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SYRIA - Hopes for an early breakthrough in the Israeli-Syrian Peace Talks have faded but slow movement forward continues. NPR's Ted Clark reports. -b- 16. CREDIT CARD SECURITY - NPR's John McChesney reports that Visa and Mastercard have agreed on a single technical standard that they say will allow for secure purchases over the Internet. The two credit card giants had been pursuing different systems with conflicting security specifications. Today's announcement means banks and consumers will not have to worry about choosing one system over the other.

Lasers and lava and mummies, oh my! Here are the exhibits that kids and their grown-ups love the most from 10 of the nation's best children's museums.

The first monthly enhanced child tax credit payment has landed, but some families are now opting out. Here's how to decide whether it makes sense for you.

The U.S. discount retail chain said its customers will still be able to earn and redeem rewards, as well as use gift cards and store credit cards.

NPR's Scott Simon ponders the child tax credit, why it was created and why someone as wealthy as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos would get it.

More than a decade after the fall of communism, Russian consumers are beginning to learn about credit. In the early years of transition to capitalism, the economy mostly was cash only. Now, Russians are making the transition from paper to plastic. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

Advanced Placement exams, which many high school students use to gain course credits when they attend college, will no longer be accepted for credit at Dartmouth College, the AP reports.

The first payments have gone out to parents. Tens of millions of families will receive up to $300 per child. The tax credit is part of the stimulus package that Democrats passed in March.

Several books have been published about the subprime crackup, the housing bubble and the financial meltdown, but Busted: Life Inside the Great Mortgage Meltdown by reporter Edmund Andrews is special. That's because as he was writing about the issue, he himself was sinking as fast as anyone.

8 1/2 Souvenirs returns to perform their song Kazango.