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For decades, Americans have bought savings bonds, both as an investment and as a way to support their country. But the once-ubiquitous bonds will soon disappear into cyberspace. As of Jan. 1, the Department of the Treasury will no longer offer savings bonds in paper form -- only online.

T-Mobile's done a U-Turn. The cell-phone company has discovered that some of its customers want to keep paper records of their bills and other financial documents, and they don't want to pay a fee for that privilege. After announcing a plan to charge its 33 million customers $1.50 per month to get...