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Monopoly retires iconic iron piece

| Feb 6, 2013
One reason the board game piece may have been canned is new products like wrinkle-free fabrics have made ironing a thing of the past. Once a staple in every home, many people no longer even own an iron.
Posted In: iron, Monopoly, wrinkles
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Incentivizing cheating: Can we learn from Atlanta?

| Apr 2, 2013
Key figures in the Atlanta school cheating scandal admit to the practice, but did we learn anything about incentives?
Posted In: cheating, Education, teachers, testing
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Oil spills, pipelines, and angry environmentalists, oh my!

| Apr 4, 2013
The latest oil spill in Arkansas has environmentalists up in arms over how Big Oil transports their product.
Posted In: Keystone XL, Oil, pipelines
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Bitcoin continues to spike in the wake of Cyprus

| Apr 3, 2013
Whenever there's a big economic crisis, investors usually flock to the safety of gold or U.S. government bonds. But when things got crazy in the last couple weeks in Cyprus, it was something called Bitcoin that surged in value.
Posted In: bitcoin, currency, cyprus, Tech
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Ray Kurzweil on the surprising simplicity of the human brain

| Apr 5, 2013
Legendary inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil shares his thoughts on the way humans and technology are becoming more intertwined and an irony of the human mind.
Posted In: artificial intelligence, brain, ray kurzweil, Tech
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4 tips to avoid an audit this tax season

| Apr 3, 2013
Tax day is less than two weeks away. As you prepare for this year's returns, Marketplace's Senior Producer of Personal Finance Paddy Hirsch brings you tips to avoid an audit.
Posted In: audit, Taxes
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Angry Birds conquers the world

| Mar 15, 2013
Angry Birds started as an addictive app game. With the launch of a TV show this weekend, and licensing deals for clothes, the Finnish-created game aims to be a media and marketing juggernaut.
Posted In: angry birds
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Recovery from job loss: Easier for whites than blacks

| Apr 3, 2013
A new study from Pew on economic mobility examines how unemployment affects black and white families differently.
Posted In: African American, Jobs, race, Unemployment
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Lockheed Martin moves beyond weapons to clean water with graphene

| Mar 18, 2013
Defense contractor Lockheed Martin has discovered a way to make desalination 100 times more efficient. And that could have a big impact on bringing clean drinking water to the developing world and war zones.
Posted In: defense contractors, developing countries, lockheed martin
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To fix housing collapse, Spain looks to foreigners

| Dec 14, 2012
Spain mulls new law offering residency to foreigners who buy pricey property.
Posted In: real estate, spain

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