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Help Your Kids Get 'A' in Money Matters

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It's graduation season. Did your teenager have to take a financial literacy course to don that cap and gown? Probably not. According to the Council for Economic Education, as of 2011, 22 states required high school students to take an economics class --the "supply and demand" type, not the "how to balance your checkbook type." Only 14 states offered personal finance as a high school class, either on its own or as part of the econ curriculum.
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Parents of Murdered Kids in Nanny Case May Find 'Joy' in Pregnancy

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After two of their children allegedly were stabbed to death by their nanny last fall, Marina and Kevin Krim announced Thursday they were expecting a baby. For parents who have experienced such a traumatic loss, a pregnancy can help with the grieving process even as it brings up other emotions, experts say.
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One Year After Death, Marina Keegan's Words Live On

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On the one-year anniversary of her death at 23 in a car crash, Yale activist and writer of "The Opposite of Loneliness" has play performed, book deal and two memorial scholarships.
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Tea Party Groups Threaten to Sue IRS

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What is the next step for the Tea Party groups who feel they were unfairly scrutinized by the Internal Revenue Service? For many of them, it's to go forward with litigation and to sue the IRS.
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Taylor Swift Wins 8 Billboard Awards

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Taylor Swift wins 8 trophies at Billboard Music Awards, Justin Bieber, Miguel, Minaj perform
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Syrian Troops Push Into Strategic Rebel-Held Town

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Syrian regime troops score gains, push into strategic rebel-held town near Lebanon
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Watch: Monster Twisters Caught on Tape

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At least four tornadoes touch down in Kansas; heavy rain and winds on its way.
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Watch: Wait Begins for Owner of Winning Powerball Ticket

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One ticket worth a half-billion dollars was purchased in small Florida town of Zephyrhills.
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Watch: President, First Lady Offer Words of Wisdom to Class of 2013

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World leaders and celebrities give real-world advice for graduates across nation.
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Fla. Town Abuzz Over Winning Powerball Ticket

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A single ticket matching all the numbers in Saturday's $590.5 million Powerball drawing was sold at a Zephyrhills, Fla., grocery store, according to lottery officials.
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Reggae Star Injured at Concert

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Reggae group Toots & the Maytals are appealing to fans today to come forward with any video that shows the group’s lead singer being hit by a bottle during a weekend performance. Frederick “Toots” Hibbert is recovering today after he was struck on the forehead...
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Obama Tells Grads 'I Might Have Been in Prison'

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ATLANTA — President Obama said today that he is motivated by the knowledge that “but for the grace of God … I might have been in prison,” in a commencement address at historically black Morehouse College, where he spoke frankly about race and young men’s...
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Commencement 2013 Speakers: From Obama to Oprah

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A look at some of the commencement speakers this graduation season.
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College Role 'Terrified' Kerry Washington

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Before Kerry Washington took telelvision by storm, playing crisis manager Olivia Pope on ABC's "Scandal," she recalled one of her most cringeworthy roles was in college when she was cast as a frog.
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Suspects Butt Dial 9-1-1 During Alleged Burglary

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Accidentally butt dialing someone is embarrassing or inconsequential to most, but for two Fresno, Calif., men, their cell phone mishap landed them in jail. The call, which went to 911, started like any other call to the police dispatcher, with the operator asking, “What is...
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