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    NAACP Report Says Shift in Funding Toward Prisons 'Failing Us'

    Apr 07, 2011 11:58 PM EDT

    ... the most important finding from this study, this report? BENJAMIN JEALOUS, NAACP: Our country has 5 percent of the world's people, 25 percent of the world's people in prison. And we have too many people in prison. And what's clear is that the policies that have put ...

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    Public Media Reporters Offer Read on Housing Market Across U.S.

    Aug 12, 2010 04:00 AM EDT

    ... a lot of homebuyers out there, the sense is -- I'm getting in my reporting -- is folks are holding back. They're waiting to see what's going to happen a little bit to see how much maybe some of the new federal programs -- of course, the $26 billion that ...

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    Online Crime a Cat-and-Mouse Game for Hackers, Security Companies

    Aug 12, 2010 04:00 AM EDT

    ... this is I want to raise awareness of these issues. The flaws are actually in the code that the manufactures come up with. SPENCER MICHELS: The problem of cyber-crime is not limited to ATM machines. Last year, the FBI reported more than half a billion dollars was lost to ...

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    Katrina 5 Years Later: The Fall and Rise of New Orleans' Levees

    Aug 03, 2010 04:00 PM EDT

    ... Engineers needs $6 billion more -- more than twice the amount Congress granted it -- to make Louisiana's levees strong enough to meet the standards of the federal flood insurance program. June 12, 2006: Costly Levee Repairs May Be Inadequate In the first month of a new hurricane season, the Army ...

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    From Broadway to the Beltway, Rocco Landesman Fights for the Arts

    Jan 06, 2010 05:00 AM EDT

    ... different needs out there, what's the case for giving it to the ballet, or the dance, whatever, the modern dance company, as opposed to the -- you know, the homeless shelter or the people who need food? ROCCO LANDESMAN: Because you are making an investment in the future of that ...

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    Paul Solman Answers Students' Economic Questions

    Oct 27, 2009 03:00 PM EDT

    ... what I call "The Golden Rule of Work": "Do unto others in exchange for what you would have them do unto you." That is, success in any economy is selling your fellow citizens something they can’t buy at a better price, given the quality, from someone else. Now as ...

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    Extended Interview: Microsoft CEO Discusses Smart Phones

    Nov 20, 2007 08:00 PM EDT

    Steve Ballmer is the Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corp. He discussed the company's smart phone technology plans with Spencer Michels.

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    Presidential Candidates on the Campaign Trail Monday

    Sep 27, 2004 04:00 AM EDT

    With only five weeks left until Election Day, the presidential candidates hit the campaign trail again Monday. President Bush campaigned in Ohio and presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., held a town hall meeting in Wisconsin. Kwame Holman provides an update on the race.

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    NASA: End of an Era

    Nov 21, 2001 05:00 AM EDT

    After a Spencer Michels report on NASA's evolution in the past decade, Ray Suarez talks to former NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin about his pivotal role in the space agency's history.

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    This week's trifecta of unpleasant Medicare surprises

    Jul 08, 2015 06:05 PM EDT

    Ready for the unpleasant news? Medicare does not cover long-term care. It does not set which drugs are covered. And lastly, Medicare is not voluntary, but mandatory. Phil Moeller explains how to address such unwelcome surprises.