Since launching in 2008, Groupon, the online discount coupon site, has become a major force in the retail world, spawning numerous imitators and infuriating some small restaurant owners who feel squeezed by Groupon's hefty 50% commission. One cafe owner in Oregon had to dip into her personal savings to make payroll during the month she agreed to a Groupon partnership that left her hemorrhaging money. But today NPR finds a Brooklyn restaurateur who was NOT burned by the cheapskate magnet. more ›

Since 1993, the city's Health Department has been giving out fast food restaurant coupons to TB patients, as an incentive to get them to return to clinics for six-month treatment programs. It's a bit awkward, because this is the same Health Department that's launched an aggressive, multi-pronged public health campaign to educate consumers about junk food. Start the countdown for the first lawsuit from a TB patient who contracts diabetes! more ›