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...really want to save, follow the lead of Jessica Montero, an administrative assistant from the South Bronx with a son who is entering ninth grade. Montero's work hours and income were cut earlier this year, so she is swearing off Staples and buying all her son's school supplies at a discount store. Her son's private school requires a uniform, but instead of buying an overpriced ensemble directly from the school, Montero plans to go to Target to patch the outfit together for half the price. She also cut off her son's cell-phone service four months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Back-to-School Shopping Gets Lean And Mean | 8/12/2009 | See Source »

...July, a radiothon raised $42,066 through donations ranging from $10 to $2,000, and the group has planned both an online sale and a concession stand for later in the summer. Bruun has even made overtures to a local man who in May became the winner of the ninth-largest Powerball jackpot ever: $232 million. "I sent him a letter," says Bruun. "It has gone unanswered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can a PTA Bake Sale Save a Teacher's Job? | 8/6/2009 | See Source »

...second week 4. The Ugly Truth, $13 million; $54.5 million, second week 5. Aliens in the Attic, $7.8 million, first weekend 6. Orphan, $7.3 million; $26.8 million, second week 7. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, $5.3 million; $181.9 million, fifth week 8. The Hangover, $5.1 million; $255.8 million, ninth week 9. The Proposal, $4.8 million; $148.9 million, seventh week 10. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, $4.6 million; $388.1 million, sixth week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Box-Office Weekend: Apatow's Funny Peculiar | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

...which it looked and felt different than the late 1960s and 1970s, and in turn how life since the 1980s has looked and felt compared to those earlier times. I've watched a quarter of all U.S. Presidents in action. This is the sixth recession I remember, and the ninth of my lifetime. Simply by living, one registers historical data points, and draws conclusions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is China the New Us? Or Are We? | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

When British forces entered Afghanistan in the autumn of 2001 in support of the U.S.'s fight against international terrorism, the aims of the deployment seemed clear and the effort justifiable. But as the conflict against the Taliban rumbles toward its ninth brutal year, America's most willing partner is asking the toughest of questions: How does this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain's Soul-Searching Over Its Role in Afghanistan | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

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