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May 30, 2016

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Marlene Aceves embraces her husband Matthew Aceves following a homecoming ceremony at Kentucky's Fort Knox, 2013. Luke Sharrett/Getty Images

On this Memorial Day episode: Military spouse employment, home prices and part of our new podcast "The Uncertain Hour."

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Who run the world? GDP.

by Adriene Hill
May 30, 2016
But why? Do we put too much emphasis on GDP when evaluating economic health?
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By one measure, that million-dollar home in San Francisco isn’t as expensive as it seems

by Lewis Wallace
May 30, 2016
Low interest rates and rising incomes might offset prices, but affordability is still a problem
San Francisco's famed Painted Ladies victorian houses, 2014. 
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Military spouses are often underemployed

by Kimberly Adams
May 30, 2016
A new study looks at the economic toll military life can take on military spouses.
Marlene Aceves embraces her husband Matthew Aceves following a homecoming ceremony at Kentucky's Fort Knox, 2013.
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How to build a business on another company's old gear

by Adriene Hill
May 30, 2016
Wes Dooley dedicated himself to keeping the old ways alive, and his microphones are renowned for it.
The 'mic museum' at AEA Microphones in Pasadena, California.
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A Dutch company is training birds to take down drones

by Adriene Hill
May 30, 2016
Nature versus, uh, future.
An eagle of the Guard from Above company, grasps a drone during a police exercise in Katwijk, on March 7, 2016. The bird of prey can get drones from the air by catching them with his legs.
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On this Memorial Day episode: Military spouse employment, home prices and part of our new podcast “The Uncertain Hour.”

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