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The nation is on orange alert (search) again. But is this shade of orange more serious than before? Daniel Coulson, former FBI agent and author of No Heroes, weighs in.

Plus, just how much is the country’s beefed-up protection costing you? We'll add it up.

After a year of wildfires, mudslides and a flood of red ink, how is the Golden State coping? We'll have a report card for California’s economy from George Passantino, spokesman for the Reason Public Policy Institute.

Is there a great divide over power and direction developing in the Democratic Party? We’ll examine the issue with National Public Radio’s Juan Williams, Fox News political analyst.

The FDA has warned states that aiding U.S. residents in purchasing drugs from abroad could be illegal. So why has the city of Boston told the FDA that it plans to let employees purchase prescription drugs from Canada? We’ll ask Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. And we’ll get a response from Peter Pitts, FDA's associate commissioner for external relations.

And, it's not the stuff of science fiction anymore. Nanotechnology is here and it could be the biggest thing since bio-tech. A look at how you can profit from Daniel and Mark Ratner, co-authors of Nanotechnology and Homeland Security.

Plus, this holiday season, what stocks should be in your stocking? Patricia Chadwick, president of Ravengate Partners, and Scott Bleier, president of Hybrid Investors, name the names that you should stock up on for the New Year on tonight’s edition of Your World with Cavuto.

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More than just facts and figures, Your World with Cavuto gets to the heart of the matter with in-depth analysis from our FOX Business News All-Stars:

Terry Keenan, host of Cashin' In
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