Pining for pennies isn't just nostalgic. The cost-saving move also feels like state-sponsored greedflation, writes Huascar Medina. (Photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector) After Nov. 12, the penny ...

Some things never change. But the availability of pennies has. New Hampshire businesses are experiencing a shortage of pennies because they’re no longer being minted. The federal government's ...

The United Nations is running desperately low on money — and without a much-needed cash infusion, it may need to close the doors of its New York headquarters by August. The cash crunch is one that ...

Well, friends, the time has finally come: No longer will pennies roll out of the US Mint in giddy profusion. Last week, mourners marked (mocked?) the occasion at a funeral held, appropriately, outside ...

Another possible repercussion of the penny's passing? Some colorful colloquialisms making use of the word "penny" might not make any cents – I mean sense – in the near future. These days, phrases and ...