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(Newser) - Americans are embracing the no-frills attitude necessitated by the recession, USA Today reports. One-third say they are spending less and plan to keep up the practice as their “new, normal” way of living, according to a study. A whopping 47% of Americans say they have all they need, another...

(Newser) - There are certain things men cannot do without, that if lost “we would briefly mourn and immediately replace.” Esquire offers up 31 male necessities.

• Cast-iron skillet: "it will last longer than you."
• Waiter's corkscrew: corkscrews should not "require instruction manuals."
• WD-40: "a man's

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