Stylish cool in Scandinavia’s floating city

Although most Swedes would be too modest to say so themselves, Stockholm can stake a decent claim to being the capital of Scandinavia. Built on 14 islands where Lake Mlaren meets the Baltic Sea, Stockholm is a soft-hued vision of light and water, the bewitching start to an archipelago of some 24,000 islands and islets

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Cafe owner thrives with no-pricing policy

Cafe owner Sam Lippert has come up with an innovative way to cope with the recession: He’s done away with pricing and simply asks customers to pay what they want. Lippert says sales and customer count has increased markedly since the change, and he’s looking at adding more staff. Lippert spoke Tuesday with John Roberts on CNN’s “American Morning” about how he came up with the idea and how customers have reacted.

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