Typically about 8% of items purchased at a store will be returned; for ecommerce sites, that can be as much as 25% to 40%. And all the stuff that stores cannot easily resell will wind up in the secondary market, where one company’s trash can become other people’s treasure. Rita Braver visits liquidators who process and resell goods that are just as good as new, or even newer. Source
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Want $10K? Move your home office to Tulsa, Oklahoma
With countless people working out of their homes, does it really matter WHERE they live? According to Tulsa, Oklahoma, no! The city of 400,000 that has plenty of hip coffee shops, bustling bars, and a thriving arts district also wants more telecommuters, and is willing to pay you $10,000 to relocate there. Conor Knighton talks with people who have picked up and moved to the Sooner State after signing up for the Tulsa Remote program. Source
Keeping up with Kris Jenner
The woman who literally gave birth to the most influential family of celebrities on the planet says she doesn’t mind sacrificing privacy Source
Reinventing farming to help save the climate
Regenerative agriculture has growing appeal for farmers – and political candidates – as extreme weather threatens a way of life Source
Democratic senators decry Trump’s asylum deal with Guatemala
“Our country cannot continue to impose the cost of what’s happening on other countries, mainly Mexico and now apparently, we’re trying to do it to Guatemala,” Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii told CBS News Source
Lorenzen Wright: No Defense
An NBA star and Memphis hero is gunned down and dumped in the woods. Who killed Lorenzen Wright? CBS News special correspondent James Brown has the very latest on a surprise development in one of the city’s biggest murder cases. Source
Power outage in Washington D.C. impacted 39,000 PepCo customers
Firefighters reported that they were responding to multiple calls of people stuck in elevators Source
Russi Taylor, the voice of Minnie Mouse, dies at 75
Taylor’s late husband, Wayne Allwine, was the voice behind Mickey Mouse starting in 1977 until his death in 2009 Source
The alleged plot to kill Lorenzen Wright
Prosecutor Paul Hagerman reads an affidavit about informant Jimmie Martin who claims he helped plan the murder of Lorenzen Wright. Martin is Sherra Wright’s cousin. Martin claims he wasn’t there the night of the murder, but says he did help clean up the crime scene. Source
Lorenzen Wright: The murder of an NBA star and hometown hero
A beloved basketball star and Memphis hero is gunned down in the woods – who killed Lorenzen Wright? Source