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FICO credit score system updates to affect millions of Americans

The company that turns your credit history into what’s known as a FICO score is updating how that number is calculated. These scores are used to determine whether you can receive a new credit card, or get a home or auto loan. Jill Schlesinger joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss a new report that shows the average U.S. FICO score hit an all-time high of 703 last year. Source

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Louisiana teacher Mickey Smith Jr. wins 2020 Grammy Music Educator Award

The band at Maplewood Middle School in Sulphur, Louisiana is so popular, about half the students there are members of it. The band’s leader, Mickey Smith Jr., was named the winner of this year’s Grammy Music Educator Award. Manuel Bojorquez speaks to students to find out what makes Smith such a good teacher. Source

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LA Times writer describes fallout from Recording Academy feud with suspended CEO

Shocking allegations about the Recording Academy are threatening to overshadow the Grammy Awards, which air on CBS Sunday night. The group’s suspended CEO Deborah Dugan says the Grammy nomination system is ridge. Randy Lewis, a staff writer for the LA Times, broke this story and has been talking to artists and industry insiders about the fallout. He joins “CBS This Morning.” Source

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