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  • Updating the Patriots' Spygate Scandal
    A former Pats' employee told the NFL commissioner and a senator a lot more than had previously been reported. FoxSports.com columnist Peter Schrager explains why, after those meetings, one said the case is closed, but the other called for an investigation.
  • Drop in Property Values Drains Local Tax Coffers
    The nation's foreclosure crisis is causing property values to drop across the nation, and California is one state that is taking it hard. It is bad not only for homeowners, but also for local governments — like Stockton, Calif. — that depend on property taxes.
  • BET Struggles to Relate with Black Viewers
    The Black Entertainment Television Network was created to bring authentic representations of African-Americans to cable television. After a couple of decades, however, it finds itself under intense criticism for pandering to the lowest possible tastes. A lot of African-Americans have given up on BET and are turning to other channels that have black shows.
  • Alaska: Oil Profits Pad Treasury; Gas Prices Soar
    Host Renee Montagne has this morning's business news.
  • CBS to Acquire Tech News Provider CNET
    CBS is the latest old media organization to acquire a major network of Internet properties. It announced a deal to acquire CNET, a San Francisco-based network that includes popular Web sites like News.com and Download.com.
  • Michigan Girl Scout Sells 17,328 Boxes of Cookies
    Host Renee Montagne has today's Last Word in business.
  • Study: Digital Video Recorder Users Don't Skip Ads
    You would think that technology like TiVo would make it easy for people to skip commercials to get back to the programming they love. A study by Advertising Age suggests otherwise.
  • Kraft Launches Oreo Ad Blitz in Land of Biscuits
    Kraft, the maker of Oreos, is unveiling a big advertising campaign in Britain. Stuart Payne runs the Web site Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down, where he reviews cookies (or "biscuits" in the Queen's English). He tells Michele Norris the Oreo may have a hard time in Britain.
  • Heinz on Quest for Sweeter Tomatoes
    Heinz's breeders are trying to produce hybrid seeds with more natural sugars to cut down on the use of corn syrup in its ketchup. The price of corn has soared, caused in part by the ethanol boom.
  • 'Marketplace' Report: GE May Quit Household Business
    The company could sell the unit that makes refrigerators and washers, ending more than a century in an industry that helped make GE a household name. Nancy Marshall Genzer says the move comes because appliance sales don't meet GE's goal of 10 percent annual profit growth.
  • Restaurants Get Creative to Fight Prices
    Chefs are combating higher food costs with smaller plates, cheaper ingredients and smaller portions. But they're not dropping menu prices.
  • Peter Mehlman's Greatest Travel Fear
    High gas prices, over-scheduled airlines, and a dollar dropping in value overseas are causing a lot of folks to worry about where they'll vacation this year. But all that seems benign to our contributor Peter Mehlman. The former <em>Seinfeld</em> writer has larger fears.
  • Scott McCartney on Air Travelers' Turbulent Times
    Air travel keeps getting more confusing, frustrating and expensive, says columnist Scott McCartney. McCartney, who's covered the industry for 12 years at <em>The Wall Street Journal</em>, writes the paper's "Middle Seat" column.
  • Brisk Scooter Sales Tied to High Gas Prices
    Scooter dealers across the country are reporting brisk sales, especially of models that get 75 to 100 mpg. A dealer in California says 95 percent of people who come in mention high gasoline prices, and a dealer in South Dakota says even people who don't fit the biker mode are buying.
  • Judge OKs Shareholder Suit Against Countrywide
    A federal judge has ruled that executives from Countrywide, one of the nation's biggest mortgage lenders, will have to face a lawsuit from angry shareholders like the Arkansas Teacher Retirement Fund that have lost fortunes since the housing market meltdown.

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