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Dear Harry: Yesterday, I overheard some friends talking about an "ethical will." I know about regular wills and I just wrote a living will regarding end-of-life issues, but I never heard of an ethical will. Is this something I should be involved in?
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In 1894, my founder accidentally created a wheat flake. In 1906, he began selling toasted flakes made of corn in Battle Creek, Mich. In 1916, I launched an all-bran cereal, and in 1928 I gave the world a little snap, crackle and pop. My rooster, named Cor
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Wall Street pitched lower for the second straight session Wednesday as record-high oil prices and a bleak economic assessment from the Federal Reserve deepened investors' worry about rising costs and a shaky employment picture. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 227 points, logging its widest two-day loss since late February.
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Gasoline at $4 a gallon might be a burden for consumers, but it's a windfall for credit card companies. Yet gas station operators say they're caught in the middle.
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DeSean Jackson, the Eagles' marquee draft pick, wants to be that playmaking wideout Eagles fans covet, but he said yesterday he does not want to be T.O. - at least not in the sense of "talking about your teammates.''
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The guy came from a decent squad...
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Home interiors are lightening up, but it has less to do with spare spaces than it does with the hues of wood furnishings.
After a long love affair with rich espresso finishes and exotic wenge wood, designers...
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