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Book excerpt: "Stress Test" by Timothy Geithner - CBS News

The next day, my staff called to tell me that French bank BNP Paribas, one of the world's largest financial institutions, was suspending withdrawals from three of its investment funds with heavy ...

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Book excerpt: "Killers of the Flower Moon" - CBS News

Email The latest New York Times bestseller from author David Grann ("The Lost City of Z") tells the terrible true story of how a vast oil deposit found on an Indian reservation in the 1920s ...

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Book excerpt: "Migraine: A History" - CBS News

In the book "Migraine: A History" (Johns Hopkins University Press), medical historian Katherine Foxhall writes of a disabling disease that has been documented going back thousands of years, though ...

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Book excerpt: "The Water Dancer" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The debut novel from one of our most acclaimed writers, Ta-Nehisi Coates, "The Water Dancer" (One World) tells the story of a young boy born into bondage on a plantation, and the mysterious power ...

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John Grisham book: Read excerpt from "Camino Winds" ahead ...

Doubleday Bestselling author John Grisham has a new novel that takes readers back to Camino Island, the fictional setting off the coast of Florida and title of his 2017 novel.

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Excerpt: Jimmy Carter's "Faith: A Journey for All" - CBS News

In this excerpt from his new book, "Faith: A Journey for All," published by Simon & Schuster (A division of CBS), former President and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Jimmy Carter writes about the ...

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Excerpt: Dan Brown's "Origin" - CBS News

Prologue. As the ancient cogwheel train clawed its way up the dizzying incline, Edmond Kirsch surveyed the jagged mountaintop above him. In the distance, built into the face of a sheer cliff, the ...

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Book excerpt: "The Harder You Work, the Luckier You Get ...

In his book "The Harder You Work, the Luckier You Get: An Entrepreneur's Memoir" (published by Simon & Schuster, a division of CBS), Joe Ricketts, the founder and former CEO of Ameritrade, writes ...

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Book excerpt: Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to ...

The former Vice President writes on promising technologies that will help the world phase out fossil fuels, and says the will to change social behaviors (such as relying on polluting energy ...

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Book excerpt: Neil deGrasse Tyson's "Astrophysics for ...

Time is relative, but some of us still don't have enough of it to fully take in the most salient aspects of such topics as dark matter, exoplanets, the Big Bang, and why so many objects in outer ...

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Cabinet Profile Timothy Geithner - CBS News

In picking Timothy Geithner to be his Treasury Secretary, President Barack Obama gets someone who has already been right in the middle of the current economic turmoil.

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"Information Overload" damages the brain? Causes Stress ...

Dear Buzz Gang and Crew, There are some interesting findings and reports being released by various researchers and scientists pointing to the detrimental effects of "Information Overload".

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Jaw-dropping cast photos from "The Jungle Book" - CBS News

If you're not anticipating the release of the live-action remake of "The Jungle Book," based on Rudyard Kipling's classic book, due out in theaters yet these awesome cast photos will do the trick.

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U.S. military: Bin Laden raid book "a lie" - CBS News

U.S. military: Bin Laden raid book "a lie" ... After retiring as a lieutenant in the late 1980s he co-wrote the screenplay for the 1990 film "Navy Seals," starring Charlie Sheen. ... "When a room ...

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Charlie Rose: Timothy Geithner - TV.com

Watch Charlie Rose - Season 2009, Episode 0506 - Timothy Geithner: An hour with Timothy Geithner, U.S. Treasury Secretary. In this episode, Geithner talks about stress tests, fixing the ...

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Obama: "Punjab" Memo Was A "Dumb Mistake" - CBS News

Obama focused on economic issues during his visit to Newton, a town of about 15,000 dealing with the loss of nearly 2,000 jobs due to the closure of a Maytag plant and offices.

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"Queen of Deadpan" Jane Curtin on old school "SNL" - CBS News

(CBS News) Since the 1970s, Jane Curtin has been one of comedy's leading ladies. Her groundbreaking work as an original cast member on "Saturday Night Live" earned her the nickname "The Queen of ...

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"Wimpy Kid," "Heroes of Olympus" among fall books - CBS News

"Wimpy Kid," "Heroes of Olympus" among fall books. ... The "Wimpy Kid" series has more than 45 million copies in print and the new book has already reached the top 20 on Amazon.com. Independent ...

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"Corinthian 100" on student loan "strike" - CBS News

"Corinthian 100" on student loan "strike" March 31, 2015 / 4:08 AM / AP WASHINGTON --Sarah Dieffenbacher is on a debt strike. She's refusing to make payments on the more than $100,000 in federal ...

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When "Lifeguard On-Duty" Doesn't Mean "Safe" - CBS News

Super Bowl security threats: Terrorism, drugs, coronavirus ... When "Lifeguard On-Duty" Doesn't Mean "Safe" ... Dworkin says many people get a false sense of security when a life guard is on duty.

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