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How did your life collide with the headlines in 2007?
Iraq, the subprime crisis, Facebook, immigration, oil prices - 2007 had no shortage of hefty headlines. We'd like to hear about how these and other major news events of the past year affected you. Where did your life collide with the news in 2007?

What's your holiday performance story?
The office talent show, the neighborhood caroling posse, the school pageant ... At holiday time we often sing, dance, and dress as shepherds. Did you bloom in the warmth of your audience's adulation, or freeze up like the snowman you'd rather be building? Did your holiday performance change your life or that of someone close to you?

Glass is Half Full January 27, 2007

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America's Line Presidential Odds

The day before President Bush gave his State of the Union address, his approval ratings were below 30 percent. This is the lowest approval rating for any President, the day prior to a State of the Union address, aside from Nixon in 1974. So how does the President keep morale up around the White House? What makes his staff come to work every day and look at the glass as half full? To gain some perspective on this seemingly doomed situation, Weekend America's John Moe talks to some other professionals who have had to work against the odds.

Then...
Ben Eckstein is the co-founder of America's Line, which is a syndicated column that tracks the odds in sports, entertainment and politics. And although betting on the presidential election in the U.S. is illegal, we turn to him for some predictions on the next race.

Hear Ben Eckstein give tips on the candidate to watch in the 2008 Presidential Election (1:00).