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Credit card rule change to aid stay-at-home spouses
Tue Oct 23, 2012
- Not that he cared, but my husband was quite surprised when 50+ years ago I got credit on my own from Haverty's Furniture and bought a china cabinet, which our son and daughter-in-law now have. It was easy as pie--just went in and filled out an app and left with a delivery date. I did have a job, tho …
9-year-old girl shot after relative mistakes her for skunk
Sun Oct 21, 2012
- I thought I'd heard it all, but this does it.
US nurse arrested in Macedonia awaits verdict in coin-smuggling trial
Sat Oct 20, 2012
- I have no comment as to whether or not she took the coins illegally - stolen or otherwise, because I don't know. But I do know this: I would no longer go on a mission trip outside America. In Switzerland of all places, a mission group was seriously, and I do mean seriously, overcharged in a restaura …
Federal agencies don't do enough to protect your data
Fri Oct 19, 2012
- One thing that is so typical of government is that it prints social security numbers on medicare cards all the while warning retirees to protect their identity. Evidently it is not necessary to give a social security number to a doctor's receptionist because when she asks for it I always say "You do …
Clinton: 'We did everything we could to keep our people safe'
Mon Oct 15, 2012
- It sickens me the way our government officials cater to these people who are worse than animals.
Social Security raise next year may be tiny
Thu Oct 11, 2012
- This article refers to the "robust" 3.6% COLA in 2012. But remember, for the two years prior there was zero COLA, so this increase was not robust at all--just another one of those instances where the entire story is not told. The smartest thing young people can do is contribute to a 401(k) if availa …
Police: Student took LSD before campus shooting
Tue Oct 9, 2012
- Why, oh why, are so many young people destroying themselves and their loved ones by using these drugs? Not a day goes by but what you read about at least one tragic event involving drugs.
GOP optimism rises on poll showing Romney ahead of Obama
Mon Oct 8, 2012
- Are these polls useful? They change so often and nobody really knows who'll win. Time will tell and some of us will not be happy. But this is life.
Report: Imprisoned van der Sloot impregnates woman
Mon Oct 8, 2012
- Positively scary to think this little one might take after it's father. My hubby said they should cut off his you-know-whats.
Middle class -- whatever it is -- targeted by candidates
Mon Oct 8, 2012
- Give me an exact definition of Middle Class, and then I'll decide if I'm in it.

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How do you tell kids when the family pet dies?
Spot died. We're all really sad; would you like to talk about your feelings?
- First 6 words will suffice. This "talk about your feelings" stuff is crap. Children need to learn to accept what happens in the real world.

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