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Isn't it great that gas prices are finally teetering on normal? Remember the horror movie last summer when parts of the country, especially in the south, saw prices inch toward $5 a gallon? Turns out Wall Street is to blame for all that pressure at the pump. Last night's 60 Minutes aired a segment...

I have it on good authority that some of the people who work at 60 Minutes read WalletPop. While granted, I'm not around to see this, I imagine probably first thing in the morning, Scott Pelley, Lesley Stahl, Bob Simon and the other correspondents are gathered around a PC in the office, shoving...

If you're like most people, you've seen the headlines about the subprime mess, collateralized debt obligations, structured investment vehicles, and a credit crunch -- but you're not really sure what it's all about, or how it ended up with big banks and pension funds losing billions.Of course there...