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End of one chapter but the beginning of another. they say they'll keep on traveling and exploring. that's fantastic. >> jamie: maybe you shouldn't be fooled. maybe you should jump on board because credit card issuers are ramping up lending some folks money, even if you have shaky credit. they're making it easier for many folks to get back on the road to good credit, and in today's take charge consumer protection segment, i wanted to take a look at whether or not you should cash in. joining us, is the president of consumer education for smart credit.com. great to see you, john. this segment is ...

2012 can be the year to take control of your finances again and end the year in better shape than you started. that is our goal, folks. stacy francis is the ceo of francis financial and john is president of consumer education at smart credit.com. welcome to the program. good morning. >> good to be here. >> john, we don't want to add more credit card debt. we don't want to end this year and go into 2012 with more credit card debt on top of the debt from the year before. how do you get a grip on this situation, your credit situation here? >> all that stuff you're going to open under th...

sanitation. police say they arrested 14 protesters today who blocked traffic and turned over trash cans. texas governor rick perry is unveiling his national energy plan in suburban pittsburgh right now. live pictures. he says president perry will expand drilling on federal lands and get rid of clean air rules and other, quote, activist regulations. perry says getting bureaucracy out of the way will mean 1 million or more new jobs. perry has stumbled in the polls. his wife came to his defense. >> it's been a rough time. we've been brutalized, eaten up and chewed up in the press, to ...

charged with trying to blow up an american airlines plane with explosives hidden in his underwear. he's acting as his own attorney. violence between egypt's christians and muslims may lead to new legal protection for religious minorities. a group described as thugs attacked christian protestors. that happened on sunday. at least 25 people were killed after the army and police got into the mix. well, egypt's prime minister says he's going to push a law that is making religious discrimination a crime. but experts say there is only so much that he can do during military rule. >> the p...

and now, this is the man who allegedly strapped that thing in place in hopes of prying money out her parents. paul doug peters, age 51, an australian finance executive. paul doug peters arrested yesterday outside of louisville, kentucky, by a local fbi swat team in connect with the case that has gripped australia for nearly two weeks. let me take you back to august 3rd. this was the scene in a wealthy enclave outside of sidney where this sl-year-old spent a heldish ten hours. she was fearing this mechanism would explode. it turned out to be a hoax. but the assailant's demands were ve...