December, 2009

Debt Relief | It’s Not About Picking Your Poison

Get Active After Those Carbs! This debt relief has a sting to it? Try $39 million for a gallon of scorpion venom! So if you'll recall from last time, you'd chugged a gallon of eggs. Now you simply must maintain your figure and do the dirty work. Latex house paint goes for $16.50 per gallon, and you've been ...

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Energy-Efficiency Tax Credits Could Be Your Personal Government-Bailout Package

This is a guest post from Richard Barrington, a freelance writer and novelist who spent over 20 years as an investment industry executive. There’s nothing like the holidays to make you think of cold weather — and your spending. If your wallet is as leaky as your windows, there’s a way to kill two birds with ...

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New Travel Restrictions Kick the Airlines While They’re Down

New travel restrictions require extra time Airports will likely be a little backed up for New Year's travel. Image from Flickr. Federal officials have been purposely vague about the new travel restrictions being put in place after an attempted terrorist attack on Christmas Day. But one thing is for sure: It can't hurt to get to the ...

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30% Off FICO Scores at myFICO.com

Want to check your credit score to start off the new year? Here’s a current coupon for real FICO scores and all other credit products at myFico.com. Use the promotional code SURVEY30 to get 30% off and a FICO score for about $11, the best discount currently available: The code is good until December 30th, ...

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Richard Heene Sentenced for Balloon Boy Hoax

Richard Heene gets jail time Image from Flickr. I don't know how it happened, but the day Richard Heene pulled the Balloon Boy prank, everyone in the U.S. heard about it. For hours, "balloon boy," "Falcon Heene," "boy in spacecraft" and other various related phrases were the only ones people were typing into their Google search bars. Richard ...

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