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According to this e-cigarette's manufacturer, smoking is harmful for health. E-Cigarette is good for health. U.S. regulators would beg to differ with that claim.

Hey, Got a Light?

Yes, but it's a red electric one at the end of an 'e-cig'

Few U.S. malls are THIS empty, but there are many stories of shoppers outnumbering sales clerks

Economic Fear, Not Holiday Cheer, Haunts U.S. Malls

Only four in five have even survived the long recession

Businesses such as hotels held bond drives among their own employees, much as they often have charitable fund drives today

States Look Back – Way Back – For New Funding

Some think there's gold to be found in unclaimed war bonds

Mink stoles and other luxury items haven't exactly been flying off the shelves during the long recession

New Tricks Break Down 'Buyers' Remorse'

Retailers soothe guilt over spending in a down economy

When holiday season comes along, not all shoppers are flush with cash or want to whip out the old credit card. Some wisely picked gifts early, put them on layaway, and paid for them gradually

We Can Put a Little Down and Buy What We Like Again

Not on credit, but using an old practice called 'layway'

Fallout from 'Google Bombs' Can be Devastating

Personal attacks on the Web sometimes spread like wildfire

One Way to Get People Raving about You: Pay for It!

But federal rulemakers take a dim view of this trend

You Can Read This Headline, Right?

That's because we didn't write it in longhand

Classes for 'Gifted' Kids: Good Idea or Bad?

Heat is rising on both sides of that question

Happy Labor-Grandma Moses-Google Day!

Monday marks an assortment of celebrations

One Site, Two Battles, More than Two Centuries Apart

One at Pennsylvania's Brandywine Park was military; the other, monetary

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