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  • Hundreds of thousands of people are waiting to see if they qualify for Social Security disability benefits. And the waiting list continues to grow. Tess Vigeland talks with reporter Nancy Marshall Genzer.

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  • Consumers beware: There's a growing trend of private health insurance companies dropping policyholders — after they've agreed to a coverage plan. Tess Vigeland interviews Jerry Flanagan of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights.

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  • Our economics editor Chris Farrell answers your burning money questions. This week, advice on buying a second home overseas, getting out of an annuity, and paying off credit card debt.

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  • Are you saving too much or too little for your golden years? Economics editor Chris Farrell does the math.

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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 get in tune with a band booker

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  • Life is hard enough without having to decipher everything. Each week, Marketplace Money brings you a word or a phrase that has bubbled to the top of the news. For instance, "Excise Tax." You hear it, you see it, but do you really know it?

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  • Our special series continues on investment clubs in America. Host Tess Vigeland takes us to a club meeting in Seattle. Meet a group of guys who eat, drink coffee and merrily beat the pants off the S&P 500.

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  • Fashion week is kicking off in New York, and one clothing trend wants to start to take root. But can environmentally-friendly clothes be stylish? From the Sustainability Desk, Sam Eaton reports.

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  • Commentator Dwayne Ballen says the arrival of two black coaches on the NFL's biggest stage — this Sunday's Super Bowl — could have big implications beyond the playing field.

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  • What would you think if advertisers could put actual video ads right on the fields of football stadiums? Alex Goldmark reports that technology might have an answer in just a few short years.

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