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When is a pork chop not a pork chop?

| Apr 4, 2013
What's a beef shoulder top blade steak? How about a bone-in pork loin chop? The meat industry's worried you don't know and is rolling out a new labeling plan
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Unemployment falls to 7.6%, 88,000 jobs added

| Apr 5, 2013
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the economy added 88,000 jobs last month, below analyst expectations. The unemployment rate fell to 7.6 percent.
Posted In: Jobs, Unemployment
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4-5-13 Marketplace Tech

| Apr 5, 2013
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How the DMCA protects printers' ink and other unintended consequences

| Apr 8, 2013
As the digital age progresses, is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act moving with it? Harvard Law Professor Jonathan Zittrain explains the law and its upcoming tests.
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4-9-13 The Big Picture

| Apr 9, 2013
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Original Mouseketeer Annette Funicello dead at 70

| Apr 8, 2013
Annette Funicello was America's beach blanket sweetheart, and before that a Disney Mousketeer.
Posted In: Obits
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Jason Slotkin is a reporter in Washington, D.C.
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Does President Obama's budget help or hurt soon-to-double student loan interest rates?

| Apr 10, 2013
In July, interest rates on some federal student loans are set to jump from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent -- and students are scrambling to stop the change.
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Marketplace Morning Report for Tuesday, April 9, 2013

| Apr 9, 2013

States all across the country have been passing measures to combat gun violence. But in Rhode Island, some Republican lawmakers are hoping to lure gun manufacturers into the state. The value of the Japanese yen has fallen to its lowest level in four years after a huge monetary stimulus package was unveiled last week. The effects of the stimulus are starting to be felt far away from Japan -- in fact, they're having some impact on the European debt crisis. And, what will it cost you to run a marathon at the North Pole?

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