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Wednesday In Depth: May 9, 2012

  • 9:20 a.m.

    The growing popularity of religious books

    Just 50 years ago, it would have been difficult to find many religious books at the bookstore. Today, religious books fill entire sections in bookstores around the world. What does the popularity of religious books say about our culture?

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  • 10:20 a.m.

    Is the future of college online?

    We shop, bank and make friends online, so why not go to college online too? Some of the big-name schools, including Stanford and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, are now offering their classes online for free. Can online universities replace a traditional college?

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  • 11:06 a.m.

    Study: Social factors are greatest indicators of early death

    Education and family structure are the greatest indicators for life expectancy, new research from Stanford shows. Those factors are even more important than access to healthcare or individual habits including smoking.

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    June 13, 2013, 16:06 PM in Economy, Business & Jobs "The size of the guest-worker program is designed to adjust automatically in response to changing U.S. labor needs, growing in good years when the economy needs more foreign workers and shrinking when more Americans are out of work."

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  • Could Julie Rosen challenge Dayton? Roundtable members think so

    May 24, 2013, 10:05 AM in Politics & Government “Think about how hard it would be for Dayton to run against a moderate, Republican woman. Yikes.”

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