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on May 16, 2009 | In Personal Finance
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With the job market taking such a big hit recently, now may be a good time to get your contacts in order. AP Personal Finance Editor Trevor Delaney explains.
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| | | Federal judge orders the 4 men to remain in jail and charges them with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction |
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| | | Seven plucky amphibians are released into the Mediterranean after rehabilitation in Israel. |
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| | | Prime Ticket discusses the Dodgers'' potent lineup. Does Los Angeles have the best set of bats in the Major Leagues? Find out. |
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| | | What are the Red Wings'' ''Black Aces''? Watch this clip to find out how hard work does pay off in Detroit. |
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| | | Lil'' Kim became a fan favorite this season on DANCING WITH THE STARS, but sadly her time on the show has come to an end. But the bionic booty has no regrets, as she told Hollywood 41 |
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| | | Australia''s largest steelmaker wants to raise $1 billion in a heavily discounted share offer to help it battle tough market conditions. |
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| | | Get a sneak peak at TV Guide''s inFANity: Wipeout as Lisa Joyner braves the obstacle course (well, sorta) from ABC''s breakout summer hit! Then catch the full show on TV Guide Network Tuesday, May 26th at 8pm. |
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| | | Hollywood is at it again . . . this time playing fast and loose with WWII facts |
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| | | Democrats still insist Malcolm Smith is the state Senate majority leader, even if Republicans beg to differ. |
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| | | A NY prosecutor is ending a criminal probe into last year''s trampling death of a Wal-Mart employee because the company has agreed to implement better safety measures |
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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea vowed Tuesday to punish U.S. and South Korean "warmongers" after the American military said it would go ahead with annual joint exercises that Pyongyang calls an invasion rehearsal. Tensions in Northeast Asia have spiked amid mounting concern over the North's apparent plan to test-launch a missile believed capable of reaching the U.S. west coast. |
Libya’s ambassador to the United Nations accused Israel of genocide and compared Gaza to Nazi concentration camps. The ambassador also dismissed Wednesday’s possible indictment of Sudanese President al-Bashir for genocide and crimes against humanity in Darfur as a Western ploy. "Israeli aggression…is a terrible situation that has never |
Iraq's National Museum re-opened to the public Monday, nearly six years after it was pillaged in the chaotic days following the fall of Saddam Hussein. Some 15,000 irreplaceable artifacts were looted in May 2003, of which only about 6,000 have been recovered. Those items went on display in a special wing of the museum Monday. The museum is a source of national pride, |
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The United Arab Emirates has refused to grant a visa to a female Israeli tennis player, preventing her from competing in the Sony Ericsson World Tennis Association Tour in Dubai, the WTA said in a statement Sunday. Shahar Peer would have been the first Israeli athlete to participate in a professional sporting |
Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen has married her American football player boyfriend Tom Brady in a low-key ceremony. The 28-year-old model tied the knot with New England Patriots quarterback Tom, 31, at St Monica's Church in the LA beachside suburb of Santa Monica on Thursday evening. Among the guests at the service were Tom's parents Tom Snr and Galynn and his 18-month-old son John Edward Thomas Moynahan. Newlyweds: Gisele |
The National Assembly in the Democratic Republic of Congo has adopted a new constitution for the country. The text is intended to end years of war and political instability in the country and has been agreed by all the former warring factions. The constitution limits the powers of the president, who will now serve a maximum of |
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TRAVEL» |
When it comes to travel, forbidden is in. Cuba, Iran and North Korea -- long off-limits to most American visitors -- might be added to the "allowed" list under an Obama administration. Other destinations that were considered too dangerous or hostile to Americans are becoming fashionable again, as travelers jettison boring "staycations" for something more exotic. |
What would it cost to stay in a three-bedroom house in the heart of the nation's capital for Barack Obama's inauguration? Absolutely nothing, for those who don't mind bunking and bonding with perfect strangers. Members of a social hospitality network are opening their doors to inauguration-goers this week and |
Deepa, 40, was born in Mumbai, where she is now a banking technology consultant, as well as running a company that offers "offbeat sightseeing tours" of six Indian cities, including Mumbai, Delhi and Jaipur. Deepa's Mumbai tours take in the city's bazaars, backstreets and culture and her blog, Mumbai Magic, is a personal view of life in the city. |
The return of peanuts to the snack menu at Northwest Airlines this month has prompted a spasm of protests from travelers with allergies. The change comes four months after Northwest merged with Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and in the midst of a national salmonella outbreak involving Peanut Corporation of America. |
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U.S. Airways has sent a check for $5,000 to each passenger who was on the plane that crashed in the Hudson River last week, saying it will be months before they receive any of their possessions that were on the plane and are recoverable. "The National Transportation Safety Board has now begun their investigation |
U.S. Airways has sent a check for $5,000 to each passenger who was on the plane that crashed in the Hudson River last week, saying it will be months before they receive any of their possessions that were on the plane and are recoverable. "The National Transportation Safety Board has now begun their investigation |
