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Google your prescriptions
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The FDA wants all prescription drug labels available online, so patients and doctors can look them up for themselves. As Helen Palmer reports from the Health Desk at WGBH, reaction to this new requirement is mixed.
Posted In: Health
Ditch the mortgage-interest deduction
A presidential panel plans to modify or eliminate a zillion tax deductions and credits, among them the sacred mortgage-interest deduction. Bring it on, says Marketplace commentator Robert Reich.
Could it be... a campaign finance loophole?
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There are campaign finance laws governing how political ad money can be spent on TV, radio, etc. But what about online? As Scott Tong reports, the House took up Internet political spending today.
Pirates in the hole!
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Hollywood, plagued by piracy, wants Congress to block something called "the analog hole." Tomorrow the House begins hearings. Kai Ryssdal asked Variety's Bill Tripplett: "What exactly IS the analog hole?"
Commercializing Ramadan
Muslims mark the end of Ramadan tomorrow. It's been a month filled with fasting, Koran reading, and spiritual reflection. But Ramadan has also become a retail bonanza. From Jerusalem, Hilary Krieger reports.
Living life on the half-shell
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Signs of life in New Orleans are feeding a new sense of optimism that the city will come back. But there's always that nagging little problem... the devil is in the details. Sam Eaton checks back in with Sal, the oysterman.
Posted In: Food
Direct to consumer advertising
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The FDA is considering revising rules about how much risk information prescription drug commercials must include in their television advertising. Hillary Wicai reports
"Livestrong" lawsuit
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Lance Armstrong and his charitable foundation have won a court case that allows them to stop internet sites reselling his trademark yellow bracelets for profit. Stacey Vanek Smith reports.
Three Rs for the littlest ones
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A new study out shows even the children of middle class parents benefit from public preschool. Sarah Gardner reports.
All wrapped up
Commentator Beth Teitell looks at the pheonomenon of school fundraisers — in overdrive.
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