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The Job Files: Songwriter

Nov 25, 2005
This installment of the Job Files profiles country music songwriter John Stone.

Easing the Bay State's heating blues

Nov 24, 2005
This week, Massachusetts residents have been bombarded with ways to lower their heating bills this winter. Monica Brady-Myerov has more.

The Turkey Hotline

Nov 24, 2005
These days, there's a hotline for almost everything... even cooking a turkey. Meet Nancy Clingman, director of the Butterball Turkey Talkline.

The cost of war

Nov 23, 2005
Commentator Robert Reich argues that military salaries and the war in Iraq have become a real drain on government coffers.

Over the river...

Nov 23, 2005
Folks are on their way to Grandma's house in record numbers this year... and as Gretchen Cook reports, many of them are planning a long stay.

Rollover standards

Nov 21, 2005
The government ends public comment today on new rules to strengthen auto roofs to reduce rollover fatalities. But as Gretchen Cook reports, some think the new rules don't go far enough.

The housing market

Nov 17, 2005
Personal finance expert Chris Farrell gives host Cheryl Glaser an update on the US housing market.

The illegal art trade

Nov 15, 2005
The Getty Center's former antiquities curator is going on trial in Italy for conspiring to loot Roman artifacts. It's part of Italy's efforts to curb the illicit art trade, but as Megan Williams reports, not everyone in the art world is happy.

Pension accounting

Nov 14, 2005
Newsweek Wall Street editor Alan Sloan tells host Cheryl Glaser about new accounting standards for pension obligations.

Keeping a head above water in Alaska

Nov 11, 2005
Global warming has the water rising in the Native Alaskan village of Newtok. And as Aliza Sherman Risdahl reports, residents have few options.