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How much school does a lawyer need?
| Aug 24, 2005Some say that law school is two years' worth of classes crammed into three years. On program has responded: students starting today at the University of Dayton Law School should be done in 2007. Mhari Saito explains.
The Public's Business: School Reform
| Aug 24, 2005There was a time when businesses cared about the education schoolkids recieved. But now business has dropped out of school reform efforts, says analyst and commentator Robert Reich.
Keeping healthy at work
| Aug 24, 2005Job coaches will tell you that you're in the best position to ask for a higher salary and more vacation after a job offer is on the table. Helen Palmer reports from the Health Desk at WGBH that health coverage may be the new sticking point.
The cost of a swabbing a Navy base clean
| Aug 24, 2005A submarine base in Connecticut was taken off the chopping block this morning. Commissioners said it was too important to close — might have been too expensive, too. From WNPR, Harriet Jones reports.
Wrangling greenhouse gases
| Aug 24, 2005Today there's word that nine states in the northeast have agreed to cap emissions coming from power plants. Marketplace's Scott Tong has the story.
Retiring to Costa Rica has some surprises
| Aug 24, 2005Some Americans are looking beyond the retirement havens of Florida and Arizona to places abroad, like Costa Rica. But it seems Americans are exporting the very cost of living they are trying to escape. Dan Grech reports.
Trouble for the bubble?
| Aug 24, 2005If you were thinking of buying a house last month, maybe you just gave up: the sale of existing homes dropped off 2.6 percent in July. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports on the prospects for real estate.
Calling a hotel home
| Aug 24, 2005It began a few years ago: Guests in posh hotels could buy almost everything in their rooms to take home-the sheets, beds, artwork, furniture, even plants. But now you can move right in; Rudy Maxa has the story.
How's your SUV's MPG?
| Aug 23, 2005The Transportation Department today proposed raising the minimum mileage for sport utility vehicles and light trucks. John Dimsdale reports the new rules would be a (small) step in the right direction.
Forth & Towne: not a place, a state of mind
| Aug 23, 2005Tomorrow in West Nyack New York Gap will open a store called Forth and Towne — it targets shoppers 35 and older with "a new women's apparel retail concept." Host Kai Ryssdal talks to marketing expert Seth Godin.
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