Oct 11, 2016

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Alan Greenspan is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Shealah Craighead / George W. Bush Presidential Library Museum

What today's ruling means for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, what Obama's editorial means for our mission to Mars and how Alan Greenspan transformed the Fed. Plus: one sheriff's office used to destroy guns used in a crime. Now, it auctions them off.

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Law enforcement auctions guns that were confiscated in crimes

by Marketplace Contributor

Oct 11, 2016

Some agencies don't want the firearms back on the streets.

Potential gun buyers bid on firearms that were confiscated by the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.

Elly Yu

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What does killing off the Galaxy Note 7 mean for Samsung?

by Donna Tam

Oct 11, 2016

The South Korean electronics giant is permanently halting production on the overheating smartphone.

A woman looks at her mobile phone as she rides past an ad for Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 in the Gangnam district of Seoul on Monday. Samsung said Tuesday that it will no longer manufacturer the phone.

ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images

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Memoirs + Biographies

How Alan Greenspan transformed the Fed

by Kai Ryssdal

Oct 11, 2016

Kai Ryssdal talks with Sebastian Mallaby about his new book “The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan”

Alan Greenspan is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Shealah Craighead / George W. Bush Presidential Library Museum

Federal court decides against consumer watchdog agency

by Mark Garrison

Oct 11, 2016

The CFPB's structure was found unconstitutional.

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Kodak CEO Jeff Clarke on the ‘analog renaissance’

by Kai Ryssdal

Oct 11, 2016

He thinks print is here to stay.

Kodak hopes to release a Super 8 movie camera later this year that shoots four kinds of film and has digital video, seen here at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January.

DAVID MCNEW/AFP/Getty Images

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Final Note

Ronald McDonald keeping a low profile until this whole 'creepy clown' thing blows over

by Kai Ryssdal

Oct 11, 2016

Sorry, Ron.

A man dressed as Ronald McDonald at a protest on March 18, 2014 in New York City.

Andrew Burton/Getty Images

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The next frontier for the Next Frontier

by Sally Herships

Oct 11, 2016

Getting humans to Mars will take both government and private sector.

This self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the "Mojave" site.

Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS via Getty Images

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What today’s ruling means for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, what Obama’s editorial means for our mission to Mars and how Alan Greenspan transformed the Fed. Plus: one sheriff’s office used to destroy guns used in a crime. Now, it auctions them off.