MiamiHerald
Fine print in mortgage modification forms contain booby trap
9:00AM 12/19/2009
Signer beware! Turns out the forms homeowners fill out to apply for lower monthly mortgage payments for three months while waiting for more permanent relief contain a potentially lethal booby trap courtesy of the U.S. Treasury Department.
According to a report in the Miami Herald, the forms require...
I thought I was lucky when I found a crumpled and forgotten $1 bill in my jeans pocket this week. But not quite as lucky as Gordon Carnese, who discovered a lotto ticket worth $2.6 million in his car's glove box.
The 63-year-old Portland, Ore., man was cleaning out his glove...
What came first, the recession or the chicken eggs?
10:00AM 5/13/2009
Last week I blogged about the value of buying whole chickens at the supermarket instead of the boneless, skinless breasts that come prepackaged and cost more. Turns out there's a growing movement of people who are taking it a whole step further by raising their own chickens in cities across the...
Teens strip down budgets like a spaghetti-strap chiffon dress on prom night
6:00PM 5/11/2009
Extracurriculars, Relationships, School, Retail, Economizer, Personal Finance, Family Money
How are teens getting ready for, like, the biggest night ever? Prom? During this, y'know, recession or whatever? The Miami Herald reports that South Florida high schoolers are trimming their budgets without sacrificing the importance of being trendy.
Education reporter Hannah Sampson spoke to one...
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