Category Archives: Spending

Mail call: Sending love to troops abroad

By doris | Published: December 11, 2011

Full Story at CBSNews.com For military personnel far from home for the holidays . . . few sounds are more welcome than the words MAIL CALL. And dedicated volunteers here on the home front are working hard to make sure that none our troops anywhere in the world is disappointed. Our Cover Story is reported [...]

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1 dead in shooting as motorcycle club members brawl inside Nevada casino

By doris | Published: October 1, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Los Angeles (CNN) — A brawl between motorcycle club members at a western Nevada casino devolved into a gunfight that left one person dead and two wounded, police said Saturday. Around 11:25 p.m. Friday, a fight broke out among members of the Hell’s Angels and Vagos clubs in front of the [...]

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Dodge the draft and cut home heating costs

By doris | Published: September 20, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com (MONEY Magazine) — You don’t have to invest thousands in high-tech insulation or a super-efficient furnace to cut home heating costs. Just sealing drafts could lower your bills 3% to 18%, according to Danny Parker, a research scientist who works with the Department of Energy. In the high-heating-cost Northeast, that translates [...]

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Obama hits new low in key poll

By doris | Published: July 31, 2011

Full Story a tnews.Yahoo.com US President Barack Obama’s job approval rating slumped to a personal low of 40 percent in a public opinion survey out Friday, a possible reflection of the political war over US debt. The respected Gallup polling organization said Obama had previously slipped to 41 percent several times since taking office in [...]

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Exxon Mobil not upfront on spill, Montana says

By doris | Published: July 6, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com LAUREL, Montana — Exxon Mobil came under fire on Wednesday from Gov. Brian Schweitzer, who said the oil giant had assured Montana that any spill on the Yellowstone River could be shut off in a few minutes. Instead it took at least 48 minutes for that to happen when a pipeline [...]

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Father’s Day: Presents Sure to Wow Dad PHOTO: The Gorilla Torch

By doris | Published: June 18, 2011

Full Story at ABCNews.go.com With Father’s Day right around the corner, maybe you’re scrambling for some great gift ideas for dad. Ties and golf clubs are nice, but maybe this year dad deserves a seriously “cool tool.”

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Ohio state Senate passes bill to curtail collective bargaining

By doris | Published: March 2, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The Ohio state Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would curb the collective bargaining rights of public workers and strip away their power to strike. Lawmakers approved the measure by a count of 17 to 16, with six Republicans voting in opposition. The bill, known as Senate Bill 5, [...]

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Starbucks unveils a new logo

By doris | Published: January 5, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Starbucks Corp. debuted a logo Wednesday that brings the iconic green Siren out of the circle and drops the words “Starbucks Coffee.” Just a few hours later, the backlash against the change started building on both Starbucks’ website and other social media platforms such as Facebook.

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Still shopping? Last-minute gifts for everyone on your list

By doris | Published: December 24, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.com Run out of ideas of what to get all the special people in your life? Looking for something out of the ordinary? For something you know he doesn’t have? For something you know she won’t buy herself? Well, here are some fun, fabulous and affordable gifts that are sure to be [...]

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Cotton shortage = Pricey T-shirts and jeans

By doris | Published: September 10, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Attention T-shirt fans: Bag those deep discounts now because come January, stores could have you paying more for your favorite clothing. The reason: Cotton prices have nearly doubled this year, hitting a near 15-year high following a chain of events among major Asian cotton producers that has [...]

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Pay czar: ‘Ill advised’ bonuses at 17 bailed-out banks

By doris | Published: July 24, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com Why use our money to give bonuses. Get the banks back on their feet first. America is the only place that lets these places have a vacation with our money instead of first fixing the problem. We as citizens can’t do that. They would put us in jail for miss using [...]

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Pay Czar: AIG $100 Million Bonuses ‘Outrageous’ But Defensible

By doris | Published: February 4, 2010

Full Story at ABCNews.go.com Appearing on “Good Morning America” today Feinberg also responded to a senior Republican congressman who claimed that AIG has “taxpayers over a barrel.” In a statement released Tuesday night Sen. Charles Grassley, the senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee said “the Obama administration has been outmaneuvered. And the closed-door negotiations [...]

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What you need to know about multivitamins

By doris | Published: January 4, 2010

Full Story at  CNN.com In this day and age of food-on-the-go, supplements can add much-needed nutrients to your diet. But a walk down the vitamin aisle at any store could very well make your head spin. Here’s a breakdown of several of multivitamin options. Basic Multivitamins What they are: One-pill wonders that offer 100 percent [...]

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U.S. offers to pay Native Americans $1.4 billion for lost funds

By doris | Published: December 9, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Thousands of American Indians would receive as much as $1,000 each if they accept a proposed $1.4 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit over government mismanagement of tribal lands. The suit, filed in 1996, accused the U.S. Department of the Interior of failing to account for and provide [...]

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Company offers college textbooks for free

By doris | Published: August 22, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com After a sort of beta earlier this year, Flat World was set to announce Thursday that more than 40,000 college students at 400 colleges will use their digital, DRM-free textbooks fall semester, up from 1,000 in 30 colleges in the spring. Digital textbooks remain a nascent business and a tough market [...]

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CBO: Senate bill $1 trillion over 10 years

By doris | Published: June 16, 2009

Full Story At News.yahoo.com WASHINGTON – A leading health care bill under consideration in Congress would cost the government an estimated $1 trillion over the next decade and reduce the ranks of the uninsured by about one-third, or 16 million individuals, congressional budget officials said Monday in a preliminary estimate. In a letter to Sen. [...]

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SD lottery winner ‘will not squander’ $232M prize

By doris | Published: June 6, 2009

Full Story At News.yahoo.com PIERRE, S.D. – It has the makings of a Hollywood script: A young rancher struggling to eke out a living in one of the poorest corners of the nation claims one of the biggest undivided jackpots in U.S. lottery history — $232 million — after buying the ticket in a town [...]

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Senate Considers Federal Tax On Soda

By doris | Published: May 13, 2009

Full Story At  CBS News The Senate Finance Committee today is hearing proposals on how to pay for President Obama’s proposed universal health care plan, which is expected to cost more than $1 trillion. Among the proposals, as Consumer Affairs reports: A three-cent tax on sodas as well as other sugary drinks, including energy and [...]

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King: Bus routes to be closed; stimulus money can’t help

By doris | Published: March 29, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com BALLWIN, Missouri (CNN) — For Stuart and Dianne Falk, it is a two-bus, 45-minute trip into downtown St. Louis to head to the gym and to volunteer at a theater group. And it is a lifeline that ends Friday. “To be saddled, to be imprisoned, that is what it is going [...]

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Insurers offer to stop charging sick people more

By doris | Published: March 25, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com WASHINGTON – The health insurance industry offered Tuesday for the first time to curb its controversial practice of charging higher premiums to people with a history of medical problems. The offer from America’s Health Insurance Plans and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is a potentially significant shift in the [...]

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