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Thursday      
December 4, 2008
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Auto Industry Bailout

Will Congress dedicate up to $34 billion dollars for the failing Big Three Detroit auto companies?

Corporate Pay

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The CEO’s from Ford, GM and Chrysler are offering to work for just one dollar a year in their bid to win approval for a government bailout of their companies.

The Saturn Auto Brand’s Failure

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GM promised Congress it could recreate itself 25 years ago with the Saturn.

California Egg Farmers

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California consumes more eggs than any other state, and the state is the fifth largest egg producer.

Tele-Medicine

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We talk with Pat Swinfden, who along with her husband Roger run the Swinfden Charitable Trust in Wingham, England.

Olive Kitteridge

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We revisit a conversation we had with Elizabeth Strout, the author of the short story collection Olive Kitteridge, which is now in paperback.

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