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Eco-friendly products may not be so different
All-purpose cleaners at six dollars and $12 a pop for laundry detergent means consumers are paying more for products that experts say may not be that different from their Clorox counterparts.
Features
Baby Multiplicity
Discovering you are pregnant with triplets or more is becoming increasingly unlikely as U.S. fertility clinics, responding to government pressure, are reducing the amount of high-order multiple pregnancies induced by drugs or by treatments such as in vitro fertilization.
News
Check-cashing store serves the poor
Sylvia Perez left her Harlem apartment with about $1,000 and made her way to the Lower East Side to “settle […]
Multimedia
It’s better than organic — it’s biochar
A new breed of charcoal could be the answer to healthier food and more environmentally conscious agriculture.
Multimedia•Video
Boutique offers clothing, training, hope
Bottomless Closet is a non-profit organization that helps disadvantaged women in New York and other cities with interview skills, career development and, most importantly, clothes.
News
Stimulus Boost for AIDS Organizations
Housing Works is one of many nonprofit organizations for HIV/AIDS care around the country that are managing to tentatively ride out the economic crisis before the arrival of the economic stimulus package. Their second-hand bookstore in New York City’s SoHo area is a hot draw for lovers of inexpensive literature and has served as their own mini-bailout.
Features
No Gluts, No Glory
Call it sport or entertainment, competitive eating isn't for the weak-stomached.
Business
Recession Hits the Rectory
Since 2005, St. Andrews Anglican Church in the wealthy historic district of downtown Easton, Md., hosted family movie night and […]
Business
Teach for America Yields Mixed Results for Eager Grads
Even in the best of times, college seniors have to arm themselves with parent-ready responses to the stinging question: “What’s […]
Business
Recession keeps dentist’s chair full
Despite economic slowdown, the recession is actually giving dentistry a boost.