It’s one of the more inconvenient truths about U.S. currency: It costs more than a penny to make a penny, and more than a nickel to make a nickel. Now, President Obama is trying to get Congress to grant him permission to lower the cost of minting coins. But making a more inexpensive penny won’t be easy.
Could vitamins do more harm than good? Experts advise that if you eat well, vitamins are unnecessary, and therefore a waste of money. Now, a new study holds that death rates are higher for older women who take a daily vitamin supplement than for those who don’t bother with vitamins.
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