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The Gift You Really Needed This Year – Or Maybe Not

By | 01.01.09 | 11:25 am

Guess what turned out to be a popular gift this holiday season? Piggy banks. Retailers reported that sales of the old-fashioned way to save flew off the shelves, Reuters reports:

“We have been selling coin banks really well,” said Laura Kellner at Kikkerland Design Inc. in New York City, whose

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As Governor, Palin Accepted $25,000 in Gifts

By | 09.26.08 | 6:10 am

As if the McCain campaign didn’t have enough to worry about with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s two cringe-inducing interview segments with Katie Couric on the CBS Evening News — and yet more to come. Now The Washington Post drops this bombshell.

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