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Goodwill and the Salvation Army have shied away from clothing-collection bins in part because the contents often get contaminated by dirty diapers, dog droppings and other unwanted donations. As higher gas prices force nonprofits to cut back on home pickups, USAgain is filling a niche. "We have to empty...
Like many other antispam advocates, Barrett prefers the model of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, which effectively put an end to junk faxes by allowing consumers to sue senders at a rate of up to $500 for every unsolicited fax. California is expected to pass a bill that...
Genetic engineering of plants can make food crops hardier, more resistant to molds and drought as well as to insect pests--without the use of herbicides and pesticides. Food can arrive on our tables looking and tasting better, costing less and being relatively free of unwanted chemicals. Future generations will...
At partition, most of Karachi's 440,000 population of Hindus had left and were replaced by 1.2 million Mohajirs, or Indian migrants. They had followed the dream of Pakistan's founding father, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, to create a nation for Muslims. But the Mohajirs were in for a rude...
At Christie's contemporary art sale in New York last month, the top lot was a huge mural painting by Mark Rothko that the auction house hailed as a "masterwork" and "of particular importance." When the bidding was over, No. 9 (White and Black on Wine) had sold for $16.4...