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CNN weekend anchor Don Lemon is many things: A 45-year-old African-American native of Baton Rouge, La., he was raised Southern Baptist, attended Catholic schools and graduated from Brooklyn College in New York, and subsequently prospered in the competitive world of television news.One more facet of

The boom in car ownership in China has brought with it many problems familiar to Americans: bad traffic, of course, but also more pollution.

Part of a series on young people and financial literacyThe amount of money Americans owe on student loans recently exceeded the nation's credit card debt. That may lead many to ask: Is it smart to borrow a lot of money to go to college?

The young people set to graduate this spring will soon be facing adult financial responsibilities, like earning paychecks, paying bills and managing their debts.But many of these graduates already have advanced degrees from the School of Hard Knocks.

Facebook was created for college students to get in touch with each other.

In a desolate, industrial section of West Oakland, Calif., the first of 20 box trucks arrives before sundown.

Last July, when President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, he promised greater oversight power to the agencies tasked with keeping watch over the nation's financial markets."