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The cop car to get upgraded

Sep 15, 2011
This final note today, a passing, of sorts. According to the automobile website Jalopnik, the last Ford Crown Victoria rolled off the assembly l...

Hold that PB&J -- peanut prices are going up

Sep 14, 2011
This final note today, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture -- and, incidentally, bad news for the children of the Ryssdal household. ...

Sue me

Sep 14, 2011
Remember the dot com crash? Back then one of the best sources of news on the collapsing economy was a chap called Philip Kaplan, alias Pud. He...

Corporate Studs Unite: Behind Energy Investment

Sep 14, 2011
So Bill Gates, superstar venture capitalist John Doerr, GE boss Jeff Immelt , Bank of America chairman Charles Holliday and former Lockheed Marti...

Elizabeth Warren to run for Senate

Sep 13, 2011
This final note today. Elizabeth Warren's sick and tired and she's not going to take it anymore. So she's going to run for the Senate. She's hopi...

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Increase your gas mileage: A guide to 'hypermiling'

Sep 13, 2011
On today's show, I gave Kai a lesson on hypermiling, a method of driving that can increase your car's gas mileage and in turn save you from spend...

Jet-powered school bus takes off

Sep 13, 2011
Sure, The Magic School Bus used to be all the rage. But in the 21st century, we have the jet-powered school bus. The Lincoln, Neb. based bus b...

Animated Short: The Amazing Health Care Arms Race

Sep 13, 2011
At the crossroads of our national debate about jobs and our national debate about health care debt... Is the (fictional) city of Hobbs. Its ...