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Washington DC Residents To Pay For Plastic Shopping BagsWashington DC residents will now be forced to pay a five-cent levy on each plastic bag issued at the checkout line, AFP reported.The tax, which starts today, is the first such initiative in the United States.It seeks to make consumers bear the brunt of clean up costs for the bags, which currently are dispensed for free with a customer's purchases.The city says that plastic bags often end up clinging to tree branches, getting tangled in power lines, polluting rivers and clogging up storm drains.Mayor Adrian Fenty signed the law in July to cut down on the disposable bags that foul the waterways.
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To Make One Happy, Make One BusyIn Greek mythology, the gods punished Sisyphus by condemning him to roll a rock up a steep hill for eternity. But he was probably better off than if they'd condemned him to sit and stare into spa ... more
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