Buy 100% Recycled Paper Tissues  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

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Beauty does good  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

SAVE YOUR WORLD (saveyourworld.com), which sells everything from lotion to shampoo, leased 200,000 acres of rain forest in Guyana for 30 years to protect it. A purchase of a $20 gift set of soap pays for five acres for one year. NATURE'S GATE (natures-gate.com), a maker of shampoos, conditioners, and lotions, has donated $100,000 to WaterAid, which educates people in countries like India and Madagascar about water harvesting and sanitation. Five percent of holiday gift-set sales will also go to the water fund. PANGEA ORGANICS (pangeaorganics.com) funds the Pangea Institute, which is building a women-owned cooperative in Zambia that will produce their rosemary and lemongrass oils. By 2012, their goal is to purchase 20 percent of their raw ingredients from women who work on farms.   Healing Balms   In the 1860s, if you weren't feeling well you might head to a   pharmacist like Joseph Ray Watkins. From his humble apothecary   in Plainview, Minn., Watkins mixed camphor from evergreen trees

Get-happy snacks  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

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Wrestler Found Dead  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Mike "Mad Dog" Bell, who recently appeared in a documentary about steroids and substance abuse, was found dead Sunday at a rehab facility in Costa Mesa, Calif.

How to Write the Holiday Letter  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

An annual exercise in procrastination. .

Why Attack Hotels?  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

The terrorist strike against India was aimed at luxury, global capital, and our way of life. .

UN says missing Niger envoy was on official visit  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

The United Nations said Friday that Robert Fowler, its special envoy to Niger whose disappearance west of the capital Niamey was announced Monday, was on an official visit.

UN says missing Fowler was on official visit  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

The United Nations said Friday that Canadian Robert Fowler, its special envoy to Niger whose disappearance west of the capital Niamey was announced Monday, was on an official visit.

Still no trace of missing Canadian diplomats in Niger  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Efforts to secure the release of the UN envoy to Niger Robert Fowler, his assistant and their driver, who disappeared without trace in the West African country two weeks ago, have been shrouded in secrecy.

Investors Embrace Annuities  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Tax Toolkit for the Self-Employed  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Here are the forms you need to file and the deductions you can take if you did freelance work or started a small business this year.. I picked up some extra work as a freelance consultant to help make up for my dwindling retirement savings. What do I do about income from self-employment at tax time?

ADB lends 200 mln dlrs to China for river basin pollution project  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Your guide to the Inauguration  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Mom and Pop Toymakers Fear New Testing Regulations  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Auburn holding off on naming staff  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

SHORT STACK  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Desert dwellers (mostly) cheery in brief winter wonderland   Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Families losing appetite for college debt   Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

?NUTCRACKER? IN RITUAL FINERY  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Where gamblers go for guidance  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

New day for education  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Laying the blame  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Pursuing sound science  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Nothing, not even snow day, free  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

High praise as official leaves city for county  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

More are out on parole; fewer are watching them   Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

SCIENCE OR SCI-FI IN STORAGE PLAN?   Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Doctor linked to 8 overdose fatalities   Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Improvised plow clears hilly Henderson   Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Vietnam Company Recalls Biscuits Due to Melamine  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Latest product to be tainted with dangerous chemical. Melamine contamination has triggered another recall ? this one involving several varieties of imported biscuits. Interfood Shareholding Company of Vietnam is recalling four varieties ofWonderfarm biscuits because of possible melamine contamination.

Credit Card Rules Implemented Too Slowly, Groups Say  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

2010 deadline gives lenders plenty of time to gouge consumers. While applauding federal banking regulators for finalizing rules to curb some of the most abusive credit card lending practices, the Consumer Federation of America is also expressing concern that the requirements would not take effect for more than a year and a half.

FTC Proposes Ways to Reduce Identity Theft  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Five steps to protect Social Security numbers. The Federal Trade Commission is recommending five measures to help prevent Social Security numbers from being used for identity theft.

Iraq shoe-thrower's family demonstrates for his release  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Age will be no obstacle, insists veteran Holyfield  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Age will be no obstacle, insists veteran Holyfield  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Automakers eye reforms as US offers 13.4 bln dlr lifeline  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Beckham expected at San Siro to watch struggling Milan  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Villarreal next league test for all-conquering Barcelona  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Liverpool look to break Arsenal jinx  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Kallstrom calls for Lyon to end 2008 on a high at Caen  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Hammers deny crisis talk as Villa await  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Hull get ready for Capello Premiership visit  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Australian navy ship races to rescue French sailor  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

IMF approves 76.6 million dlr aid to crisis-plagued Senegal  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Santa Cruz hints at leaving Blackburn  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Zimbabwe may have received Chinese arms via Congo: UN  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Obama planning 'bold' stimulus package, mum on amount  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Opponents file suit to annul gay marriages in California  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

IMF approves 76.6 million dlr aid to crisis-plagued Senegal  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

Mexico president 'will never negotiate' with drug traffickers  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00 EST