NPR 2011-06-10

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The top staff of Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign have resigned en masse. As NPR's Mara Liasson reports, their departure raises the question of whether the Gingrich campaign, rocky from the start,

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NPR 2011-06-11

The Dow is hovering just beneath the 12,000 mark, with US stocks turning sharply lower earlier today. NPR's Jim Zarroli says there are a number of factors rattling investors. There's been a lot of pessimism in the markets. We had a series of disappoi

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