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Biking commuter Jim Richards is shown Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, outside Mast General Store in Knoxville, Tenn. Appalachian-themed retailer pays workers like Richards $4 a day to ride, walk or catch a bus, a save-the-planet stipend that comes with a side...
