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Savings Experiment: The Perks of Brewing Versus Buying Coffee

WalletPop - ‎Jan 25, 2011‎
Many people can't get through a day without it, or even just a morning. It's been called everything from brain juice to java to the "black ichor of life.

The Tea Party Wags the Dog

New York Times - Frank Rich - ‎21 hours ago‎
ANY lingering doubts about Barack Obama's determination to appropriate Ronald Reagan's political spirit evaporated just before the State of the Union.

6 Expenses You Should Never Put on a Credit Card

Fox Business - Allie Johnson - ‎Jan 25, 2011‎
There are some things experts say you should never put on a credit card if you can't pay the bill right away -- either because they're frivolous, or they can land you deep in debt or, in some cases, because there's a better alternative ...

The Brazos Review: AMD's E-350 Supplants ION for mini-ITX

AnandTech - Anand Lal Shimpi - ‎Jan 27, 2011‎
AMD has been curiously absent from the value netbook and nettop segments since Atom's arrival nearly three years ago. These markets are highly profitable only for component vendors, as the OEMs that sell ...

An Unwanted Inheritance

Newsweek - ‎Jan 26, 2011‎
Adult children of hoarders are often left to deal with both the physical mess and the emotional toll of their parent's behavior.

TSA shuts door on private airport screening program

CNN - Mike M. Ahlers, Jeanne Meserve - ‎Jan 28, 2011‎
Washington (CNN) -- A program that allows airports to replace government screeners with private screeners is being brought to a standstill, just a month after the Transportation Security Administration said it ...

iPhone Users Are About to Be Screwed Over

PC Magazine - John C. Dvorak - ‎Jan 26, 2011‎
The addition of the NFC chip to the iPhone isn't for easy credit card purchases, but so the phone companies can control your financial transactions.

Burned! A London Vacation Rental Scam

New York Times (blog) - Seth Kugel - ‎Jan 25, 2011‎
I was stressed, rushing to make last-minute lodging arrangements for a three-stop writing trip to Europe, when it appeared on Craigslist: the perfect apartment for my first stop in London.

Supreme Court: Emanuel on Chicago mayor ballot

Chicago Tribune (blog) - Liam Ford, Jeff Coen - ‎Jan 27, 2011‎
UPDATED at 7:15 pm by Liam Ford, Jeff Coen and David Heinzmann with more detail from Supreme Court opinion; election authority comment; ruling a topic in tonight's mayoral debate.

The president as a next-door neighbor?

CNN - Bob Greene - ‎4 hours ago‎
Editor's note: CNN Contributor Bob Greene is a best-selling author whose books include "Late Edition: A Love Story" and "Fraternity: A Journey in Search of Five Presidents.

WikiLeaks unplugged

Los Angeles Times - Doyle McManus - ‎19 hours ago‎
The era of WikiLeaks appears over, the group is in disarray even as the US takes measures to prevent future leaks and news organizations move to cut out the middleman.

A truly graphic adventure: the 25-year rise and fall of a beloved genre

Ars Technica - Richard Moss - ‎Jan 26, 2011‎
Space Quest. Day of the Tentacle. Gabriel Knight. Monkey Island. To gamers of a certain age, the mere names evoke an entire world of gaming, now largely lost.

Think You Know 'How To Write A Sentence'?

NPR - Stanley Fish - ‎Jan 25, 2011‎
Most people know a good sentence when they read one, but New York Times columnist Stanley Fish says most of us don't really know how to write them ourselves.

The $5 Million Tax Break

Wall Street Journal - Anne Tergesen, Laura Saunders - ‎Jan 28, 2011‎
Congress has set sweet new terms for the gift tax, and families are tearing up their estate plans to take advantage. Here's what you need to know.

Revolutionary Arab Geeks

New York Times - Roger Cohen - ‎Jan 27, 2011‎
LONDON - Ill-timed books are an interesting subculture. “Dow 36000” comes to mind. It was written by James Glassman and Kevin Hassett and published in 1999, just as the tech bubble peaked.

Family booted from plane in dispute over infant seat

msnbc.com - Joan Lowy - ‎Jan 27, 2011‎
A California mother who bought a separate airline seat for her baby says she was just trying to do the right thing. But twice in the last month, Melissa Bradley, 39, says she has encountered airline seats that are too narrow for her Federal Aviation ...

The Facebook Setting You Should Change as Quickly as Possible

Gawker - ‎Jan 26, 2011‎
Facebook finally provided a way to keep any random jerk in the café from hijacking your account. But you have to go out of your way to enable this protection, and you might have to wait.

Super Super Bowl Sandwiches

Wall Street Journal - Katy Mclaughlin - ‎Jan 28, 2011‎
It hardly seems right to watch the Super Bowl while eating the kind of highfalutin fare that excites Michelin-starred chefs. Except this year, because the dish inflaming culinary passions is decidedly football-friendly: the sandwich.

A Chicken Chain's Corporate Ethos Is Questioned by Gay Rights Advocates

New York Times - Kim Severson - ‎20 hours ago‎
ATLANTA - The Chick-fil-A sandwich - a hand-breaded chicken breast and a couple of pickles squished into a steamy, white buttered bun - is a staple of some Southern diets and a must-have for people who collect regional food experiences ...

The Secret to Retiring a Millionaire

Motley Fool - Dan Caplinger - ‎Jan 26, 2011‎
If you want to be truly wealthy when you retire, there's a simple thing you have to do. What's sad, though, is how many people have missed their best chance to become a millionaire -- and how a new generation of ...

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