The more you know before you go on your summer vacation, the better the odds that you’ll enjoy the trip. Here are some things to keep in mind:

When you make a reservation for a hotel or rental car, write down the way your name appears in the records. This is especially important if you use […]

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Top 10 Retailers,
based on 2008 annual revenue

1

Wal-Mart

2

Kroger

3

Costco

4

Home Depot

5

Target

6

Walgreen

7

CVS Caremark

8

Lowe’s

9

Sears

10

Best Buy

Source: National Retail Federation
Last year’s list…

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Handheld Cell Phone Bans for All Drivers: 5 states (California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Washington), the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands prohibit all drivers from talking on handheld cell phones while driving.

With the exception of Washington State, these laws are all primary enforcement—an officer may ticket a driver for using a […]

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The average child manipulates his parents to get what he wants—and parents usually don’t even know it. “Most parents seem to be completely unaware of how much their little ones make them buy,” said Claus Ebster, one of two researchers from the University of Vienna who unobtrusively observed 178 parents shopping with children in Austrian […]

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Top 10 Retailers,
based on 2007 annual revenue

1

Wal-Mart

2

Home Depot

3

CVS Caremark

4

Kroger

5

Costco

6

Target

7

Walgreen

8

Sears

9

Lowe’s

10

SUPERVALU

Source: National Retail Federation

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Interested in getting a tan from the comfort of a chair in front of your computer screen? More than a million others apparently are, according to statistics from a website that claims users can get an all year tan by simply sitting in front of their UV-enhanced computer screen three times a week.
The UK site, […]

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What could be better than saving time and money? Here’s a sample of some web-based services designed to help you do both.

Find constantly updated codes for free and discounted shipping from more than 600 etailers, including Best Buy, Amazon, Home Depot, Target, Macy’s, and PetSmart at FreeShipping.org.
Yapta.com is an  online travel shopping service known for monitoring airline […]

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Here are the answers kgb provided:
A) The New England Patriots have the highest overall team score of 97 followed by the Dallas Cowboys with a 96;
B) This can lead to Tibial Nerve Dysfunction causing, numbness, tingling or burning in the foot or knee;
C) For a single bed room, after tax, the lowest rate found at […]

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Saving money is a priority for many consumers these days. But the New York City-based Insurance Information Institute advises thinking twice about reducing insurance coverage. Here’s what the III describes as the six biggest insurance mistakes:

Insuring a home for its real estate value rather than the cost of rebuilding.Because the value of real estate has declined in […]

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They say death and taxes are inevitable. But monthly bills are just as predictable - and far more consistent. “I’ve never paid a bill late, always send more than the minimum payment due, yet feel as if I’m in a never-ending bill-paying cycle,” a New York woman complained. “The finance charges are outrageous, and I feel as if […]

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