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In Blue Jasmine, Cate Blanchett plays a wealthy New York socialite who has it all, loses it all and ends up delusional on a park bench. Perdido Productions hide caption

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When Planning For The Future, Women Have Been Hands Off

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Our Women and Wealth series will involve you, too. We're asking women to share their best lessons about earning, saving, investing or using money. The above quote comes from Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. You can see more from her, and other influential women, and add your two cents at our Tumblr, She Works Her Money. NPR hide caption

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What Raising Tipped Workers' Wages Could Mean For Economy

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Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, presents a Senate report on for-profit colleges in 2012. He wants changes to the federal student loan system. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

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Senator Warns Of A Student Loan Bubble

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Wednesday

A worker unloads a truck full of Mexican limes at a citrus packing plant in La Ruana, in the state of Michoacan, Mexico. Dario Lopez-Mills/AP hide caption

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In Mexico And U.S., Lime Lovers Feel Squeezed By High Prices

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Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, speaking before the California GOP spring convention, said recently he doesn't lament the end of public funding for national political conventions. Ben Margot/AP hide caption

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Say Goodbye To The Taxpayer-Funded Political Convention

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Tuesday

Decoding College Financial Aid

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Maze Of College Costs And Aid Programs Traps Some Families

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Monday

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Report: Most Americans Not Putting Enough Away For Retirement

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World War II veterans and other students at the University of Iowa in 1947. That year, due to federal assistance from the GI Bill, 60 percent of the school's enrollment was made up of veterans. Margaret Bourke-White/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images hide caption

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How The Cost Of College Went From Affordable To Sky-High

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