Pears, unlike most other tree- or bush-borne fruits, such as tomatoes and tangerines, apples and apricots, don’t fully ripen into deliciousness on their mother plant. They do so only after being ...

If you’re a lover of plastic bags, you have about ten days before it’ll be hard to find the flimsy sacks in Seattle. The city’s ban begins July 1, which prohibits stores from providing the convenience ...

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Dear Stoner: I was recently charged a ten-cent bag fee for a small paper bag at a dispensary. I thought that was only at grocery stores. Dear Perturbed: Denver’s citywide ordinance dictating that ten ...

Some Santa Fe retailers are unnecessarily charging shoppers 10 cents for small paper bags at the checkout counter. Under the city’s Reusable Bag Ordinance, which went into effect a little more than a ...