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Mar 28 2009, Desh

A clock sans a pendulum is no clock at all.

Ears, attuned to the boring tick-tock of that faltering pendulum will surely fall in league with this statement. Well, this Calendar Clock might make you do a double take on this. With pointers for...

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Dillon:

In this image taken from video and provided by CBS, “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley, left, interviews Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in Dillon, S.C., Saturday, March 7, 2009. The interview, which airs on Sunday, March 15, is Bernanke’s...