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Monday, April 14 2008

  • Super profitable Mario April 14, 2008

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    • Super profitable Mario April 14, 2008

      The worsening economy is shaking apart industries like the housing market, with few winners. There is a superstar, however, when the economy sputters: video game makers.

    • Will "bitter" voters wound Barack? April 14, 2008

      Barack Obama called voters "bitter," but will voters be bitter to him? Columbia law professor Nate Persily talks with us about how comments like this affect a presidential race that h...

    • Home, expensive home April 14, 2008

      America is facing a housing crisis, but we're not alone. Overseas, countries such as Ireland and Spain are going through the same pains.

    • The pulse of international health care April 14, 2008

      America's health care system isn't ranked first. Or even in the top 10. At 37th, documentary filmmaker T.R. Reid says, the United States could learn from how the rest of the world provides its citizens health care.

    • The global impact of the American diet April 14, 2008

      Grain prices are continuing their rapid ascent and a global food emergency remains. "Stuffed and Starved" author Raj Patel says American eating habits are to blame.

    • The salmon season dries up April 14, 2008

      A federal fisheries panel has shut down all commercial salmon fishing in the ocean off Oregon and California. It is being called "the most restricted salmon season ever on the West Coast."

    • Pope Benedict comes to America, faces Catholic Church sex scandals April 14, 2008

      Pope Benedict XVI is in the United States for his first visit since assuming the papacy. Benedict may not have reputation or the charisma of his predecessor, the late John Paul II, bu...