A new investigation shows that retailers skew online prices based on your location. Plus, the fiscal cliff is coming up quickly, first-person shooter games may have neurological benefits, politicians in Washington, D.C. have taken issue with the depiction of waterboarding in "Zero Dark Thirty" and much more.
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• 7:13
Retailers are predicting another uptick in online shopping this holiday season. Of course, it's convenient, you can shop in your jammies, and you can browse the whole Web for the best deal out there.
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• 8:07
It's beginning to look a lot like a Fiscal Cliffmas!With the President in Hawaii for the holiday and Congress not due back in Washington until Thursday, time is running out to come up with a deal before 2013.
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• 7:18
The National Rifle Association, or NRA, says violent video games are partly to blame for the mass shootings in Newtown. Last week the NRA's chief lobbyist, Wayne LaPierre, singled out some of those games during a press conference.
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• 6:32
"Zero Dark Thirty," the Kathryn Bigelow directed film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, is under attack from politicians in Washington. Michael Morrell, the acting director of the Central Intelligence Agency, says it creates the false impression that the use of enhanced interrogation techniques helped the agency find bin Laden.
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• 9:21
It's only one more day until Christmas, so many people are panicking about what to buy. It's no question what book critic David Kipen might suggest for a present.
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• 5:08
Mommy blogger Karen Alpert warns would-be gift givers about which toys most parents would rather their kids not receive.
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• 5:19
Egypt appears to have voted in a new Islamist-backed constitution on Saturday, preliminary results indicate that the draft constitution passed with 64 percent of the vote. But overall turnout over the two-day election was low, just over 30 percent.
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• 4:29
For anyone who crosses the U.S.-Mexico border, long wait times are a constant source of frustration. That's especially true during the holiday season. But the port of entry between Tijuana and San Diego is being expanded.
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• 10:10
Jacki Weaver, star of "Silver Linings Playbook," joins the show to talk about the film, mastering the Philadelphia accent and playing Robert DeNiro's wife.
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• 4:41
KPCC's Vanessa Romo reports on one particular budget battle that goes on in Latino families all over Southern California, all year long. The quinceañera.
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• 4:55
Santas in Los Angeles aren't all rosy-cheeked. L.A. actually offers a number of ethnic Santas for people of color.
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• 7:20
The new book "The Cat Behind the Hat," reveals many of Dr. Seuss's darker, and intensely personal paintings for the first time.