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Monday, October 15 2012

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    Children of Conflict | A Modern Guide to Money | Lessons Learned: Princeton's first female president Shirley Tilghman Stepping Down | A Planet Made of Diamonds | What Are Compounding ... (episode)

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    • Growing Up in a War Zone October 15, 2012

      <p>While war continues to ravage Syria, the world watches in horror. The question weighing most heavily on our collective conscience is simply this: What about the&nbsp;children?</p>

    • Pakistani Girl Who Was Wounded in Taliban Attack Airlifted to the U.K. October 15, 2012

    • A Modern Guide to Money October 15, 2012

      <p>For those of us lucky enough to be employed and making money, there seems to be no good place for us for us to invest that money. Is the solution to put it back in our wallet?</p>

    • Arlen Specter Dies at 82 October 15, 2012

      Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter died on Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He had lost his senate seat in 2010 and for years bemoaned the shift in the Republican Party that made it ...

    • A Planet Made of Diamonds October 15, 2012

      <p>A planet made out of diamonds? Sounds like the plot of a weird science fiction film that would star some of the &ldquo;real housewives,&rdquo; or the Kardashians. But this is no fantasy.</p>

    • What Are Compounding Pharmacies and How Are They Regulated? October 15, 2012

      <p>The death toll from a fungal meningitis outbreak continues to climb across the country, and at least 15 people have died. It all started at a compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts. How are those pharmacies regulated?</p>

    • The Half-Life of Facts October 15, 2012

      More than 50 years ago, mathematician Derek de Solla Price, calculated that the world's scientific knowledge had been growing steadily at a rate of 4.7 percent annually since the 17th...