Freshen Up Your Finances

Don't limit seasonal cleaning to your closets and cupboards-it's time to get your finances in order too! From reviewing your retirement plan to updating your budget, here are some tips to help you freshen up your finances. 1. Check your credit It's important to check your credit once a year. You need to make sure there aren't any errors dragging...

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Did You Know: Heavenly Bodies

The recent death of Astronaut Neil Armstrong made us pause to recall the moon landing and his “one small step for mankind”. Caught up with our day-to-day struggles, most of us don’t give much thought to things like space or its heavenly bodies. Take a pause, put on your thinking cap, and determine if the statements below are true or false. Ready,...

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The Choice for Our Kids: Early Childhood Education

America may be one of the richest countries in the world, but it ranks #28 out of 38 countries in the percent of 4 year olds enrolled in pre-primary education programs like Head Start. The United States ranked behind countries like France, Spain and Mexico according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Head Start began...

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"Sleep Wars": Mattress Buying Scams

Let me start by saying “I LOVE my mattress”. Just thinking about making a change sends chills down my spine, but it’s been twelve years and I’ve been told, by my husband of course, that it’s time to make a change. So, against my better judgment, we started checking the mattress market and quickly found out that buying a mattress can be a challenging...

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New Hip-Hop Cash King Crowned

Photo: Johnny Nunez With $110 million in pretax earnings, Dr. Dre is this year's Hip-Hop Cash King—despite the fact that his long-awaited album, Detox, remains on the shelf. He's not the only one on the list who banks the bulk of his bucks outside the recording studio. Diddy ranks No. 2 with $45 million, thanks mostly to a share of profits...

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Golden-Career Favorites: 50 Years on the Job

Can you satisfy five generations as you serve the public, 50 years on the job and counting? AARP identified some in the 50-Year Career Club. Let's take a look. The Rolling Stones Rock Legends On the job since 1962, they signed with Decca Records in 1963. The Stones could be the world's greatest rock band with 92 singles, 29 studio albums...

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All My Children- An Actors' Road to Fame

  Everyone who has ever heard of All My Children remembers mega daytime star Susan Lucci in the role of Erica Kane. Lucci was nominated 19 times for her lead role before winning a Daytime Emmy in 1999. Hidden amid the hot-button stories right out of the day’s headlines, are a number of feisty and beautiful characters who travelled the...

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