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At Boston Market, now TWO kids can eat free with an adult purchase of $6 or more.

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In these tough economic times, more Americans are bartering goods and services. In fact, barter postings on Craigslist have tripled in the last 24 months, according to Craigslist spokesman Doug Kohl.

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Why do insurance costs go up year after year? How would you fix health care? What reforms will work, which won’t? Is a public option a necessity? Join the live discussion Monday — Sept. 21 — on health care reform, open enrollment and any other health care topics on your mind.

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Call it the golden rule of water conservation. The SOS Mata Atlntica Foundation, a Brazilian environmental group that works to protect the Atlantic Forest, has launched the "Xixi no Banho" campaign encouraging Brazilians to save water by going number one in the shower. (The image is from the ad for the campaign.)

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The Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition will recognize three people who have advocated for consumers at its annual meeting and award ceremony on September 24. 

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Learn how to make environmentally friendly cleaning products at a workshop Saturday at the Red Clover Collective.

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Here's a headline that caught our eye the other day: "Teenager Invents 23 Solar Panel That Could Be Solution to Developing World's Energy Needs . . . Made From Human Hair."

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Responding to recent videos of ACORN employees trying to help people skirt tax laws, ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis announced that the group had stopped accepting new tax clients as of noon today while an internal investigation is undertaken.

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The $199 Garry Ultra Light vacuum is a "professional quality" vacuum that "loosens stubborn, even hidden ground-in dirt from your carpets" and other surfaces "the first time you pass over the dirt," touts the company's Web site.

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