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Coupons making comeback in bad economy

As the recession tightens its grip on her family budget, Lesley Santiago of Ronkonkoma says she saves more than 10 percent on her everyday purchases by collecting coupons from newspapers, through the mail and over the Internet - a familiar throwback to past recessions that experts say is once again thriving in today's bad economic times.

"All the stuff in my home I bought with coupons," says...

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