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  • Everyone already knows about the real estate boom in the US. Commentator Jean Roznik introduces us to the hot housing market in Ireland.

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  • This installment of the Job Files profiles country music songwriter John Stone.

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

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  • Nov 24, 2005

    The Turkey Hotline

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

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  • Nov 23, 2005

    Over the river…

    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.

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  • Nov 23, 2005

    The cost of war

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

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  • Nov 21, 2005

    Rollover standards

    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.

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  • Nov 17, 2005

    The housing market

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

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  • 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.

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  • Nov 14, 2005

    Pension accounting

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

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