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Fast Draw: The retirement boat

American retirement assets fell by $3 trillion with the crash of the economy, which means some will have to work into retirement. The Fast Draw team looks at the positives.

• Nov 30, 2008
• 2:46

Fast Draw: Obama's promises

Barack Obama promised Americans a lot of changes on the campaign trail and Americans are eager to see if he will deliver once he is in the White House.

• Nov 12, 2008
• 2:20

Fast Draw: What's in a name?

One of the joys of fatherhood is helping to choose the name of the baby but, as Fast Draw's Mitch Butler and Josh Landis reports, it can be a perplexing job.

• Jun 21, 2009
• 2:45

Fast Draw: Mideast conflict

President Obama spoke strongly in support of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Josh Landis and Mitch Butler of The Fast Draw have a crash course in Mideast geo-politics.

• Jun 8, 2009
• 2:56

Fast Draw: Gossamer Albatross

30 years ago Brian Allen soared into the history books, flying his "Gossamer Albatross" across the English Channel in two hours, fifty minutes. Josh Landis and Mitch Butler honor the man who inspires the innovators among us to this day.

• Jun 28, 2009
• 1:32

Fast Draw: Lessons of sand

For millions, summer means heading to the beach, feeling the sand between our toes, but there are serious lessons to be learned from all that sand. The Fast Draw's Mitch Butler and Josh Landis explain.

• Aug 2, 2009
• 3:02

Trey Anastasio of Phish: "We always felt like lepers"

In this preview of a "Sunday Morning" interview, Trey Anastasio talks about the rock band which defies easy categorization

• Mar 8, 2013
• 0:33

Fast Draw: In honor of Winter

Sure, it's cold and this year's blizzards made for more than just a minor nuisance but, as Josh Landis and Mitch Butler explain, it's time to rethink the way you look at Winter.

• Mar 21, 2010
• 2:24

Fast Draw: U.S. Census

Kicking off the 2010 U.S. Census is a stop in a remote Alaskan village, with no roads in or out. Why, you ask? The message is that no matter who you are or where you are, the government wants you counted. Josh Landis and Mitch Butler report.

• Jan 31, 2010
• 2:38

"Big Brother" is watching you

Josh Landis and Mitch Butler of "The Fast Draw" look into the growing number of security cameras popping up in cities across the U.S. to monitor our activities.

• Mar 27, 2011
• 1:21

Fast Draw: The oil spill

To put the oil spill into perspective, Josh Landis and Mitch Butler of The Fast Draw show you just how much oil is gushing out compared with our every day energy use.

• Jun 6, 2010
• 1:43

Playing the name game

The Corn Refiners Association petitioned the FDA this week for permission to re-label "high fructose corn syrup" as "corn sugar," which got Mitch Butler and Josh Landis of "The Fast Draw" to thinking, what's in a name?

• Sep 19, 2010
• 1:51

How many people can the planet handle?

According to the U.N., the world population will hit the seven billion mark this year. Josh Landis and Mitch Butler of "The Fast Draw" wondered, how many people can the Earth handle?

• Oct 23, 2011
• 2:18

America's banks too big to fail?

If too few financial institutions control too much of a country's money it could mean trouble. Josh Landis and Mitch Butler of "The Fast Draw" find out what could happen if these few banks grow even larger in size.

• Nov 13, 2011
• 1:53

It's not the heat, it's the humidity!

Mitch Butler and Josh Landis of "The Fast Draw" set out to prove the ill effects of humidity and also bring some of its benefits to light.

• Jul 24, 2011
• 2:05

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