Consumers are finally breaking the habit of going down to the local drugstore to develop their digital photos.

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We may be addicted to them, so that breaking the habit is hard, but the way forward is clear.

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It may sound AA-ish, but acknowledging that you're unnecessarily checking your phone -- and that there are repercussions to doing so -- is the first step toward breaking the habit.

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I'm not -- I'm not in the habit of breaking my promises to my country, and neither is Gov. Palin.

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As for breaking the sleep-with-Mom habit, it may be easier now than when she was younger, says Ronald Becker, M.

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"What we are encountering is the anxiety of breaking a trusted habit -- populating desktops with as many applications as possible, " says John Slitz, senior vice president of global marketing for Novell.

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