• Business Takeout: The Federal Reserve says it will get out of the mortgage business. New York Times reporter Louise Story explains the Fed's plan, and how it may impact the stock market.
  
• Sports Takeout: Sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin recaps Monday Night Football, looks at the still-undefeated New Orleans Saints and describes famously dour Patriots coach Bill Belichick.
• Listener Takeout: Listeners respond to our story about finding conflict-free diamonds.

A quarter of all marriage proposals happen in the six weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year's, and most of those involve a diamond ring. Diamond sales finance civil wars around the world, and in some regions diamond mining involves horrific abuse, mutilations and murder. How hard is it to find (or define) a truly 'conflict-free' diamond? Our contributors, Beth Kobliner and Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, join us. Beth has some advice for Ibrahim, who is in the market for the right ring for his fiancée.