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Time to ditch that D.C. condo?
Hilary Wicai | Nov 11, 2005One of the country's hottest housing markets is showing signs of a major cool-down. What does it mean? Hillary Wicai has a condo in the nation's capitol she wants to sell you!
Justice sues SIU for discrimination
Janet Babin | Nov 11, 2005Southern Illinois University set up diversity programs to increase the number of women and minorities in its graduate programs. Now the Justice Department is threatening a discrimination suit. From WUNC, Janet Babin reports.
Whither France's education system?
| Nov 11, 2005The riots in France have underlined how difficult it is for immigrants to integrate into French life. Poor schools have been singled out as one of the reasons. From Lyons, John Laurenson reports on one possible solution.
David Johnson
Kai Ryssdal | Nov 11, 2005Dallas stockbroker David Johnson is seeing sunny skies in the markets, and talks with Kai Ryssdal about interesting mergers, including Blackstone's purchase of La Quinta.
And the tiny little Emmy goes to...
Lisa Napoli | Nov 11, 2005An Emmy Award for cell phone content? It begs the question -- what if they just phoned in their performance? Lisa Napoli reports on Hollywood's latest self-congratulatory endeavor.
Bill cares... but does Nick?
| Nov 11, 2005Nickelodeon has snagged Bill Clinton for a special edition of Nick News. He'll encourage kids to exercise and eat right. Commentator and psychologist Susan Linn says Clinton could have picked a better partner.
What Would Aslan Do?
| Nov 11, 2005Next month Disney releases "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," based on C.S. Lewis's allegorical children's book. As Phillip Babich reports, Christian groups hope to spread the gospel by helping Disney market the film.
Cashing Out
| Nov 11, 2005Rising interest rates combined with flattening home values are making home-owners think about getting out while the getting's good. Marketplace's Janet Babin reports.
Keeping a head above water in Alaska
| Nov 11, 2005Global warming has the water rising in the Native Alaskan village of Newtok. And as Aliza Sherman Risdahl reports, residents have few options.
Have your people ping my people
Stacey Vanek Smith | Nov 11, 2005More and more, instant messaging is competing with e-mail as the medium of choice for colleagues to communicate with each other at work. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.
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