Features By Katie Long
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Mayor Bloomberg is "nobody's puppet." But is he a muppet?
Michael Bloomberg says he can't be bought by special interests, but a cozy relationship with Miss Piggy suggests he may bow to 'festive interests.'
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Digital Easter eggs: A developer's secret message to you
In the digital world, an Easter egg is a hidden message snuck into a computer program, video game, or website where it shouldn’t be.
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Top 10 reasons why Marketplace trumps Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me!
This past Monday, Southern California Public Radio (KPCC), created a March Madness bracket to finally determine the top dog of the public radio world. In round two, it's Marketplace versus Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell me!
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Headline writers turn Lululemon's yoga pants into lemonade
Lululemon shares were down this morning after the yoga-apparel maker announced yesterday that some of its pants are see-through due to a supplier mistake.
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5 things you need to know about Cyprus' economy
As Cyprus debates a controversial bailout plan to tax savings accounts, here are the five things you need to know about Cyprus, its economy, and why it is important to the global economic recovery.
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Wine in a box? Soup in a pouch? A brief history
Packaged food makers are giving new meaning to thinking outside the box. Everyone from Campbell's to Cadbury is ditching cans, bottles, cups and containers and getting in on the pouch parade.
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America's worst cities for traffic
Americans wasted a total of $121 billion dollars, or an average of $818 each, by sitting in traffic in 2011 according to a new report from the Transportation Institute at Texas A&M. Which cities have it worst?
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Understanding your salary: Are you a pork belly or a sausage?
Do you work in a commodity job or are you a customized good. Take our quiz to find out; your salary could depend on it.
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PODCAST: Baseball vs. banking, beer boom
Two years after the Dodd-Frank Law was enacted, many in the banking sector are still grumbling about the change in regulation. How does that compare to when the rules change in another American pastime: Baseball? Schlumberger and Baker Hughes help big oil drill. But their business is softening as some drillers pull back due to the economic slowdown.
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Commuter Nation: How America gets to work
The majority of Americans still drive alone in a car to and from work. But in cities and states across the nation, the commuter population is turning to carpools, public transportation, walking, and bikes.
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