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KFC Trains TiVo Users to Tune In to Commercials

In response to technology that allows TV viewers to skip the ads, KFC has hidden a message in its commercials. It can be discerned when played back slowly on a VCR or DVR. And that effort earns a viewer a coupon for a chicken sandwich.

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Six Months After Katrina

A Special Mardi Gras for Central Grocery

Central Grocery, one of New Orleans' best-loved specialty foods stores, had to close for a few months after Hurricane Katrina hit. But one of its owners forged ahead to re-open in time for Mardi Gras and the Central Grocery's 100th birthday.

A Special Mardi Gras for Central Grocery

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Workplace Rules on Chromium Intake Revised

The Labor Department reduces the maximum acceptable levels of exposure to hexavalent chromium. It's a metal breathed in by jewelers, steelworkers and welders. The new limit is five times higher than what was recommended two years ago.

Workplace Rules on Chromium Intake Revised

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Ports Deal Ignites National Security Concerns

Coast Guard Report Aired Concerns on Ports Deal

The political turmoil continues on Capitol Hill over the operational takeover of some U.S. port facilities by a Dubai-based firm. In a Senate briefing on Monday, lawmakers asked about a Coast Guard evaluation from last year that raised security concerns about the deal.

Coast Guard Report Aired Concerns on Ports Deal

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Katrina & Beyond

Coast Guard Leads Post-Katrina Salvage Effort

The Coast Guard is overseeing efforts to salvage more than 2,000 boats that were damaged or sank during Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. It's a huge and expensive operation.

Coast Guard Leads Post-Katrina Salvage Effort

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Environment

Utility's 'Voltage Reduction' Plan Saves Energy

A Washington state public utility is using "voltage reduction" to save energy, and light bulbs. By sending lower voltage down the lines, less power is used.

Utility's 'Voltage Reduction' Plan Saves Energy

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Ports Deal Ignites National Security Concerns

Foreign Investors Seek Safety for their Money

Monty Graham, senior fellow at the Institute for International Economics, talks with Steve Inskeep about foreign investment and national security. Graham says legitimate foreign firms will make every effort to protect American assets because anything else would be bad for business.

Foreign Investors Seek Safety for their Money

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Media

Enron Trial Blog Gets the Story

If you've ever wondered about what cologne lawyers are wearing to court during the Enron trial, you're in luck. The Houston Chronicle is posting a day-by-day, blow-by-blow blog of the trial. Steve Inskeep talks to Chronicle reporter, and blogger, Mary Flood.

Enron Trial Blog Gets the Story

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Law

Anna Nicole Smith Case Reaches Supreme Court

The Supreme Court hears a case involving celebrity Anna Nicole Smith and millions of dollars. She is attempting to establish her claim to part of her late husband's estate.

Anna Nicole Smith Case Reaches Supreme Court

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National

Army Will Pay Most of Halliburton Subsidiary's Costs

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is reimbursing a Halliburton subsidiary for almost all disputed charges from a no-bid contract to repair equipment and supply fuel in Iraq. Pentagon auditors had questioned $250 million in charges from Kellogg Brown & Root, but the Army now says it will penalize the company $10 million.

Army Will Pay Most of Halliburton Subsidiary's Costs

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Marketplace Report: California and Stem-Cell Research

Scientists and state officials around the country are keeping a close eye on a trial that begins Monday in California involving the funding of embryonic stem cell research. Californians approved a measure to spend $3 billion on this work back in 2004, but the funding has been locked up in litigation. Madeleine Brand talks with Marketplace's Janet Babin.

Marketplace Report: California and Stem-Cell Research

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Technology

Entertainment, Tech Intersect at Conference

Big thinkers from the worlds of technology, entertainment and design gathered in Monterey, Calif., for a four-day, no-holds barred, non-corporate exchange of ideas at the annual Technology Entertainment Design (TED) conference.

Entertainment, Tech Intersect at Conference

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Technology

PalmPilot Creator Models Computer on Brain

Jeff Hawkins created the PalmPilot and Treo smart phone. His new company, Numenta, is developing a type of computer memory system modeled after the human neocortex, what he calls the "the big wrinkly thing" at the top of the brain. He's also the co-author of the book On Intelligence, which details his vision of how the brain processes information.

PalmPilot Creator Models Computer on Brain

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Economy

Wal-Mart's Success Tied to Low Health-Care Costs

The Retail Industry Leaders Association has filed a lawsuit challenging a Maryland state law that requires large retailers, like Wal-Mart, to contribute more to employee health-care plans. More than 20 states are working on bills that would force large employers to put profits back into employee health care. Host Ed Gordon is joined by Paul Kelly, senior vice president of federal and state government affairs for RILA, and William Rodgers, professor of public policy and chief economist of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers.

Wal-Mart's Success Tied to Low Health-Care Costs

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