Mood Riffs

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  Pension Tension

  Speculative investing has placed many public pension funds at risk.
   
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  A New Threat from an Old Disease

  After decades of absence, polio has been detected in the United Kingdom.
   
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  Housing Hits a Slump

  Housing is showing weakness after years of skyrocketing growth.
   
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  Get Rich Quick. Get Poor Quicker.

  Investors Lose Big as Cryptocurrency Collapses.
   
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  California Moves to Atone for Actions of the Past

  The push for reparations is gaining steam in the Golden State.
   
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  Hey Buddy, Got a Light?

  Cigarette sales have risen for the first time in 20 years.
   
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  Raising the Roof

  Congress has approved another increase in the national debt.
   
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  Acts and Assaults

  Social mood regulates the public’s opinion of celebrities.
   
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  In the Market for a Mansion?

  Demand for luxury homes is on the rise.
   
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  Artist or Minotaur?

  Social mood is shaping Picasso’s reputation long after his death.