Monthly Archives: January 2011
Find cheap airline tickets with vigilance, technology and luck
To find cheap airline tickets, plan ahead, buy early, check weekly airfare pricing trends and take advantage of technology to find hot deals.
Friday, January 28th, 2011 by By Thomas Hart
Taco Bell launches ad campaign striking back at beef lawsuit
Taco Bell has launched a counteroffensive against a lawsuit; ads say allegations that the company doesn't serve real ground beef are false.
Friday, January 28th, 2011 by By Peter Stone
Diet programs | Disease risk depends on keeping it off
Diet programs say that you decrease your risk of disease by losing weight, but a new study says fad programs can actually increase your risk.
Friday, January 28th, 2011 by By Mary Rice
Payday loan APR Fees and How They Compare To Other Financing Rates
A fee of $32 on a $100 bounced check can have an APR as high as 2,336%. You would be surprised to see how other fees measure up.
Hedge fund manager John Paulson: Crook or guru?
Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson is called both crook and guru, depending upon the tax bracket of the investor who is speaking.
Friday, January 28th, 2011 by By Steve Tarlow
Hulu media content partners feel pinched by migration to web
Hulu could be stepping back to the future as it considers abandoning its business model to function more like a 20th century cable company.
Friday, January 28th, 2011 by By Thomas Hart
NASA remembers Challenger disaster and two other tragedies
The Challenger disaster that killed teacher Christa McAuliffe and six astronauts joins two other NASA tragedies remembered within one week.
Friday, January 28th, 2011 by By Thomas Hart
Installment Loans Online and How They Differ From The Average Payday Loan
One of the most liked features of installment loans is being able to pay them back over a much longer period of time then normal loans you may find locally.
Egypt deploys army to enforce curfew and quell protests
The government of Egypt deployed the army to enforce curfew and stifle major Egyptian protests over economic conditions and civil liberties
Friday, January 28th, 2011 by By Peter Stone
Nevada students organizing to fight budget cuts
In Reno, Nevada, college students are starting to organize in order to fight education budget cuts proposed by the state legislature.
Friday, January 28th, 2011 by By Mary Rice
Dugway Proving Ground locked down during VX nerve agent scare
The VX nerve agent briefly missing at Dugway Proving Ground was enough to kill several hundred thousand people, but it has been accounted for.
Thursday, January 27th, 2011 by By Thomas Hart
The Ease and Convenience of Short Term Loans Needs To Be Managed In A Smart Way
It is not wise to go crazy with short term loans just because you can get them online with no credit checks, no collateral and without having to fax in tons of documents.
Ven-A-Care chases down Medicare defrauders, collects bounties
Ven-A-Care is a small pharmacy that makes money by whistle-blowing on big pharmaceutical companies that commit Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
Thursday, January 27th, 2011 by By Steve Tarlow
5-year-old brings gun to school in Florida | Loaded, no rounds
A 5-year-old boy in Florida apparently found a semiautomatic handgun in the backseat of a car -- and brought it to preschool to show off.
Thursday, January 27th, 2011 by By Mary Rice
Colorado introduces SB 1070-like immigration reform bill
Colorado has introduced SB 11-054, an immigration bill like Arizona's controversial SB 1070. Critics fear the effect it will have on tourism.
Thursday, January 27th, 2011 by By Steve Tarlow
What You Need To Know To Keep From Getting Trapped By Cash Advance Addiction
Cash advances are not a long term financial fix for spending spree addictions. Using them should be done so responsibly and in a realistic manner.
Bailout official labels mortgage modification program a failure
Neil Barofsky, the man in charge of overseeing the bailout programs, recently labeled the mortgage modification program complete failure.
Thursday, January 27th, 2011 by By Peter Stone
Wyoming legislature may put cameras in classrooms for evaluations
The Wyoming legislature is considering a plan to make firing and promoting teachers easier, and it includes putting cameras in classrooms.
Thursday, January 27th, 2011 by By Mary Rice
Border patrol authorities seize marijuana-flinging catapult
Recently, the National Guard discovered a marijuana catapult that smugglers used to fling marijuana over the border into the United States.
Thursday, January 27th, 2011 by By Peter Stone
No Credit Check Personal Loans From The Comfort Of Home - A Good Thing or a Bad Thing?
Personal loans are so easy to get it worries some consumer groups. Like anything on the internet it pays to be informed before you pursue any online transactions.
The basics of resistant starch foods and cooking them
Resistant starch foods help you feel fuller longer by taking longer to digest. Cooking high fiber and high resistant starch meals can be simple.
Thursday, January 27th, 2011 by By Mary Rice
FCIC report on financial crisis sparks routine partisan bickering
FCIC conclusions on accountability for the financial crisis are a hotly debated topic by Democratic and Republican members of the commission.
Thursday, January 27th, 2011 by By Thomas Hart
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