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Change Agent #GivingTuesday sparks a big spike in charitable donations
Gifts to charitable groups shot up 53 percent to $10 million on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, which is being promoted as #GivingTuesday.
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Why gas prices climbed 13 cents in a week, and look set to keep going
Demand has been dropping, but supply problems are causing gas prices to rise again. A refinery fire in California and a broken oil pipeline in the Midwest are partly to blame.
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Cover Story Bachelor's degree: Has it lost its edge and its value?
Undervalued and overpriced, the beleaguered bachelor's degree is losing its edge as the hallmark of an educated, readily employable American.
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Bachelor's degree of doubt: Culinary student takes kitchen over cubicle
With the value of a bachelor's degree in doubt, paths around the traditional college degree are multiplying: Turner Jankins chose culinary school over other options.
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How do we know it was really Osama bin Laden? The DNA test explained.
A forensic DNA test has provided '99.9 percent certainty' that Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan on Sunday. How does that work, exactly?
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Scientists use 'trinitite' from 1945 to help decode nuclear blasts
Samples taken from the US site of the Trinity atomic bomb test allow scientists to better understand how to track the source of a detonated nuclear weapon.
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Maryland earthquake shakes up nation's capital
Maryland earthquake, measuring 3.6 magnitude, was centered just outside Washington, D.C. just after 5 AM ET Friday.
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Rightsizing your retirement
As the stock market sags, retirement savers must revisit their long-term options.
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Horse racing moves to reform, but faces many skeptics
A new overseer, Tommy Thompson, promises to be tough on doping and other questionable practices.
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Language Weaver: fast in translation
How one firm quickly translates reams of data.
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Millions of snow geese imperil fragile ecosystem
Far-northern breeding grounds are devastated. A major culprit: expanded farming in US Midwest.
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Olympic torch protests chagrin many Chinese-Americans
In San Francisco's Chinatown, support for the torch relay Wednesday has more to do with cultural pride than political concerns.
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