The Best Stories You've nEver Read #77
To save. To per chance destory the economy -- Kansas City Star
Reporter Scott Canon explores an economic paradox. With the economy tanking, the value of your home declining, and, perhaps, your job in doubt, it's probably wise to reduce debt and save. But if everyone does that, the economy will sink further.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #76
No snickering. That road sign means something else -- New York Times
Some towns -- particularly in England -- are burdened with names that draw snickers... Crapstone, East Breast, North Piddle. How the natives deal with it.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #75
Are inaugural speeches getting worse? -- The New Yorker
We all remember some memorable inaugural lines ... such as "Ask not..." and "Nothing to fear ..." But there have also been some real clunkers like Nixon's ... “The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.” Jill Lepore looks at all the speeches back to Washington.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #74
Thrifty business on the rise -- Denver Post
Guess who is posting better numbers than retailers at the mall? It's thrift stores, benefiting Goodwill, the Salvation Army and other charitable causes.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #73
What ever happened to the polygamist sect members? -- Dallas Morning News
The state's attempts to intervene with polygamist sect members in west Texas have had an unexpected impact on families and children.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #72
The Moment of Truth -- St. Petersburg Times
What's a mom to do when her nine-year starts putting two and two together about Santa? Lane DeGregory's story is hilarious.
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-- Dick Weiss
The Best Stories You've nEver Read #71
Caring for Tommy -- Roanoke Times
When her husband, Tommy Rhodes, began to lose ground to dementia, Linda Rhodes made two important decisions. She decided to keep Tommy at home with her as long as possible. And she allowed a reporter and videographer to follow along as she cared for Tommy. This illuminating account is as inspiring as it is bleak.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #70
A mom goes undercover to woo and entrap a juror who convicted her son in a sensational NY murder trial.Now she's trying to use the evidence she gathered to win her boy a new trial. Click on the link above to read this story.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #69
The day they came for Addie Polk's house -- New Yorker
Peter J. Boyer's poignant story about the day that a sheriff's deputy in Akron, Ohio came to evict 90-year-old Addie Polk from her home. Polk once owned her home outright but after her husband died, predatory lenders talked her into squandering her equity. In despair, Ms. Polk turned a gun on herself, but survived to become a cause celebre.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #68
When couples split the home is a hot potato -- Miami Herald
Divorcing couples frequently fight over who gets the house. In the era of falling home prices and looming foreclosures, they are saying... you take it...
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