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02/25/2011

What a Doll!

Ken is 50. But this is no mid-life crisis for him.

by Greg Beato

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02/10/2011

Now What Is it Going to Take…

Dealing cars in the age of the Internet.

by Greg Beato

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01/28/2011

Dinner at 5:05, 7:20, 9:45…

As movie audiences shrink, the concession stand grows.

by Greg Beato

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01/20/2011

Movin’ on Down

The myth of the tiny house movement.

by Greg Beato

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01/07/2011

Character Study

The latest victim of the fight against junk food? Little ol' Tweety!

by Greg Beato

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12/09/2010

Many Happy Returns

The complexity of the "return."

by Greg Beato

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10/25/2010

Budding Market

Marijuana's image takes a hit.

by Greg Beato

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10/08/2010

Beating Around the Bush

Everyone is so prudish about the Tri-Phoria Personal Massager.

by Greg Beato

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09/14/2010

Punk’d in the Great Depression

Catalog No. 439 gave American men everything they never knew they needed.

by Greg Beato

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08/27/2010

Cream, Sugar, and a High-Speed Connection

Free Wi-Fi loses its cachet.

by Greg Beato

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