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  • Universal Tube is an industrial products company based in Ohio. They have a nice website. Just one problem, though: Their homepage is utube.com. U-T-U-B-E. Not far enough removed from that other site you might have heard of . . .

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  • A memo leaked from ABC News radio suggests that nearly 100 top advertisers don't want to be associated with left-leaning Air America. Alisa Roth asks, is that good business?

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  • There will be no shortage of reasons that Republicans have found 2006 to be a tough reelection year, but commentator David Frum says we can't overlook this one: immigration.

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  • Identity theft is the fraud de jour, but old-fashioned con artists are still alive and well. A new study looks at who's most susceptible — and it's not always who you might think. Apryl Lundsten reports.

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  • If one or both chambers of Congress go to the Democrats next week, commentator Jeff Birnbaum says new Congressional leaders will almost certainly be punishing some companies.

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  • Commentator Susanna Perkins says her once middle-class lifestyle is a thing of the past.

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  • Oct 31, 2006

    Living in cars

    As rent prices continue to rise, even some fulltime workers can't afford anyplace to live — except their cars. Lisa McRee reports on one California community that's trying to help.

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  • The GOP's strategy of focusing on Iraq and national security seems to be backfiring in the polls. A majority of Americans are now against the war. So perhaps this election isn't about the economy after all? Commentator Benjamin Barber says, yes it is.

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  • Clear Channel today posted higher-than-expected Q3 profits, but earnings are down and its stock price has tumbled since 2000. As the media giant considers whether to put itself up for sale, Lisa Napoli adds up the numbers.

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  • Thinking about holiday shopping already? What you need to know today about gift cards before you start stuffing those stockings.

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