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Minneapolis Fed gets new head After 24 years on the job, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis president Gary Stern retired last month. Today it was announced that Narayana Kocherlakota will  be his replacement, taking over the position immediately. He will become voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee in 2011. Narayana Kocherlakota, 45, is an economics ...

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Largest volunteer network in the U.S. This 2007 photo shows HandsOn Network volunteers cleaning up a neighborhood. Image from Flikr.com. We have all heard the president calling for everyone to be good citizens and do volunteer work. Now, there’s a little extra incentive from Disney, who is running the “Give a day, get a Disney day” ...

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This semester, Sacramento State University launched a new textbook rental program. There are limited titles available, but the program is helping some students save serious cash.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us Read more about Cash-Strapped College Students Rent Textbooks...

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California is about to become the first state to regulate how much energy flat-screen TVs use. If the new rules go into effect in November as planned, many flat screens sold in California in 2011 will have to use a third less energy than they do now. Some retailers have banded together to oppose the ...

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