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Should drivers be charged for every mile driven?

 

Should drivers be charged for every mile driven? (via PBS News Hour)

RICK KARR: Portland, Ore., is at the vanguard of the war to reduce gasoline consumption. You can find evidence all over its downtown area … and at its car dealerships. EARL BLUMENAUER: We’re looking at hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric cars.  There…


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Food stamp program changes lead to ‘staggering’ increase in need

Food stamp program changes lead to ‘staggering’ increase in need (via PBS News Hour)

JUDY WOODRUFF: Thanksgiving week is naturally a time when closer attention is paid to the role of food in our daily lives, including concerns over how we get it, the cost, the nutritional value, and why some don’t have enough to eat. We will be looking…

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Before you give this holiday season, know some donating do’s and don’ts

Before you give this holiday season, know some donating do’s and don’ts (via PBS News Hour)

By: News Desk The holidays are a time for charitable giving, but non-profit organizations remind us that there is need all throughout the year. File photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images As the holiday season gets into full swing this week, many Americans…

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Will JPMorgan’s Record Settlement Set Incentive For Better Bank Behavior?

Will JPMorgan’s record settlement set incentive for better bank behavior? (via PBS News Hour)

GWEN IFILL: J.P. Morgan’s $13 billion settlement brings months of delicate, high-stakes negotiations to an end. Under the terms of the deal, $4 billion will go to struggling homeowners in the form of reduced mortgage payments, lower loan rates and other…

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Justin Fox on ‘Why Retirement Risks Are Best Shared’

Justin Fox on ‘why retirement risks are best shared’ (via PBS News Hour)

HARI SREENIVASAN:  So how different is the U.S. system versus the Dutch system? JUSTIN FOX:  Well, the U.S. system started out after World War II a bit like the Dutch system — it was corporations providing pensions for people. And that kind of fell…

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Do The Dutch Have The Pension Problem Solved?

Do the Dutch have the pension problem solved? (via PBS News Hour)

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: It’s early morning in a suburb outside Amsterdam and Josephine Lightart is getting ready for work.  She’s a police officer, and after decades of work, she’s just a few years away from hanging up her gun and retiring.  JOSEPHINE…

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How To Help Typhoon Haiyan Relief Efforts

How to help Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts (via PBS News Hour)

By: News Desk People salvage what they can from homes destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan. Photo by Save the Children Editor’s note: Updated at 10:40 p.m. EST, Tuesday, to reflect the number dead and additional ways to help. More than 10,000 people are feared…

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As the risk of meteor strikes rises, how can Earth avoid destruction?

As the risk of meteor strikes rises, how can Earth avoid destruction? (via PBS News Hour)

JUDY WOODRUFF: It’s not just in sci-fi movies. Asteroids really are moving closer to Earth more frequently and chunks of them are hitting too. The one that caught everyone’s attention struck last February, when a meteor hit near the Russian city of…

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Can environmentalists and frackers be friends?

Can environmentalists and frackers be friends? (via PBS News Hour)

ANNOUNCER: Environmentalists and oil and gas companies are used to finding themselves on opposite sides of debates about fossil fuel consumption, pollution, and global climate change. But in Pennsylvania, some environmental advocacy groups have formed…

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One NYC family’s struggle to survive on a fast food salary

One NYC family’s struggle to survive on a fast food salary (via PBS News Hour)

GWEN IFILL: High unemployment has been one of the nation’s most vexing problems since the recession. But, increasingly, there are also mounting concerns about what constitutes a good job and a fair wage in an era of rising inequality. It’s a story that…

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The 37-year-old refugee situation you know nothing about

The 37-year-old refugee situation you know nothing about (via PBS News Hour)

By: Larisa Epatko Sahrawis, a group of different tribes from the western part of the African Sahara desert, set up refugee camps in western Algeria in the mid-1970s. There, they have established schools, hospitals, even a government as they wait for…


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GMO seeds grow into big fight on Kauai

GMO seeds grow into big fight on Kauai (via PBS News Hour)

MEGAN THOMPSON: The Hawaiian island of Kauai is known as the garden isle, luring hundreds of thousands of tourists to its lush northern shores. But fewer make it down to the drier southwest side, home to many native Hawaiians, who’ve lived here for…

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