Features By Peter O'Dowd
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Have change for a gold bar? Arizona moves toward making gold and silver legal tender
Arizona is deciding whether to start making gold and silver legal tender, just after Utah made the move. You won't be paying for groceries in gold coins, but how will it work?
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Phoenix homeowner explains why he didn't just walk away
A few years ago, 60 percent of Phoenix-area mortgages were underwater. Reporter Peter O'Dowd was one of those homeowners.
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Social media impostors make real money
Author Philip Roth's recent tweets were fake, but some celebrity spoofs have turned into profitable ventures.
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Unilever to dump microbeads from soap
Unilever says it will stop adding tiny plastic beads that act as exfoliants to its soap products by 2015.
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The effect in Mexico of U.S. gun laws
New research suggests rising violence in Mexico could be tied to U.S. gun laws.
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Deportees get a one-way plane ticket to Mexico City
The U.S. spent a lot of money to fly Mexican detainees back to the interior of their country, instead of dropping them off just south of the Mexican border. Did it work?
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After Sandy, the marathon must go on
The New York City Marathon will go off as scheduled Sunday morning as the city still deals with clean up, massive power outages, and limited transit services.
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Redefining 'senior living' in Phoenix
More seniors in the Phoenix area are looking at spending their golden years in the city -- and developers are responding.
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Rebuilding after Sandy in an age of austerity
All the state governments in the path of Sandy say they’re going to rebuild infrastructure. In this age of budget austerity, where will the money come from?
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States like Arizona hope to cash in on NAFTA supply chain
Exports from big states like Texas, California and Michigan have soared since the 1990s when the North American Free Trade Agreement opened U.S. markets to Mexico. But not every state has been as savvy promoting cross-border trade.
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