World News Podcast - August 12th, 2011

In tonight’s podcast, a drop in gas prices could help the economy; a new way of looking at the housing crisis could turn those empty foreclosures into more money and more affordable housing; the Iowa caucuses are underway and there is controversy surrounding the GOP’s leading ladies, including one who isn’t even a candidate yet; a man has died of rabies contracted from a vampire bat, and now scientists are concerned a warming climate could drive more of these dangerous carriers north; and finally, Diane Sawyer remembers the life of Nancy Wake, one of World War II’s most decorated, and unusual, veterans.

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