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Labor Day weekend travel may rise by 4.2 percent to the highest level since before the recession, according to AAA Travel. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Insurance? Let's just run your card. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Worrying about finances can tax the brain just as much as staying up all night. Illustration by Katherine Streeter for NPR hide caption
A family in western Kenya received this cow as part of a Heifer International program. NPR hide caption
President Obama speaks on education at University at Buffalo, State University of New York, on Thursday. Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Charles Ryan checks on a patient. Annie Feidt hide caption
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The climbing wall at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Such amenities have been cited as evidence of wasteful spending on college campuses. AP hide caption
Carpenters work on a housing site in Brandywine, Md., on May 31. Pent-up demand for homes could create jobs and help the struggling U.S. economy. Gary Cameron/Reuters/Landov hide caption