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  • Business student David Carraso (right) with fellow student Pierre Renauld at a bar in Paris. The young Frenchmen were very optimistic even in the light of the on-going financial doom and gloom.
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    With economists panicking about the future of Europe, we sent reporter Stephen Beard on a five-nation pub crawl to talk to real people about the future of the eurozone.

  • A father tackles the difficult question of how to dole out allowance to his children.

  • Stay-at-home dad Kenny Messer on the challenges and rewards of being home with the kids.
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    Stay-at-home dad Kenny Messer on the challenges and rewards of being home with the kids.

  • There are a lot of different dates on the food you buy at the grocery store. Learn how to decipher them and how to save food and money.

  • Spending summers working for no money seems like something students must do to land a job after graduation. But author Ross Perlin says there's more value in flipping burgers during the school break.

  • Fathers around the country share their best Father's Day memories with us.

  • A scary new survey from the Federal Reserve shows the average U.S. family's wealth plunged during the recession.

  • For teaching her kid money smarts
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    A Nebraska mother wins this week's Piggy Award for sharing how she taught her now-adult daughter how to save and spend.

  • While people may have sweet moments with their dad, apparently there's not enough of them, because people spend $5 billion less on their dad on Father's Day than they do for mom on Mother's Day.
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    Host Tess Vigeland is joined by Sr. Producer Paddy Hirsch and the L.A. Times' David Lazarus to discuss reader concerns and talk to listeners.

  • More fathers around the country share their best Father's Day memories with us.

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