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Looking a gift horse in the mouth

| Jun 14, 2005
Some nonprofit donors fail to follow through on their generous pledges, leaving them short the funds it would take to, say, finish that new building. Joel Roth reports from Philadelphia.

Reaping plenty of summer jobs

| Jun 14, 2005
A report out today shows that almost third of business will be hiring this quarter. Scott Jagow reports on the job prospects.

Studytime for the ER - stat!

| Jun 13, 2005
Paramedics rush in a dying patient into the TV show emergency room and the ER team works in heart-pounding (if scripted) unison to save a life. Real emergency rooms work much the same way — except without the rehearsal. At least, until now. Helen Palmer reports.

Kenneth Feinberg on the 9-11 Victims' Fund

| Jun 13, 2005
Only 11 days after the attacks of September 11th, 2001, Congress made an unprecedented committment, creating a Victim Compensation Fund. Not surprisingly, being the one charged with fairly adminstering the fund was a challenge, even for attorney Kenneth Feinberg.

Immigration from the other side

| Jun 13, 2005
Immigration is back on the national agenda and is becoming a hot topic in congress. More than half of all immigrants to the US come from Mexico; Alisa Roth reports on the Mexican perspective.

The Loh Down

| Jun 13, 2005
Immigration issues have commentator Sandra Tsing-Loh tiptoeing through her tulips.

Studying the full spectrum of business

| Jun 13, 2005
African-Americans are more likely than whites to start companies. But when attending business schools, students are learning from a pale history. Brian Watt reports.

Water war brewing

| Jun 13, 2005
Everyone's thirsty in the Colorado Rockies: whitewater kayakers, residential developers, traditional farmers. Sam Eaton reports.

The Sloan Sessions

| Jun 13, 2005
Allan Sloane talks with Kai Ryssdall about Alan Greenspan and his mysterious ways.

"Day in the Work Life": Sommelier

| Jun 10, 2005
On this week's "A Day In the Work Life" -- our regular look at how folks trade time for money -- we sniff, sip and swirl with a Sommelier.
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