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Amid public pressure to curb trash from disposable cups, Starbucks is rolling out a possible solution Thursday: a $1 reusable tumbler. The Seattle-based coffee giant will start selling the plastic cups, bearing its logo and resembling the paper version, at all its company-owned stores in the USA and Canada in a bid to get customers to kick their throwaway habit.

Some travelers on Frontier Airlines will now have to pay up to $100 for the right to place a carry-on bag in the overhead compartment, the budget carrier announced Wednesday.

Earlier this week, I went to a Starbucks in lower Manhattan and purchased a bottled water.  Once I finished the water, I walked around the store searching for a recycling can but couldn't find one, so I asked a barista for help.

Bottle service is a staple of the New York nightlife scene, and a lucrative business for clubs. But Mayor Michael Bloomberg's large-soda ban could affect the models-and-bottles lifestyle as we know it.

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In what’s become an annual trend, the beginning of every year is marked by a flood of fast food discounts, followed by national giveaway days when consumers can scoop up pancakes, bagels, ice cream, and more for free. In both cases, the point seems to be that national chains and fast-food specialists want you to start off the new year thinking about—and consuming—their food and beverages.

In what’s become an annual trend, the beginning of every year is marked by a flood of fast food discounts, followed by national giveaway days when consumers can scoop up pancakes, bagels, ice cream, and more for free. In both cases, the point seems to be that national chains and fast-food specialists want you to start off the new year thinking about—and consuming—their food and beverages.

Starbucks' new $1, reusable cups are selling out.  About 28 percent of Americans have either purchased one of the cups or plan to, according to a study by YouGov Omnibus.