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Joel Waldfogel, professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and author of "Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays," on why to consider to... (article)
The Takeaway for Wednesday, December 23, 2009 (Final Edition) (article)
Music heard from our Remixing the Holidays series all this week: DJ John - The Massacre of Charlie Brown The Cast of Twin Peaks - The Twelve Days of Christmas Mormon Tabern... (article)
Headlines; Immigration Enforcement Leads to Highest Levels of Federal Prosecutions (article)
Immigration Enforcement, Prosecutions Up Sharply (episode)
The rate of federal prosecutions is at an all-time high, showing an increase of nine percent since last year. According to a new study by Syracuse University's TRAC project, this incr...
Finance Takeout: So far, the federal government and banks have done swift work disentangling public and private interests, following the massive economic rescue effort launched last...
With only two days until Christmas, holiday shopping has reached a fever pitch. New York Times business and finance reporter Louise Story says a new trend is sweeping holiday giving t...
There are new clashes in Iran this morning between opposition supporters and government forces in the city of Isfahan. Opposition supporters had gathered for a memorial service for th...
What's behind the unique relationship that Jewish people have with Chinese food? Jennifer 8 Lee, author of "The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food," s...
Finance Takeout: The New York Times' Louise Story reports on the Russian internet gang that may have stolen tens of millions of dollars from Citibank, and the just-appointed White H...
This week, al-Qaida militants made a rare appearance at an anti-government protest in Yemen, proclaiming that they were at war with the United States. This might sound like jihadi boi...
Pope Benedict XVI has signed a decree that shifts World War II-era Pope Pius XII one step closer to sainthood. But there are some in the Jewish community who say that Pius did little ...
Have you ever wondered why – while you’re out holiday shopping – a dress shop might play one soundtrack of Christmas songs while a hardware store might play another? Steven Pilker, ma...
The FBI is reporting that crime fell nationally in the first six months of 2009, when compared to the same time last year. The decline happening in the midst of a terrible recession ...