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Eight ways $100 oil may affect you
Here are eight ways that higher energy prices are starting to affect America.
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Oil reaches $100 a barrel: Five winners, five losers
With gasoline now at $3.37 per gallon – 20 cents higher than last week, and rising daily – who is profiting from higher prices and who is not?
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Foreclosures on the rise: Is your city on the Top 10 list?
Foreclosures have been huge in cities that rode the real estate bubble in the West and in Florida. But the fastest rise in foreclosures is taking place primarily in far less frothy metropolitan areas of the Southeast, according to a new report by RealtyTrac. North Carolina alone was home to four of the Top 10 fastest-rising foreclosure metros last year. While their foreclosure rates are still quite low compared with most places, these metros and their plight illustrate how the poor economy is driving the housing crisis now.
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In Pictures: Legalize marijuana?
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 08/23
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The New Economy
Foreclosures down, short sales up. Are banks getting smart?
Foreclosures are down to their lowest levels in nearly five years. One reason: Lenders are increasingly using short sales, instead.
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Will $26 billion settlement from big banks repair US housing market? (+video)
In the short term, the deal between 49 states and five big banks may actually boost foreclosures, some say. In the longer term, it should clear the inventory of homes that depresses prices and help the middle class.
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Culture Cafe
Looking for a better drum teacher?
Rock guru Neil Peart reveals all in his instructional DVD.
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Culture Cafe
Review: 'Rush' in concert, pleasing three generations of fans
Classic rock band 'Rush' makes a stop in Chula Vista, CA as a part of their Time Machine Tour. The performance is fun for all rock fans.
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'Atlas Shrugged': With America on the brink, should you 'go Galt' and strike?
In the face of onslaught, the heroes of Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged' (now in theaters) decided to stop working, retreat to a valley, and try to rebuild only when the country had collapsed. What we really need to reject, Rand advised, are the flawed moral ideals that cause our economic troubles.
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Taco Bell lawsuit dropped after dismissal by plaintiff
Taco Bell lawsuit: The lawsuit over Taco Bell beef has been dismissed only after an expensive campaign by Taco Bell to combat negative publicity over their beef-to-filling ratio.
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North Korea set to indict US Christian accused of proselytizing
Jun Young-su, a member of a Christian church in California, was arrested in November, the latest in a series of Americans to be held by North Korea. Christian worship is banned in the North.
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Muslim Americans: The dangers of lumping our friends in with our enemies
Sen. Dick Durbin is holding Senate hearings on anti-Muslim bigotry today – an important move in the wake of Peter King's hearings on Muslim-American radicalization. Casting suspicion on all Muslim Americans violates American ideals and weakens a first line of defense against extremism.
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Eight ways $100 oil may affect you
Here are eight ways that higher energy prices are starting to affect America.
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Oil reaches $100 a barrel: Five winners, five losers
With gasoline now at $3.37 per gallon – 20 cents higher than last week, and rising daily – who is profiting from higher prices and who is not?
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The New Economy
Darth Vader vs. Eminem: Did "The Force" fall short in ad war?
Darth Vader VW Passat commercial got the most Super Bowl buzz. Eminem generated the most sales inquiries, auto website says.
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Foreclosures on the rise: Is your city on the Top 10 list?
Foreclosures have been huge in cities that rode the real estate bubble in the West and in Florida. But the fastest rise in foreclosures is taking place primarily in far less frothy metropolitan areas of the Southeast, according to a new report by RealtyTrac. North Carolina alone was home to four of the Top 10 fastest-rising foreclosure metros last year. While their foreclosure rates are still quite low compared with most places, these metros and their plight illustrate how the poor economy is driving the housing crisis now.
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The New Economy
Taco Bell meat? Beef, says firm. Filling, says suit.
Taco Bell meat has too little beef to be called beef, a lawsuit charges. 'Absolutely wrong,' the fast-food chain says of the suit.
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Holiday costs: Airfares and car prices are up, but not flat-screen TVs
The cost of a new car or airfare is expensive this holiday season. But consumers can get a good deal on flat-screen TVs.
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In Pictures: Legalize marijuana?
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Home prices up, but can it last?
Home prices edged higher at the height of the summer home-buying season, but analysts see a dropoff in the fall.
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The Daily Reckoning
Recession officially over: Somebody tell the unemployed.
Unemployment lasts longer than ever before, home values keep declining, foreclosures abound and people are growing poorer. This is the rebound?
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The New Economy
Foreclosures: Lenders' tactics affect homeowners, home buyers
Foreclosures are being managed by banks like a pipeline, says RealtyTrac, which has implications for homeowners and home buyers.
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Foreclosures dip in Louisiana, but many in US still in trouble
Foreclosures fell last month in Louisiana, but the vast majority of homeowners in trouble still either lost their residences or received an auction notice.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 08/23
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The New Economy
Foreclosures ease in cities hit hardest by housing crisis
Foreclosures declined in all top 10 metros, according to a new report.
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Dow index falls as big banks make money but not new loans
Two commercial big banks – Citigroup and Bank of America – reported earnings Friday. Yet their stock prices fell, in part because of a slow business climate in which loan portfolios are shrinking.
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Michael Phelps says June in Paris not kind to his swimming
Michael Phelps said his performance in this past weekend's Paris Open will give him the impetus to train harder in the pool.
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