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  • Private-label groceries

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  • Oct 12, 2007

    Buzzword: Hope Now

    The Bush Administration wants to send a little hope to homeowners with a troubled mortgage. And by hope, they mean friendly, encouraging mail.

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  • Paul Krugman's new book, "The Conscience of a Liberal," considers a group determined to take over the Republican party and Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. Doug Krizner discusses a gamut of issues with the author.

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  • Our appetite for lobster is voracious — the U.S. imports almost 120 million pounds every year. For our Working series, Claudine LoMonaco profiles divers in Honduras who risk death to feed that demand.

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  • Commentator Karrie Jacobs says that when it comes to the crisis in the U.S. mortgage industry, the changing tastes of modern homeowners may be part of the problem.

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  • Yesterday's auto-workers strike against Chrysler lasted six hours. Doug Krizner talks about it with auto industry reporter Katie Merx, who says their deal sounds a lot like the one with GM.

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  • Your biggest fans want to see your name in lights. But if you're still having trouble booking Carnegie Hall, see if you can hire a neon sign maker.

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  • Thirteen years ago a million people were killed in the Rwanda genocide. When it was over, 70 percent of the population was women. The gender imbalance has allowed women to make ground-breaking changes in the country. Orly Halpern reports.

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  • Commentator David Frum says Democrats and Republicans are pushing for the same approach to solving the Medicare crisis — they just don't realize it.

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  • Committee that conducted fundraising, receiving thousands of dollars, never registered with the Federal Election Commission.

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