Kay Pratt's rental car gets a ticket when she stays in a San Francisco hotel. Problem is, the car was under the care of the property's valet services. Now she wants the $85 ticket refunded, but the hotel is stringing her along. Is she stuck with the ticket.? Q: I'm having a problem with a hotel's valet parking service, and could use a little help |
U.S. Airways has sent a check for $5,000 to each passenger who was on the plane that crashed in the Hudson River last week, saying it will be months before they receive any of their possessions that were on the plane and are recoverable. "The National Transportation Safety Board has now begun their investigation |
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY» |
Astronaut Garrett Reisman spent three unforgettable months living in space, but after landing he ended up on a different mission of sorts aboard the fictional spaceship Battlestar Galactica. Just weeks after his return from the International Space Station to Earth last summer, Reisman found himself on the set of Sci Fi Channel's "Battlestar Galactica |
How many ways can the world end? We can think of at least five. But before we get into detail, let's dismiss two things that won't cause the demise of the planet. Global warming is bad for people who live in low-lying coastal areas and at the edges of deserts, but the truth is that Earth has been much warmer throughout most of the past 500 million years, and life did just fine. |
Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano erupted six times, sending an ash plume more than 9 miles into the air in the volcano's first emissions in nearly 20 years. Residents in the state's largest city were spared from falling ash, though fine gray dust fell Monday morning on small communities north of Anchorage. "It's coming down," Rita Jackson, 56 |
Animals obviously hook up, at least during mating season. But do they like it? According to experts, there are two answers: "yes" and "it is impossible to know." "Mosquitoes, I don't know," hedged Mark Bekoff, a University of Colorado biologist and author of "The Emotional Lives of Animals" (New World Library), "but across mammals, they enjoy sex." |
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Jonathon Porritt, one of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's leading environmental advisers, is to warn that Britain must drastically reduce its population if it is to build a sustainable society. Porritt's call will come at this week's annual conference of the Optimum Population Trust (OPT), of which he is patron. |
Astronaut Garrett Reisman spent three unforgettable months living in space, but after landing he ended up on a different mission of sorts aboard the fictional spaceship Battlestar Galactica. Just weeks after his return from the International Space Station to Earth last summer, Reisman found himself on the set of Sci Fi Channel's "Battlestar Galactica |
Chinese authorities have blocked access to the video-sharing Web site YouTube -- the latest victim of a politically motivated Internet crackdown. Authorities in Beijing have not explained why the site has been targeted for censorship. There is widespread speculation, however, that YouTube has been targeted because of a video showing Chinese police taking |
Three juvenile Triceratops, a species thought to be solitary, died together in a flood and now have been found in a 66 million-year-old bone bed in Montana, lending more evidence to the idea that teen dinosaurs were gregarious gangsters. Triceratops were ceratopsids, herbivorous dinosaurs that lived until the the very end of the Cretaceous Period. |
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LIFE & LIVING» |
As dawn breaks over a small village in the easternmost corner of Hungary, thousands gather for the country's biggest pig slaughter festival and butchery contest. This is the seventh year that the village of Napkor near Hungary's Ukrainian border has hosted the event. This time 40 teams will participate in a bloody contest that becomes a huge feast by midday. |
If you are trying to save money by scaling back on your beauty products, chances are you'll find some inexpensive treatments -- just like the ones your mother or grandmother swore by -- in your own kitchen. Many of us get caught up in the excitement of new products, said Cheryl Kramer Kaye, beauty director for Redbook magazine. |
When out-of-work accountant Jim Ammon tires of scouring for scarce job listings, he takes out his frustrations by driving in nails for new houses he volunteers to build for the working poor. Laura Spelke volunteers at the United Way charity in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in part to escape the sting of losing her sales job: "Volunteering is a way to stay active |
King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia of Spain will appear at the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival's gala Viva Espaa! celebration of Iberian cuisine and wines at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. The event benefits Florida International University's School of Hospitality and Tourism Management and Fundacin Espaa-Florida. For information and |
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If you are trying to save money by scaling back on your beauty products, chances are you'll find some inexpensive treatments -- just like the ones your mother or grandmother swore by -- in your own kitchen. Many of us get caught up in the excitement of new products, said Cheryl Kramer Kaye, beauty director for Redbook magazine. |
Meet the latest targeted consumers of tattoo art: the pacifier set. Four artists from the Love Hate Tattoo studio who came to fame through TLC's Miami Ink reality series have launched Ruthless & Toothless, a fashion line for tots. The Love Hate guys have put fire-breathing dragons and peevish samurais on pint-size |
Scottish doctors came within a whisker of passing a motion calling for a "fat tax" on chocolate last week, and the doctor behind the move said chocolate was a root cause of increasing obesity. "Certainly the U.S. and the UK are affected by rising levels of obesity," David Walker, a family doctor in Airdrie, western Scotland, who proposed the motion, said. |
Zeinab Salmanzadeh graduated from high school with stellar grades, but the university near her hometown in southwestern Iran repeatedly rejected her application. The only way she could continue her education was to study secretly with part-time tutors. The sole reason: her religion. Now a Kendall resident and a business |
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