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Does it seem like public education is carrying a private school price tag these days?

It's no surprise the government wastes our taxpayer dollars - in the billions! But a new report out today by Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn shows just what one agency is spending our money on.

We report a lot about the fact the stock market is a rigged game -- an uneven playing field -- for small investors without the resources, inside information or deep pockets of the pros.

Even a bit of good news isn't enough to signal a recovery in the housing market just yet. Sales of newly-built homes rose for a second straight month in April.

Remember that worry parents had a few generations ago - empty nest syndrome? These days parents have a much different problem—needy adult children - many of whom won't or can't leave the nest.

Remember that worry parents had a few generations ago - empty nest syndrome? These days parents have a much different problem—needy adult children - many of whom won't or can't leave the nest.

The housing market continues to suffer - from plummeting sales to plunging prices. But guess what? Property taxes are not suffering.

With the exception of a few weeks last December, from day one President Obama has been clear about his revenue goals—tax the rich.

The battle continues for unions as the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is accusing one of America's biggest companies, Boeing, of illegally retaliating against union workers.

Gas prices are up. Food prices are up. Unemployment is up. And now you can add health-care costs to that list.

Since this show began I've been saying something needs to be done to get more Americans into the housing market.

Many have said the middle class is the future. It's where the American dream is born and thrives.

Numbers don't lie right? New numbers out today show this country doesn't have a revenue problem - it has a spending problem.

Today there is more evidence the economic recovery is treating Wall Street and Main Street very, very differently.

So far we've told you about high unemployment, and rising gas prices, and polls showing most Americans still feel like we're in a recession.

Jobs. With other news-making headlines this week, it's important to remember what's at the heart of this country. Too many Americans are out of work and as we await the big employment numbers on Friday, other reports don't give us much to cheer about.

We are now less than two weeks away from hitting our debt ceiling, and Republicans have vowed not to expand the limit unless the Democrats agree to some serious spending cuts.

Three thousand, five hundred and nineteen days. Or nine years, seven months and 20 days. That's the time between that fateful morning when the Twin Towers fell... to the day President Obama told the world the man behind the attack was dead.

Nobody likes to be told what to do, and that is especially true for banks. After bearing much of the blame for the financial crisis - and getting bailed out as punishment—banks have seemingly been slapped with regulation reform after regulation reform.

A story in today's Los Angeles Times has me seeing red, and one public official seeing dollar signs. The official is the soon-to-be retired president and CEO of a public hospital in Salinas, California - a city of about 150,000.