Marketplace AM for April 1, 2005

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Old racing horses get a second chance on the track

Seabiscuit... Chances are you've read the book or seen the movie. If you haven't, it's the story of a washed up horse that is nursed back to health and ends up becoming a champion racer. It might sound a little cinematic for the modern track. But Marketplace's London bureau Chief Stephen Beard found a British stable which is doing just that. And it's paying off...
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Lava lamp. A really big lava lamp ...

Paris has the Eiffel Tower. St. Louis has the Arch. And about 150 miles east of Seattle's Space Needle, boosters in a forlorn rural town are pinning their hopes on the arrival of a giant lava lamp. Correspondent Tom Banse reports from Soap Lake, Washington.
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The Job Files

Time once again for the Job Files. Today - the auto "detailer." This edition was produced by Laurie Selik.

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