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Prisons without fences

With bare countertops, old appliances and mismatching furniture, Mario and Edgar's home looks like the residence of a few fraternity brothers.

But unlike college men, these siblings don't spend their nights partying with friends. They own no fancy computers or high-tech gadgets, and the majority of their day revolves not around chasing young women, but milking cows on Doody Farms in Fleming.

Mario, 19, and Edgar, 22, are Guatemalan dairy workers who have sparse rooms because they don't have the means, nor the time, to fill them. Their house here is not really home - that is in Guatemala.

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Something for nothing

When Megan Williams wanted a piano for her two young children, she looked no further than the Internet. From the Web site freecycle.org, Williams nabbed a square grand piano that she estimates is at least 100 years old.

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