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...York Times reported the updated cost of producing a single penny—1.4 cents. This is lost wealth in more ways than the obvious. Washington estimates that two-thirds of all pennies are no longer in circulation, representing millions of dollars down the drain. Still, the government, in another triumph, is choosing to make $90 million in pennies this year instead of an additional $90 million in bills or other coins. Furthermore, we are rapidly approaching the point where melting a penny will produce more wealth than the coin itself. Zinc prices are three times higher than they were...
...size can be a bummer if you already spent $48 buying the poorer-quality version of the first season of 24 And if you decide to repurchase, the new files take twice as long to download. The larger size also means more of a drain on older video-capable iPods. They didn't have terrific battery life for video playback before, and they do slightly worse with the new files...
Some House residents may find themselves with more roommates than they expected this fall, as cockroaches take up residence in rooms that went unused over the summer. Many students in the Houses have come face-to-face with cockroaches hiding in drains or in dark corners of their bedrooms. Others have reported seeing cockroaches in the daytime. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website, “daytime sightings may indicate potentially heavy infestations.” Two summers ago in her Lowell House room, Lauren E. Jensen ’08 was talking...
REAL ESTATE: Shaky ?The real estate boom of the past several years had Americans feeling wealthy, at least on paper. Millions of people have used their home equity like a credit card. But flat or dropping home prices may drain that money pool...
...Regardless of who you are - whether you're a 9/11 family member, an Iraqi war veteran, whether you lost a child in a hot tub drain, whether your child was abducted - if you're an American citizen, you have every right to open your mouth and partake in democracy. I have every right to voice my opinion...