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Depending on the business, vendors are either profiting or losing revenues due to the ongoing presence of protesters in New York's Zuccotti Park. A look at the impact the protest is having on the neighborhood and local businesses.

Robert Siegel speaks with United Auto Workers president Bob King about the contract ratified by Ford workers Tuesday night — and the future of the auto business in the U.S. King says although he's used to seeing higher margins of support from the rank and file, he's satisfied that 62 percent of the Ford workers who voted approved of the contract.

A decline in the admission of Medicare patients to hospitals for treatment of heart failure saves at least $4.1 billion a year, a new study finds. Better treatment of coronary artery disease and high blood pressure may help explain the decline.

Back in September, a decommissioned NASA satellite crashed into the South Pacific. This weekend, a much bigger German satellite is expected to burn through the atmosphere and crash somewhere on Earth.

Beards are part of religious identity for Amish men. The victims of the recent attacks in Ohio are opponents of Sam Mullet, leader of a reclusive group experts describe as cultlike and abusive. And though Amish victims usually shrug off the assaults, local law enforcement has been brought in because of the seriousness of the situation.

Hear the gorgeous voice of a young opera singer with his ears tuned to the great tenors of the past.

Emmy-nominated actress Amy Poehler talks to Ari Shapiro about her role as an aspiring local politician on the NBC comedy Parks And Recreation.

The Occupy Wall Street movement is decentralized, but it traces its origin to a call to action in the Vancouver-based magazine Adbusters. The magazine and the movement share a common spark in the person of Kalle Lasn, a disillusioned adman.

Tennessee overhauled its teacher evaluation system last year to win a grant from the federal Race to the Top program, and now teachers say they are struggling to shine. But the state says that there's no way educators are performing at the top of their game when students are not.

The St. Louis Cardinals won the first game of the World Series Wednesday night. On a chilly, wet evening in St. Louis, the Cards scratched out the 3-2 win over the Texas Rangers. It was a dramatic, hard-fought beginning to what promises to be a close series.