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The LA Times has an editorial admonishing Internet shoppers for not paying tax on the items they buy. It says taxpayers owe the state of...

If you still need to pick up a present or two, I have a few suggestions. How about a lovely souvenir of the hard economic times we've all been...

Good morning. The Senate has passed its version of the health care bill, but the debate roars on......

I'm following up on a couple of posts from yesterday. First, I wrote about Marketplace editor Paddy Hirsch's bank being seized and the voicemail...

For the second time in a week, Blackberry users have experienced a significant outage. This time, they lost all contact with humanity. Some in...

So, I've had this nagging cough the past couple of weeks. After a while, I realized it wasn't going away on its own. I called up my doctor, and...

Good morning. Here are a few items to stuff in the stocking. Or, you know, read:...

If the Senate version of the health care bill prevails, there would be no tax on Botox treaments to help pay for the plan. No, instead, the...

While we're on the subject of failed banks, our Whiteboard guru Paddy Hirsch just found out his small bank has been seized. Not that anyone at the...

This is one of those stories that's representative of what a long, strange trip it's been. It's also appropriate that I just quoted the Grateful...