The summer of skyrocketing gas prices has a new poster child: The stranded motorist at the side of the road.

Tabloid magazines like to reassure us that celebrities are just like us — they go grocery shopping, take their dogs for a stroll around the neighborhood, even pump their own gas. These days, that can also hold true when it comes to the plummeting real estate market. Several celebrities have dealt with foreclosure issues on their luxurious estates, putting some high-profile faces on a growing problem: the real-estate meltdown is now hitting every socio-economic class.

Could Sears Holdings Corp. lure shoppers to its Sears and Kmart stores with Steve & Barry's low-priced celebrity-sponsored clothes?

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