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Wal-Mart Wants You to Pay Online Sales Tax

Al Norman | Posted 06.10.2011

Read More: Target, National Retailers Federation, Wal-Mart, Sales Tax, Affiliate Networks, Mayberry, Amazon.com, Main Street Fairness Act, Rfd, Wal-Mart Sales Tax, Business News
Al Norman

Giant retailers like Wal-Mart and Target are using mom and pop stores as human shields in their battle against Amazon.com over taxing online sales.

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But Enough About Kenya -- Where'd Mike Huckabee Grow Up?

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, President Obama, Morning Joe, Mitt Romney, Donald Rumsfeld, Goober Pyle, Rock Hudson, Indonesia, Kenya, Mike Huckabee, Richard Blumenthal, Richard Nixon, Gomer Pyle, Sarah Palin, Floyd the Barber, Hillary Clinton, Mayberry, Newt Gingrich, Ron Ziegler, Aunt Bee, Comedy News
Michael Sigman

When Mike was ten, Rock Hudson famously married Gomer. The two men raised young Mike as their son until he went off to apprentice with Floyd the barber, another Mayberry icon.

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Language Matters: A "House" Is Not a "Home"

Martin Luz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Housing, The Homestead Act, Federal Reserve, Homeowners, Housing Slump, Home Foreclosures, William Levitt, American Dream, Greenspan Credit Crisis, Alan Greenspan, Mayberry, Greenspan Mortgage Crisis, Home Equity Withdrawals, Home Equity Loans, Business News
Martin Luz

The American fascination with "home" had always been rooted in some idea of the life one could build there. Then at some point, ideas changed -- and so did the words that went with them.

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The Andy Griffith Threshold is Still Alive in America (video)

Tom Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ron Howard, Franklin Canyon, Andy Griffith, Beverly Hills, The Andy Griffith Show, Don Knotts, Cbs, Mayberry, Entertainment News
Tom Gregory

With a foot in old Hollywood, I'm always looking at the corners, streets, and buildings of Los Angeles but imagining how they appeared during Tinseltown's golden age. Rarely do I get lucky enough to find the past intact and accessible.

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