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• Nannyvision Can the X10 camera really keep an eye on your babysitter?
  Eliza Truitt Dec. 28, 2001
  
• Our Favorite Charities 
  Dec. 19, 2001
  
• Fake Flesh A guide to your supermarket's imitation meats.
  Dahlia Lithwick Dec. 17, 2001
  
• Packin' It In Picking the best packing for your holiday shipping.
  Maureen Sullivan Dec. 14, 2001
  
• Adventures in Cheating A guide to buying term papers online.
  Seth Stevenson Dec. 11, 2001
  
• Marinara Madness Finally, a tournament that levels the wide world of pasta sauce.
  Kelly Alexander Dec. 6, 2001
  
• Toy With Me Want to get a jump on holiday shopping? Here’s where to start. 
  Sian Gibby Oct. 26, 2001
  
• Tracking Tricks and Treats Five kids and one adult rank Halloween candies.
  Bill Barol Oct. 24, 2001
  
• Clean Freak Can the new home dry-cleaning products reproduce that oh-so-fresh-from-the-cleaner's scent? 
  Kelly Alexander Aug. 23, 2001
  
• Merchant Semen How to find the right sperm donor.
  David Plotz July 14, 2001
  
• There's the Rub Can a massage cure your ills?
  Eliza Truitt June 27, 2001
  
• Judge Mint Day Which mints work best on nasty breath?
  Seth Stevenson June 8, 2001
  
• Brow Beating Is Vaniqa, the new prescription hair-retarding cream, a godsend to hirsute women? 
  Jennifer Tanaka June 5, 2001
  
• I Was Framed! Picking out the best eyeglasses.
  Laurie Snyder April 17, 2001
  
• Where the Rubber Meets the Road  What do you need to know about buying new tires for your car? 
  Seth Stevenson March 9, 2001
  
• Sacred Cacaos Do people like cheap American chocolate better than expensive imports?
  Eliza Truitt Feb. 13, 2001
  
• Brush to Judgment Putting electric and traditional toothbrushes to the test. 
  Seth Stevenson Feb. 8, 2001