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For Better Holiday Deals, Check Retailer’s Websites First — Dollars and Sense
A good tip for bargain hunters: check retailer’s websites before you actually venture out to one of their brick-and-mortar locations.
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Brussels Plans to Battle Offensive Language With Hefty Fines
Brussels, Belgium, has unleashed a sonic street sweeper into the city, hoping to curb the verbal cesspool coming from the mouths of its citizens and, in turn, make the city a more habitable community for its residents.
According to a spokesperson for Brussels mayor Freddy Thieleman, any form of insult, be it racist or homophobic, offensive language or words used to sexually harass someone in public is now punishable with fines anywhere from $95 to $315.
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Unsurprising New Research Finds Bar and Restaurant Employees at High Risk for Alcoholism
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Australian Mother of 12 Gives Birth to Quintuplets
One busy mom is about to get a lot busier, as she has just given birth to quintuplets, making her brood of 16 children one of the largest families in the Australian state of Victoria.
Earlier today, the 48-year-old mother of 12, who has apparently mistaken her body for a clown car, welcomed five new additions to her fam
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Which Jobs Are Disappearing Quickest?
It has been predicted that by 2020, the United States will experience a nearly 14.5 percent labor increase, making room for an additional 20 million new jobs as the result of this country’s growing population and competitive marketplace.
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Thailand Breaks Record to Become Massage Capital of the World
Yesterday, while the wild side of the Bangkok tourism industry hung outside the back alley of the Chatuchak market sucking down siamese sours and running numbers on the cockfights, hundreds of masseuses gathered to help make Thailand the official backrub capital of the world.
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What the…? Fired City Official Seeks $837,000 in Sick and Vacation Time
All of us can appreciate the determination that goes into making sure we get what is coming to us, especially when that involves unused vacation and sick time.
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World’s Oldest Person, Besse Cooper, Turns 116 Years Young
Some might find the 116th birthday marker to be a little daunting. However, if you are healthy and lucky enough to be one of only eight people to celebrate it, we are positive the ride has been one for the books.
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Latest Gun Statistics Show Americans Want More Firepower
Sometimes it seems like the philosophy behind the right to bear arms was not thoroughly workshopped by our forefathers before they included it as the Second Amendment to the Constitution.
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The Rich Fail to Spread the Wealth By Donating Less to Charity Than the Middle Class Does — Dollars and Sense
In a world where the portrait of philanthropy is often painted using an upper class model to represent an offering of charity to the less fortunate, sometimes we forget that empathy has a way of digging a little deeper into the pockets of blue jeans than it does a three-piece suit.
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Which Cities Have the Worst Cell Phone Reception?
If you are experiencing things like dropped calls, poor reception and less than desirable download speeds, it is likely because your coverage area is in one of the following metropolitan cities with the shoddiest cell phone signals in the country.
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Domino’s Pizza Plans to Change Its Name to Just Domino’s
There are some who believe that there is a super group of fast food marketing masterminds residing deep beneath the lowest secret level of the Pentagon conspiring to develop more sophisticated methods of selling garbage to the American public.