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The death of bookstore chain Borders begs the question: Is there still a place in the Internet-dominated market for brick-and-mortar booksellers and the value they add? Independent bookstores thinks so, and the numbers in the American Booksellers Association, believe it or not, are growing.

Banning soda for food stamp users is a good idea. And I write as someone who has not once, but twice, been on food stamps myself. I write about food stamps, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), enough to know the usual rhetorical arguments used by the various concerned groups....

A new study shows bank-issued credit card delinquency rates dropping, but the sluggish pace of improvement points to a still-struggling economy and an elusive recovery. According to the American Bankers Association's Consumer Credit Delinquency Bulletin for the second quarter, delinquencies on bank...

Every weekday, Betsy Langston makes a 90-minute drive with her son to Myrtle Beach, S.C. Then, after about three hours there, she drives the same 90 minutes back home to Florence. That's $20 a day in gas, not to mention the wear on her station wagon and herself. "It gets really tiring,'' Langston...