If they don’t want it…

Chinese kids get foreign-brand toys
By ELAINE KURTENBACH, AP Business Writer
SHANGHAI, China - When freelance writer Wang Jian shops for toys for her 5-year-old son, she’s happy to pay extra for Legos blocks and Japanese-brand train sets.
The reason, she and other parents say: Foreign brands enjoy a reputation for higher quality — a perception reinforced by [...]

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Misc. links I found to be pretty interesting

Check out salescircular.com to check out most of the current sales (excluding clothes and furniture) in your area.
Healthy toys
Ripoff Report
Wesabe.com - A BLACKINFORMANT.COM RECOMMENDED TOOL FOR FIGHTING POVERTY!!
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Words from my hood

“I’m just ready for Beyonce to go away for a while. Maybe she can come back in a few years.”
–From my neighbor

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Al and the gang

Videotape shows Sharpton cutting a deal
By John Shiffman
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
With a hidden FBI camera rolling inside a New York hotel suite in 2003, an unsuspecting Rev. Al Sharpton, Democratic candidate for president, spoke candidly.
Sharpton offered to help Philadelphia fund-raiser Ronald A. White win a multimillion-dollar business deal, if White helped him raise $50,000 for politics.
White [...]

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