Pros can swear by their ability  As Beacon Journal sportswriter Marla Ridenour noted earlier this week, today's professional golfers try hard to look stylish on the course going so far as to bring in fashion experts.read


3 Bureau Credit Report & Score - $19.95 (CyberSignal)  Free Credit Report or All 3-in-1: $22.95 Experian, Equifax and TransUnion - a 3-bureau credit report lists your credit accounts bureau-by-bureau, line-by-line, allowing you to compare. Credit monitoring reduces identity


GreenPath and State Representative Meisner Explore Solutions to State Foreclosure Rate Challenges  Leadership and staff at GreenPath Debt Solutions' corporate headquarters in Farmington Hills, Michigan, welcomed Representative Andy Meisner today for a meeting, tour, and information session on the state of ...read


Treasurys rally on weak stocks and corporate bonds, orders data  Treasury prices rallied Thursday, pushing the benchmark yield down to its weakest level since late May, hit by investor nervousness about shakiness in credit markets and capital outflows from the


Chick-Fil-a Turns 40  Chick-fil-A didn't invent cows, just cow billboards. In the decade or so since they first painted "Eat Mor Chikin" on a sign, the Chick-fil-A cows have more or less taken


From bad to verse, but it gets better when Smokey sings (USA Today)  Kelly's back with some bad, Pink-like hair. Sound balance doesn't sound too hot (at least on the unprepossessing setup we've got here), so it's hard to judge the song properly,

August 31st, 2006

U.S. military wants to crack down on payday lenders

... on duty overseas. Sen. Christine Kehoe, D-San Diego, said the bill would help service members “escape from a cycle of debt” that could jeopardize their careers. But Sen. Kevin Murray, D-Culver City, said the bill was an attempt by the military to …

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August 31st, 2006

Level Field Institute: $83 Billion in Auto Parts Sales - and 232,000…

... dels at PriceQuotes.com . Recommended by The Auto Channel. Get a Free Car Loan Quote online at HarborCredit.com – All Credit types, even Bad Credit! – Recommended Partner of The Auto Channel Want more information? Search the web! The Auto Channel

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August 31st, 2006

Summer Safety Alert From the All-Terrain Vehicle Safety Institute…

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August 31st, 2006

Short Stories

... least not anymore. Not that Wagenfuhr would ever have bought them to begin with. She knows better. “The craftsmanship is bad,” she concluded with a certain measure of aplomb only a well-heeled teen could pull off. The jeans bore a Seven for All …

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August 31st, 2006

Nomadic

... had set up… arigato gozaimasu sir whoever you are). Getting around within the city on the rail system wasn’t nearly as bad as I had expected it to be. In fact, after using it for the week I’d probably prefer taking the railway instead of driving …

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August 31st, 2006

Sick and broke, with insurance

... “We’re at least a $100,000, $149,000, $150,000 down right now,” said Jon Strohbehn. More than $100,000 owed mostly to credit card companies. Strohbehn said he makes decent money drawing blueprints for building refineries. But how’d they spend it …

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August 31st, 2006

Phones spill secrets of previous users

Don’t tell your cell phone any secrets. It might not keep them. Secondhand phones purchased over the Internet surrendered credit card numbers, banking passwords, business secrets and even evidence of adultery.

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August 31st, 2006

Maxed Out

... enough to spontaneously combust, is travel, or rather my growing distaste for travel. In itself, that wouldn’t be such a bad thing. But coupled, as it is, with my Perfect Partner’s intense, single-minded, almost compulsive desire to travel – I have …

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August 31st, 2006

Hacker steals information on 19,000 online shoppers from AT&T

... Web store.” Customers’ Social Security numbers weren’t exposed, Sharp said in a phone interview. AT&T will pay for credit monitoring services, the company said in the statement. “Nineteen thousand customers is a drop in the bucket for AT&T,” said …

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August 31st, 2006

Copy-and-Paste Journalism

... NewsMax apparently just copied and pasted the VOA article into its own website. According to VOA’s terms of use , “Credit for any use of VOA material should be given to voanews.com, Voice of America, or VOA.” It’s bad journalistic form to not credit …

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August 31st, 2006

NBC Broadens StarTomorrow, Grabs Nissan Sponsorship

... associated penalties and legal charges. That stance has now paid off, especially following a period of quickly-growing bad publicity. Foxconn was originally seeking damages of 30 million yuan, or $3.77 million, a massive sum that probably eclipses …

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August 31st, 2006

Points to prove

... come out a lot harder. We have so much talent and speed and we weren’t able to show that to the fans today.’’ “Anything bad that can happen against us, probably did,’’ said Canadian fullback Heather Moyse. “But that’s probably the best team we could …

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August 31st, 2006

Two caught in bad-check caper

... grand theft, auto theft and several traffic-related felonies, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies found wigs, credit cards and other suspicious items inside their truck, leading them to suspect they may have been involved in other criminal …

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August 31st, 2006

Re: RadioShack Layoffs - This 1’s 4U :-(

... resource experts derisively cited cases in which companies left layoff notices by voicemail or conveniently FedEx-ed the bad news directly to workers’ doorsteps. In fact, there is no predominant or standard method for informing workers they’re out …

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August 31st, 2006

U Venture Fund provides internships and jobs to U students

Issue date: 9/1/06 Section: News Media Credit: Kim Peterson Senior Tanner Coleman works on the eighth floor of the Wells Fargo Building in the University Venture Fund Office on Monday.

