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What Netflix And eHarmony Can Teach College Guidance Counselors

Austin Peay State University is testing out a Netflix-like recommendation system for courses. Tristan Denley, the prof behind the tech, wonders: "If eHarmony works well, why not this?" As per credit costs for college courses spike , the impact of poor advice from a college counselor can mean a disturbing amount of misplaced time and money. So Austin Peay State University mathematics professor Tristan Denley designed a course-recommendation system for students to suppliment their regular college counselor visits

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Trading Corner Store Crackers For Fresh Tomatoes: Why Triscuit Is Advocating Urban Farming

While cities like San Francisco are awash in boutique bread shops and dirt-cheap farmer's markets, others (like Detroit) don't even have supermarkets. These so-called food deserts typically offer mostly standard corner-store fare like Jell-O, Ritz Bitz, or Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. So it's strange that Triscuit, another--albeit slightly healthier-tasting Kraft product--is now making a play to be associated with anti-food desert urban gardening projects

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Zipcar Fires Up Its IPO

Zipcar Inc., the short-term car-rental service based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, launched its IPO this morning. Bloomberg reports that the IPO raised over $174 million, selling 9.7 million shares priced at $18—well above an initial proposal that pegged the share prices at $14 to $16. The most recent SEC filing can be viewed here

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Video: Bipolar Disorder symptoms

Erica Hill speaks with Psychologist Dr. Jennifer Hartstein about bipolar disorder and what may trigger it.

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Personal touches make likeable hotels loveable

No time to scour Condé Nast Traveler's entire Hot List of hotels? Luckily for you, they've compiled "The Hotties," a highly personal list of 17 little details that elevate some favorite hotels from likeable to loveable.

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Beware bed bugs extermination scams

Consumer Correspondent Susan Koeppen investigates how scammers can take advantage of people with infestations

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Tough day for Masters champ

PGT: Masters champion Charl Schwartzel shoots a 73 in the first round of the Malaysian Open after arriving in the country only a day earlier, while Rory McIlroy rebounds from his Masters collapse to be three shots off the lead.

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Video: Catherine Zeta Jones’ Bipolar Disorder

Catherine Zeta Jones checked herself into a treatment center for Bipolar II Disorder after a stressful year that involved husband Michael Douglas' cancer battle.

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Video: Restaurant serves booze to boy

Erica Hill talks to Jill VanHeest, Florida mother of a 2-year-old child who was served alcohol at an Olive Garden.

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Can You Retire? Are You Retired?

Can You Retire?  Are You Retired?

Once client said, “They took my money;” another person, two years away from retirement, was angry that the system of investing had let her down. For those who thought they were within a few years of retirement the loss of ...

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