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Rundown 9/14
ResumeIran Releases American Hiker
Low Interest Rates + Rising Bank Fees = How Can Someone Save Money?
The average interest rate paid on many forms of savings accounts has fallen to .99 percent, a record low over the last half century. And when you consider rising bank fees, penny-conscious people can often find themselves losing money at the same time they're trying to save it. So unless you're content to stuff your extra cash in your mattress, what are the options? Brett Arends is personal finance columnist for the Wall Street Journal.
- Bloomberg: Savers Pay U.S. Banks to Keep Cash as Rates Dip, Fees Multiply
- New York Times: Falling Rates Aid Debtors, but Hamper Savers
Pitiful Pittsburgh Pirates
Explosion Raises Concerns About Aging Gas Pipes
- National Pipeline Mapping System (Often experiencing very heavy traffic)
- Pipeline Safety Trust: More information on the San Bruno explosion
- Watch: Video of the San Bruno explosion
Walking The Boardwalk Empire
Riding the success of the "Sopranos," HB0 premieres a new series this Sunday about mobsters in New Jersey. "Boardwalk Empire" is set in 1920's Atlantic City, when prohibition is in full swing and so are the gangsters and corrupt politicians set on making a fortune selling bootleg booze. Here & Now's critic-at-large Ed Siegel has a preview.
Music From The Show
- Couch, "Heimweg 78"
- Fugazi, "Recap Modotti"