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Expert offers the 411 on FICO scores (San Jose Mercury News)

30 Aug 2008

Barry Paperno of Fair Issac Corp. discusses the negatives, positives of establishing and maintaining a good credit and payment history.

Traffic expert explains why we drive the way that we do (Republican-American)

30 Aug 2008

CHICAGO — Eleven o'clock on a bright midweek morning, and traffic expert Tom Vanderbilt is standing tall against the chain-link fencing that overlooks the northbound lanes of the Kennedy Expressway at Chicago Avenue.

Smithsonian to slash executives' pay (CNN.com)

30 Aug 2008

At least 17 Smithsonian Institution executives with six-figure salaries will see pay cuts, many in the tens of thousands of dollars, under reforms adopted by the museum complex.