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  • Retail store are looking to get more foot traffic with cell phone charging stations. And Netflix gets Frank Underwood to lobby for them.

  • The Senate Finance Committee thinks about bringing back expired tax breaks. And a look at the safety and costs of in vitro births.

  • Obamacare reaches another milestone with 6 million enrollees. And you're not crazy, your office really is giving you headaches.

  • The U.S. saw an uptick in GDP. And with 20,000 tech workers commuting daily from Santa Cruz to Silicon Valley, the city tries to start its own tech hub.

  • Orders for durable goods are up. And, the first time in more than a century, Americans are eating more chicken than beef.

  • A look at how the Fed measures inflation when deciding to adjust interest rates. And despite inheriting one of the toughest economic environments in years, Millennials are still optimistic.

  • In the past two weeks, we've seen the most rapid fall in China's currency in decades.

  • Mar 21, 2014

    PODCAST: IRS scam

    Walmart is putting on a "Black-Friday-like" for gardening and outdoor supplies. And we look at how legalization might affect undocumented workers as part of our series, City of Dreams.

  • Interest rates are up after the new Federal Reserve chair's briefing yesterday. And the Washington monument is reopening, thanks to private money.

  • The Fed grapples with balancing interest rates and a shrinking unemployment rate.