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  • While some states have legalized gay marriage, the federal government has not — which puts many same-sex couples at a loss on how to properly file their federal taxes.

  • Throughout history, rulers have imposed taxes on everything from wigs to windows, but astute tax avoiders have always found a way to escape them.

  • Former disc jockey and current Marketplace reporter Bob Moon shares 1040-themed songs over the decades.

  • Women's pay may be on the rise, but when it comes to things like health insurance, haircuts, dry cleaning, and deodorant -- women pay more than men. A university study looks into the potential factors behind the price difference.
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    Women's pay may be on the rise, but when it comes to things like health insurance, haircuts, dry cleaning, and deodorant — women pay more than men. A university study looks into the potential factors behind the price difference.

  • Apr 13, 2012

    What’s the rush?

    San Franciscans have the dubious honor of being the best tax procrastinators of 2011. One S.F. citizen talks about her lax attitude to filing.

  • People age 60 and older owe more than $36 billion in student loans. Tess discusses the latest debt bubble with Marketplace Education correspondent Amy Scott.

  • Apr 6, 2012

    House lust

    House lust
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    Tess interviews "Norumbega Park" author Anthony Giardina about the place that the house occupies in the American dream.

  • West Chicago magnet prepares students for high-skill manufacturing jobs, and for college

  • Marketplace's Jennifer Collins reports that home business owners who haven't paid taxes on their sales risk a contretemps with the IRS.

  • Women find themselves faced with heavy choices when they become the family breadwinner.