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Even at a humdrum event, Apple displays why it is the most innovative and exciting company out there. More ›

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It seemed so reasonable at first-just a fee, for checking more than the standard two bags. But like a slowly expanding epidemic, the charges started mounting to include everything from leg room to water. More ›

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Though Alcoholics Anonymous and the many subspecies of programs it has birthed still dominate the alcohol-treatment landscape, new remedy ideas that don't include abstinence are starting to get attention. More ›

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The U.S. Justice Department announced Friday that it will allow United and Continental Airlines to merge. Once approved, the merger will make the combined company the largest airline in the U.S. What does this mean for consumers? More ›

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Israel and the Palestinian territories have been talking about peace for a long time (at least a dozen summits have preceded this one with little or no tangible results). So in acknowledgment of the long odds, here are a few oft-used phrases the negotiators should avoid. More ›

Faced with a mounting budget crisis, New York Gov. David Paterson is waging a fight to tax cigarettes sold on Native American reservations. At issue is more than $150 million in taxes, the state says. More ›

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Vanity Fair has released not one, but two damning articles investigating the woman and the brand that is Sarah Palin. But even the magazine admits that the reporting will not damage a woman whose credibility seems "incidental," it says, to fact. More ›