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A proposal being considered by the U.S. Postal Service would create a new "forever stamp." The product would allow customers to buy a first class stamp that would suffice for postage -- no matter what rate increases come along. Michele Norris talks with Stephen Kearney, vice president of pricing at the U.S. Postal Service.

Black Angus has taken over the cattle world. The breed fetches a premium at cattle auctions and the "Certified Angus Beef" brand has become more prominent than the USDA ratings. NPR's John Ydstie visits the experts to find out why Black Angus became the beef to buy.

Fifth grader Andres Valencia, 10, uses the money to buy Roblox coins or Nintendo Switch consoles for all his friends. He's also donated to AIDS research and children's charities.

After buying the company last year, Google decided to stop printing Frommer's travel guides. The founder of the brand now says Google has agreed to sell the company back to him. Arthur Frommer says he will continue to print the travel guides — in addition to publishing them electronically.

Acquiring debt and buying on credit has been the American way since the 1920s. Financial advisor Tammy Lally describes the toll that consumerism and money-shame had on her family in the early 2000s.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office put out a call for daytime drinkers to come to one of their stations — saying "we buy, you drink." They need intoxicated people for field sobriety test training.

Francois was fixing his boat along the coast of Saint Martin when a current pulled him offshore. Heinz heard his story and started looking for him — the Ketchupmaker wants to buy him a new boat.

Repealing the discriminatory practice could save women $1,300 a year for the same products men buy. Women's shampoo often costs more than men's and pink razors cost more than black ones.

Peter Oliver was born into enslavement in the 1700s. He asked the Moravians, a Protestant denomination, to buy him and he went on to live as a spiritual equal and eventually purchase his freedom.

Some have turned to their neighbors in Sweden. Demand is so strong that some stores on the Swedish side of the border report running out. Others have limited the number of eggs a customer can buy.