... marijuana, cocaine and other illegal substances combined.The products are inexpensive and can be purchased at most any retail outlet. But youngsters and families need to realize the real cost can be high.

... gauge and the heftier 12 gauge. When is the last time you saw a 16-gauge shotgun at a retail outlet? A half-century or so back, these retail outlets had shelves stocked with six gauges of shotgun ammunition – 10, 12, 16, 20, 28 and .410. Now the 16 and the 28 are gone ...

... released Saturday by ShopperTrak RCT Corp., a Chicago-based research firm that tracks sales at more than 50,000 retail outlets. Last year, shoppers spent about $10.3 billion on the day after Thanksgiving, dubbed Black Friday because it ...

... It's actually kind of fun and very intriguing. It's interesting that upon the sounds of Christmas bells near a retail outlet, some people will avoid eye contact. Others will go out of their way to make eye contact and follow that with a greeting ...

... shelled corn. And it can be bought in bulk at rice processing mills and outlets. Generally, the cost of rice bran at retail outlets is a little higher than the price of shelled corn. Associated Farmers Co-Op, which has outlets in several Arkansas ...

... darkened rooms. We think about the convenience stores we've frequented, the restaurants we enjoyed, the little retail outlets we sought out. Too many of those have failed in recent months, victims of a recession or depression or whatever ...

... We get them everywhere, and we see them blowing around everywhere. They are a blight on the countryside. Some retail outlets have tried asking customers "paper or plastic" at the checkout counter but with very limited success. Get the items ...

... have Boxing Day here, but we can match it with returns to stores the day after Christmas. Wow, what congestion at retail outlets. Our mild gripe is we are getting into a system of no breathers, no downtime between holidays. And look what has ...

... 15, is hoping anyone who recognizes the bear or has the same kind of bear can identify: the manufacturer; the retail outlet that might have sold it; the time period in which the bear might have been available for purchase. Longtime Denver ...

... whose family owns the Downtowner Hotel and leases space to about 40 other downtown restaurants, gift shops and other retail outlets. "In the last three or four years, I've lost more than I have in quite a while," Wheatley said. "I really ...