolio re-balancing. All of our accounts are with Vanguard. Should we consider having some...
Posted In: insurance, Investing, retirement savings
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Inflation hits 17-year high

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Mitchell Hartman | Aug 14, 2008
The July Consumer Price Index rose more than expected, as the average weekly earnings fell in the same month. But how does that mesh with plummeting home prices? Mitchell Hartman reports.
Posted In: Economy, Food, Housing, Oil, Retail
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Getting to the root of job numbers

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Chris Farrell and Scott Jagow | Jul 10, 2008
Employers hired workers in May at the slowest pace in about five years, but the unemployment hasn't moved that much. Scott Jagow talks to economics correspondent Chris Farrell, who doesn't get the job numbers.
Posted In: Jobs
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Prime versus subprime loans

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Tess Vigeland | Aug 8, 2008
How did prime borrowers end up in the same boat as subprime borrowers? Host Tess Vigeland asks real estate investor Jeremy Brandt what was behind the push towards adjustable-rate and interest-only loans.
Posted In: Housing
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Hedging your bets in hard times

| Aug 11, 2008
Commentator Megan McArdle has some advice for making your way through these hard times -- hedge your bets. That's right, just like the big companies do.
Posted In: Housing, Investing, Retirement
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Huffington Post debuts Chicago version

| Aug 13, 2008
Arianna Huffington debuts the first local franchise of her popular news Web site The Huffington Post, aka "HuffPo," on Thursday. Is this a move on the local news turf? Renita Jablonski reports.
Posted In: Internet
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Hype could be hurdle for Liu Xiang

| Aug 14, 2008
It's hard to go anywhere in Beijing without seeing the face of hurdler Liu Xiang on billboards, which some fear could eventually lead to the risk of overexposure. But Jamila Trindle reports that might not matter to fans.
Posted In: Sports

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