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  • Richard Oswald has been a farmer all his life and in debt for most of it. A state he says that's as much a part of farming as working in the fields.

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  • On this week's "A Day in the Work Life," our regular look at how folks trade time for money, we hit the slopes with Ski Patroller Peg Doheny.

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  • What do you get when you mix investing in your town with the feel of the stock market? Tess talks to Tom Anderson about muni bond exchange-traded funds.

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  • It's not just mortgage holders that suffer when they can't make their payments. Tess talks to Aleksandra Todorova about what happens when your landlord can't pay the bills.

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  • With award campaigns for Golden Globes underway, a nomination from a critic's association can be essential. Doug Krizner talks to Variety's Mike Speier about which critics' associations audiences will listen to and why.

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  • Commentator Hunter Lewis says there's more the United States can do to make giving more affordable. All that's needed is a little change to the tax code.

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  • While European leaders sign a landmark treaty in Lisbon to create a long-term E.U. president, the union is also teaming up with central banks to lend $110 billion to world money lenders. Megan Williams reports.

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  • For those who are heartbroken to leave the mall, there's another option: an apartment complex with stores built right in. Joal Ryan has more on a growing number of "lifestyle centers" designed to go beyond just shopping.

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  • A new web ad by Freddie Mac says 25% of homeowners facing foreclosure go to the Internet first when they look for help. Which is, of course, where they get into trouble. Check out the video here.

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  • In the Democratic presidential race, the question of whether Americans should be required to buy health insurance is generating increasingly heated rhetoric. But commentator Robert Reich says the candidates ought to just cool it.

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