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August 31st, 2006

Kravitz: Lesson of ‘05: Be true to beliefs

... saw last year was that a handful of me-first athletes can spoil the bunch and bring an entire team down with them. “The bad guys—or as I like to call them, the ‘I’ guys, nonbelievers who don’t believe in the program or the philosophy, they tend …

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August 31st, 2006

How to get out of debt, create a budget and save for your future.

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August 31st, 2006

Huskies humiliate Crookston, 71-0

... was so good.” Punting is not something Minnesota-Crookston will want to talk about today. The Golden Eagles had a bad snap that resulted in another St. Cloud State special teams touchdown, caused by a Chris Streit hit and recovered by David Kamin in …

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August 31st, 2006

Credit Challenged Car Buyers Find Help Online (Harrisburg Daily Register)

(ARA) – Eighty percent of all Americans have at least one blemish on their credit reports. And a third of all consumers have credit scores so bad that they may have difficulty securing a car loan.

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August 31st, 2006

It’s the season of bat mania (Wisconsin State Journal)

The bat days of summer in Madison have never been this bad, some pest control experts say. Credit weather that pushed bats out of overheated attics and into cooler rooms, and adolescent brown bats testing their wings, getting into places they don’t belong.

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August 31st, 2006

Credit Challenged Car Buyers Find Help Online (Southwest Daily News)

(ARA) – Eighty percent of all Americans have at least one blemish on their credit reports. And a third of all consumers have credit scores so bad that they may have difficulty securing a car loan.

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August 31st, 2006

Winging it (Mail and Guardian)

At the launch of the new South African Airways credit card, CEO Khaya Ngqula was heard to say that parents tend to neglect good children because the bad ones demand their attention. ?We are focusing very much on one of SAA?s good children,? said Ngqula. Ja, well, no fine.

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August 31st, 2006

Students learn the power, pitfalls of credit (Inside Bay Area)

WHEN IT COMES to debt, it seems the brothers of the Sigma Phi fraternity have it all figured out.

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August 31st, 2006

Should you refinance your mortgage?

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August 31st, 2006

To sign or not to sign?

Many consumers refuse to sign their credit cards, or write “check ID” thinking it will thwart fraud.

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August 31st, 2006

The truth about EPA mileage estimates

Your new car is supposed to get 30 miles to the gallon but you only get 24. Are you that bad a driver? Or is the EPA figure a bit of wishful thinking?

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August 31st, 2006

Writing off loan interest on a pop-up trailer

You can deduct the interest on boats, RVs and house trailers that have sleeping, cooking and toilet facilities, says CPA George Saenz.

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August 31st, 2006

How two-cycle billing works

If your balance stays steady, it shouldn’t make much difference, says Dr. Don.

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August 31st, 2006

Pension law also changes credit counseling

Tucked into the new law were 5 consumer-friendly provisions that toughen the standards for counselors, says Steve Bucci, the Debt Adviser.

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August 31st, 2006

U.S. military doing battle with payday lenders

... allowable loan amount to $300. The auditor’s report said proponents of the measure said borrowers could be led into a debt trap from which they couldn’t escape. Critics of the bill said the payday lenders were only filling a need for short-term …

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August 31st, 2006

U.S. military wants to crack down on payday lenders

... on duty overseas. Sen. Christine Kehoe, D-San Diego, said the bill would help service members “escape from a cycle of debt” that could jeopardize their careers. But Sen. Kevin Murray, D-Culver City, said the bill was an attempt by the military to …

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August 31st, 2006

Riffs - a web-only music column

... to underrated performers, and acclaimed blues and gospel titans. Bandleader/drummer Roy Milton doesn’t get as much credit for his role in the development of R&B as fellow instrumentalists Louis Jordan and Lionel Hampton, but he was just as critical …

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August 31st, 2006

Palm Beach County metro report

... and populated areas south of Lake Worth Road. Residents should drain or minimize standing water. If the weather is bad, spraying will be attempted Saturday. The aerial spray hot line is (561) 642-8775. POLICE BLOTTER BOYNTON BEACH —Three people …

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August 31st, 2006

Airport authority pleased with next year’s budget

... airport’s projected $244,000 property insurance bill, which Quill feared would become a budget buster, doesn’t look so bad upon close inspection. Quill explained that $244,000 in premiums will cover about $18 million in buildings and $1.5 million in …

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August 31st, 2006

Shockheaded

... and sword-toting thugs dressed straight out of a Matrix comic convention for no reason other thancoolness? I give credit to the filmmakers for trying to extend beyond the boundaries of low-budget horror films into something a bit more artistic, ...

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