tattoos

Like them or loathe them, tattoos are going mainstream as a growing number of Americans now sport body art. And despite the recession, the tattoo industry has been doing well. Even its flip side -- tattoo removal -- can be lucrative.

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With more than 30% of 18- to 45-year-olds sporting tattoos, they're becoming more acceptable to employers overall. But they could still land you in the "No way!" pile for some jobs. Read about when to display and when to hide your body art, and other tips for job-hunting Millennials.

The way Jay Reed figures it, the $120 he spent on getting a tattoo of a grilled cheese sandwich on his arm has more than paid for itself with the lifetime 25% discount he gets at a Cleveland-area sandwich shop. Reed was first person to get the restaurant's tattoo when the deal was announced in...

I once saw a man at his sentencing hearing sporting a spider's web tattoo covering his chin and jaw. Given how many employers now require employees to cover any tattoos they might have, this fellow's prospects are probably limited to telemarketing. He'll have to make a lot of license plates to pay...

He'd worked in the Starbucks in Sherman, Texas -- an hour due north of Dallas -- for seven years, and shift-manager Benjamin Amos wouldn't have been blamed for thinking that his tattoos were a non-issue. It hadn't just been the cultural mainstreaming of tattoos in the past decade; the popularity of...

As the holiday season approaches, we thought you might appreciate some gift suggestions with a twist, appropriate for those on your list who aren't satisfied with the same old, same old.It's not as if I normally sanction tattoos for the under 18-set. But garsh-darn, when I saw the kinds of Star...