KBEAR: Billings' Greatest Hits » Paying http://kbear.com Billings' Greatest Hits Thu, 23 May 2013 05:34:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 How Much Is Too Much to Pay for Gas? — Survey of the Day http://kbear.com/how-much-is-too-much-to-pay-for-gas-survey-of-the-day/ http://kbear.com/how-much-is-too-much-to-pay-for-gas-survey-of-the-day/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:00:14 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=79151 With the average price of gas approaching four dollars a gallon, the question becomes whether Americans are going to start to seriously changing their current driving habits and vacation plans, in light of this hike.

]]> http://kbear.com/how-much-is-too-much-to-pay-for-gas-survey-of-the-day/feed/ 0 Kevork Djansezian, Getty Images Ohio School Is Paying Students For Showing Up In Class http://kbear.com/school-pays-students/ http://kbear.com/school-pays-students/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:00:22 +0000 Shauna Wright http://thefw.com/?p=98367 Teen truancy is a real problem for a lot of schools, but especially so for the Dohn Community High School in Cincinnati. It only has a 14% graduation rate and has been deemed an “academic emergency” by the state of Ohio.

So the school is trying out a novel approach: it’s paying students to show up and behave themselves.

]]> http://kbear.com/school-pays-students/feed/ 0 twix, Flickr Is Your State Paying the Most for Electricity? http://kbear.com/states-pay-most-least-electricity/ http://kbear.com/states-pay-most-least-electricity/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:00:12 +0000 Kathy Landin http://tsminteractive.com/?p=61411 Turning up the dial on your thermostat in the fall and winter months is bound to add major coin to your electric bill, so you power through. Unless you live in Utah, and then you really have nothing to worry about, according to new data released this week.

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