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A week of scandal and taxes

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Kai Ryssdal | May 17, 2013
Check out weekend reading picks (not about the IRS scandal) from our Weekly Wrap.
Posted In: IRS, Weekly Wrap
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A 21st century Thoreau on living debt-free

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal | May 14, 2013
Ken Ilgunas spent two years obsessively paying off the $32,000 he owed on his student loans. And when he decided to go back to school for a graduate degree, he figured out a way to come out the other side debt-free.
Posted In: frugality, student debt
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A look at Facebook a year after its IPO

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Queena Kim | May 17, 2013
Facebook's initial stock offering was a debacle for the company and the NASDAQ, but things are looking up
Posted In: Facebook, IPO, social network
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Luring developers to rebuild on polluted land

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Jim Burress | May 16, 2013
Sometimes the government has to kick in to convince developers to reclaim "brownfield" sites. The EPA says it's developed a good partnership in Atlanta.
Posted In: Atlanta, development, Housing
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Meet the unusual suspects lobbying for immigration reform

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David Gura | May 17, 2013
It's no surprise farmers and home builders want more immigrant labor, but horse breeders?
Posted In: Immigration, lobbying
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The first 3D printed gun goes bang

Interview by
Ben Johnson | May 6, 2013
The world's first gun made almost entirely on a 3D printer has been fired in the United States. Cody Wilson, a Texas law student, has been working on the project for over a year.
Posted In: 3D printing, gun control, guns
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VIDEO: Watch an iPad get made from the Foxconn factory floor

| Apr 11, 2012
See what life is like for the workers who help assemble your Apple products in this exclusive video footage from the Foxconn factory floor in Shenzhen, China.
Posted In: factory tour, Foxconn, video
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Bitcoin blow: U.S. government freezes funds to trade the digital currency

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Queena Kim | May 16, 2013
The U.S. has made its first move to crackdown on Bitcoin, by using anti-money laundering laws to freeze funds of the biggest Bitcoin trading exchange.
Posted In: bitcoin, dwolla
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Protecting troops from a different kind of harm — predatory loans

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Mitchell Hartman | May 16, 2013
Military brass, consumer advocates and lawmakers are trying to close loopholes in the Military Lending Act.
Posted In: installment loans, military
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Airline ticket taxes might take off with new proposal

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Stacey Vanek Smith | May 7, 2013
Taxes on your flights are pretty hefty, and they might get heftier soon. But how do they compare to taxes for other services?
Posted In: airline prices, Taxes

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