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School fees? Deficit spending? Moms are getting MAD
Friday, July 01, 2011 10:58 AM
Regan Benson was furious about the list of fees her local public high school was charging for kids to "just walk in the front door." She was even angrier about where the money was going.
"It's crazy — $18 for a basic English class; $38 for honors English; $150 for each spo …
When Lucky died: A grief observed, on social media
Thursday, June 30, 2011 11:00 AM
GOLDEN, Colo.Study:
Roughly 1 in 15 adults lie about SSNs, DOBs on credit applications
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 6:13 AM
Roughly 1 in 15 U.S.
Can ID theft victims sue imposters for damages? Not yet, it seems
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 12:26 PM
OMAHA, Neb. — On the fourth floor of Douglas County Courthouse, Jaimee Napp opened a new front in the war on identity theft.
Image via WikipediaWhy is housing market stuck? This family offers one answer
Monday, June 27, 2011 11:55 AM
CHICAGO — Ron and Cheryl Schmalz think they know one reason the U.S. housing market is stuck.
Driving in a bad storm? You might be doing the wrong thing
Friday, June 24, 2011 11:31 AM
You're blissfully hurtling down a desolate stretch of interstate at 70 mph, singing along with your iPod. The scenery is spectacular, the sun is shining, and things couldn't be better.
Consumer protection dead, but hope remains, says 93-year-old advocate
Thursday, June 23, 2011 8:55 AM
IN A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN, DETROIT -- To call Esther Shapiro the Ralph Nader of Michigan is to compliment Ralph Nader.
The arc of her life runs perfectly parallel to the birth, life, and near death of America's consumer movement -- in fact, you might call her its grandmother.& …
An economic shock brings the kids home
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 10:17 AM
AT SOUTH STREET COFFEE SHOP, WILMINGTON, OHIO -- When you visit a town of 12,000 people that recently lost 10,000 jobs, you'd expect to find a lot of things: boarded up homes, abandoned gas stations and empty storefronts to name a few.
What I found in Wilmington, Ohio, …
In Pittsburgh, drastic bus service cuts strand commuters
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 6:37 AM
AT A BUS STOP, IN PITTSBURGH -- Like nearly every other city in America, after three hard recessionary years, the fiscal gyrations of robbing Peter to pay Paul have pretty much been exhausted in Pittsburgh.
On coast-to-coast trip, we'll follow the fight for the future of small-town America
Monday, June 20, 2011 9:02 AM
In Washington D.C., with a full tank of gas -- Mark Rembert isn't just fighting for Wilmington, Ohio.
Is it a good idea to give a kid a credit card?
Friday, June 17, 2011 1:34 AM
The average college student is stuck with about $3,200 in credit card debt while in school, a burden which can be heavier than a backpack full of science texts.
Math disorder makes consumers easy prey
Monday, June 13, 2011 10:21 PM
Some people seem to get taken to the cleaners every time they buy a car, subscribe to TV service or get a new cell phone. New research suggests the problem might not be in their wallets, but in their genes.
Brain scientists are starting to get a handle on a relatively new d …
Privacy paradox: Bad guys steal your data; good guys can't touch it
Friday, June 10, 2011 3:18 PM
While there seems to be an epidemic of data theft lately, red tape surrounding release of data to legitimate groups might threaten our ability to learn about real-world epidemics.
It seems that everyone and anyone is stealing your data recently.
New USBank IRA fee can eat most of savers' interest
Thursday, June 09, 2011 10:27 AM
Despite several attempts at consumer-friendly financial reform, banks are still unilaterally changing their contracts with consumers and taking their money.
Minneapolis-based U.S.
Should 10-year-olds use Facebook? What's your policy?
Monday, June 06, 2011 11:22 PM
All their friends do it. They can probably figure out how to do it behind your back. And, heck, you probably do it. So how do you keep your kids off Facebook?
More practically speaking: At what age do you let your kids use Facebook?
This is the first of a new oc …
Anonymous says it hacked Iranian government email server
Friday, June 03, 2011 3:58 PM
Members of the hacking group Anonymous say they've managed to infiltrate an Iranian government mail server and copy more than 10,000 internal emails and a series of images.
"The documents are from Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' mail server which we took control over," said …
He became the face of revolution -- because his picture was stolen
Friday, June 03, 2011 1:26 AM
His is the face of revolution in the Middle East and in Latin America. He's on the cover of a book published in Mexico. He's an unforgettable image of anger on T-shirts everywhere. He's an icon painted by graffiti artists on city walls in Spain and on castle walls in Iran.
Is someone snooping your health records? New rule will tell you who
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 3:40 PM
Ever wonder if someone at the doctor’s office or hospital has been snooping through your health care records? A new federal health care rule could tell you.
Health care patients will have a broad new tool to keep their personal information under wraps if a proposed Departm …
Efforts to undermine new consumer agency amateurish, dangerous
Friday, May 27, 2011 12:03 AM
Just how many cities will burn to the ground before we decide it's OK to enforce some building codes?
In case anyone hasn't noticed, the U.S.
That famous space shuttle photo: When is sharing stealing?
Monday, May 23, 2011 11:15 PM
Short on sleep and worried about the recent loss of her job, Stefanie Gordon boarded a Delta flight from New York to Palm Beach at 6:30 a.m. on May 16.
IRS snafu leaves taxpayers, refunds in limbo for months
Thursday, May 19, 2011 3:47 PM
It's perhaps the very definition of Red Tape. Four years ago, Congress decided that the IRS should get into the banking business, authorizing it to give out no-interest loans to first-time homebuyers.
Verizon Wireless customers targeted in nearly invisible Trojan horse scam
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 11:14 PM
Verizon Wireless customers who tried to pay their bills online last week may have been hit by an ingenious, almost undetectable hacker attack aimed at stealing their identities.
Consumers whose computers were infected with the SpyEye Trojan horse program would have been redirecte …
An online bank scam worthy of a spy novel
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 4:15 AM
One moment of weakness -- a single click on a bogus e-mail link or website -- has cost many U.S.
Facebook flaw leaked millions of user account access tokens
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 9:59 PM
Advertisers and other third parties had the potential to gain unauthorized access to many Facebook user accounts and profile information because of a software flaw, Symantec Corp.
In college kid v. big companies, small claims court key to big satisfaction
Monday, May 09, 2011 10:32 PM
Christopher Akinyemi hates feeling like a company has taken advantage of him.
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