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Jan 5, 2008 8:20 PM CST

Retail Scores Big on Unused Gift Cards

$7.8B in cards unused annually; some states want cut of profit

(Newser) - Retailers are likely rubbing their hands with glee after shoppers snapped up $97 billion in gift cards this year, up from $83 billion in 2006. Why the excitement? The industry makes billions each year from “breakage," or gift card money that is never spent. Lost, discarded, or under-used...

15 Must-See American Sights

Nov 11, 2007 8:23 AM CST

15 Must-See American Sights

Forget Paris—these great vacation sites can be found in your own backyard

(Newser) - Patricia Schultz, author of 1,000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die, turns Forbes readers onto her top 15:

The Pacific Coast Highway
Monument Valley, Utah and Ariz.
Texas Hill Country

Bomb Threats Hit Discount Stores, Supermarkets

Aug 30, 2007 8:34 AM CDT

Bomb Threats Hit Discount Stores, Supermarkets

Caller threatens to blow up stores unless money wired into account

(Newser) - Federal agents are looking into bomb threats phoned in to Wal-Marts and supermarkets across the country, the AP reports. An unidentified caller, believed to be in Portugal, demands that employees wire money overseas or he'll set off a bomb. A Maine supermarket was the target yesterday, bringing the total to...

Puffin Love Flies High in Maine

Aug 26, 2007 5:28 PM CDT

Puffin Love Flies High in Maine

Penguin lookalikes need 24-hour protection from swooping gulls

(Newser) - Puffin-love is flying high in Maine, where hundreds of these penguin look-a-likes are lured by wooden decoys and given 24-hour protection, the AP reports. Supervisors endure screeching gulls and pooping dive-bombers to protect these finned waddlers and their nests. So just what are puffins? Birds that look like penguins, but...

Bush, Sarko Melt Chill in Maine

Aug 12, 2007 5:44 AM CDT

Bush, Sarko Melt Chill in Maine

Leaders scarf burgers, begin to patch up old alliance

(Newser) - Praise from a vacationing French President Nicolas Sarkozy and a down-home welcome from President Bush to the family compound in Maine this weekend signaled a radical switch in the tense relations between the two nations. The leaders were relaxed and affable with one another as they boated, chatted and chomped...

Chief Justice Checks Out of Hospital

Jul 31, 2007 2:26 PM CDT

Chief Justice Checks Out of Hospital

Roberts 'doing fine' after suffering seizure at vacation home

(Newser) - Chief Justice John Roberts left a Maine hospital today in good condition, a day after suffering a seizure of unknown cause. The 52-year-old jurist told President Bush he was doing just fine, reports the AP. He waved as he scooted out of the hospital and headed back to his vacation...

Hagel, Snowe Jump Ship

Jul 11, 2007 4:14 PM CDT

Hagel, Snowe Jump Ship

Number of GOP defectors backing withdrawal plan climbs to 3

(Newser) - Two more Republican senators crossed party lines today to back legislation that calls for the US to start pulling out of Iraq within 4 months and withdraw by April. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and Maine's Olympia Snowe of Maine signed on on as co-sponsors of the measure, along with Oregon's...

10 Best Retirement Bargains

Jul 2, 2007 12:38 PM CDT

10 Best Retirement Bargains

U.S. News susses out the 10 spots that offer the most to retirees on a limited budget

(Newser) - Cost of living isn't the only important factor when deciding on a place to retire. Weather, proximity to cities, airports, entertainment and hospitals are also play a part. U.S. News considered all the angles and came out with these top picks:

Boone, North Carolina
Dahlonega, Georgia
Fredericksburg, Texas
Kennebunk,

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America's Top Ten Diners

Jun 17, 2007 7:15 AM CDT

America's Top Ten Diners

Don't look too far west of the Mississippi for any of them

(Newser) -

AVALON DINER, Houston, TX
BECKY'S DINER, Portland, ME
BLUE BENN DINER, Bennington, VT
CONNELLY'S GOODY GOODY DINER, St. Louis, MO
DUTCH KITCHEN, Frackville, PA