In this video, I restored a 1970 Giant Tonka Fire Trunk Swivel Aerial Ladder toy. Purchased from eBay for $45, I soon ...
As the U.S. Treasury phases out the use of the penny, it’s creating a host of new challenges for businesses and consumers that could cost all of us a good chunk of change. That’s because eliminating ...
Chevy Chase was in an 8-day coma after heart failure in 2021; daughter recalls doctors saying "We might not get him back" Tom ...
Philadelphia — A wheel cranks on the machine at the Independence Visitor Center, slowing with every turn until: CLINK! A reward drops out the bottom waiting to be collected. It’s a familiar, elongated ...
The next signs of the nation’s political divide might be jingling in your pocket next year. The administration plans to issue a $1 coin with President Donald Trump’s likeness on it next year, despite ...
The last minted pennies are about to be auctioned off and signs are the coins will bring – excuse the expression – a pretty penny. The U.S. Mint last month announced the auction, to be held Thursday, ...
First the penny. Next, paper checks? When the US Mint stopped making pennies last month for the first time in 238 years, it drew a lot of attention. But there have been quiet moves to stop using paper ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our ...
Detroit — Marie Shoulders of Detroit has a penny purse, a penny jar and a small penny pouch. As a self-confessed penny hoarder, she wasn't surprised to hear about the scarcity of the reddish-brown ...
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Look around a physicians’ car park in Dallas, Texas, and the rewards from years slogging away in training are evident. “It looks like a German-car dealership,” says Scott Yates, a doctor, from behind ...
In November, the U.S. stopped production of the humble penny after 232 years in circulation. On today’s show, a former U.S. Mint director shares the fiscal math that doomed the penny, and an artist ...