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Make your home more energy efficient
Reporter Adrienne Hill discusses methods you can use to help reduce energy use and hefty electric bills. More»
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SLIDESHOW: Food-Truck Nation
The food-truck fad is sweeping the nation. View photos from today's story on LA food trucks and add to our collection: submit photos of your favorite neighborhood mobile eateries. More»
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News in Brief
Top Stories: Know when Google is collecting your data, the perfect handshake, and a new Mid-Day podcast from our a.m. crew
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Marketplace Music
NEW: Visit our new music section
Do you like the music we play between segments on Marketplace? In our new music section browse playlists from each episode, buy MP3 downloads, and contribute your own themed playlist.Read and listen
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PRIVACY
Hey Baby, What's Your Cluster?
Reporter Stacey Vanek-Smith got her data mined and it turns out she's a "savvy single," according to one data mining firm that crunches your credit card purchases and Facebook profile to assign you to one of 70 clusters. Listen to her radio report, and see what cluster you're in. Read more
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PHOTO SLIDESHOW
'Downstream, Death of the Mighty Colorado'
Kai Ryssdal talks to photographer Brian Frank about his travels along the Colorado River, where he photographed the impact of overpopulation, pollution, damming, global warming and apathy on the river and the communities that relied on it. Read More
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Commentary: Robert Reich
Rise in profits, more hiring? Not exactly
Commentator Robert Reich talks about how the rise in corporate profits no longer equates to increased hiring. Read more
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Commentary: David Frum
More government spending, more public consumption?
Commentator David Frum looks at an economic school of thought called the "multiplier effect" -- which posits that increased government spending leads to increased public consumption -- and wonders if it's possible to accurately measure the effect.Read more and comment
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Special Coverage
China's One-Child Policy
View an interactive timeline, take a quiz and see an audio slideshow of our in-depth series about the controversial policy that restricts many Chinese families to having no more than one child. Browse the series
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BP Oil Spill
Follow the Oil
Watch the live underwater video feed of broken oil well, and catch up with latest photos and stories with Marketplace's ongoing coverage of the economic and environmental impacts of the BP Oil Spill. Read more.
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Topics in the News
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Easy Answers
6 ways to stay cool without an air conditioner
Stan Cox, author of Losing Our Cool, helps you beat the heat and lower your energy bills. Plus, read more cool tips from listeners and add your own. Read more
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Entertainment
'Advice' from a hedge fund manager
The sketch group Hot Mess from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater take on hedge funds in this comedy skit from Marketplace. Plus, watch their hilarious YouTube video on the BP Coffee Spill.
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