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What are your chances of winning the lottery this week?

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 29, 2012
You're better off placing your bets on dating a supermodel. Really.
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The Lorax has been stolen

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 28, 2012
The 300-pound, two-foot-tall bronze statue of the Dr. Seuss figure has disappeared.
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How much will a photo with Newt Gingrich cost you?

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 27, 2012
Prepare to pay up for a photo opp: A picture with the presidential candidate is no longer free.
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Drivers waste $7.5 billion of gas in traffic every year

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 26, 2012
That accounts for about 1.9 billion gallons of gas.
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World Bank presidential nominee as 'Dartmouth Idol'

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 23, 2012
Check out Jim Yong Kim, whom President Obama today nominated to head the World Bank, in this rap performance.
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Etch A Sketch gets a bump in the markets

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 22, 2012
The classic toy got all kinds of buzz yesterday when it became the political prop of the day in the GOP primaries.
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NFL suspends New Orleans Saints coaches, manager

by Tess Vigeland
Mar 21, 2012
The National Football League punished officials of the New Orleans Saints today for a bounty program that paid bonuses to players for injuring opponents.
Head coach Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints walks off the field after their 2012 NFC Wild Card Playoff game on January 7, 2012 in New Orleans, La. Payton was suspended and fined today for a bounty program that paid bonuses to players for injuring opponents.
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Bernanke gives lectures on gold standard

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 20, 2012
The Federal Reserve chairman went back to the classroom today.
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Treasury turns $25 billion profit from mortgage securities

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 19, 2012
The U.S. Treasury has profited from buying mortgage-backed securities during the financial crisis.
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Italian mayor bans death

by Tess Vigeland
Mar 15, 2012
Giulio Cesare Fava has forbidden his residents to die, "because the cemetery is running out of room."
Giulio Cesare Fava has forbidden his residents to die, "because the cemetery is running out of room." Here, a non-Catholic cemetery in Rome.
GIULIO NAPOLITANO/AFP/Getty Images
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