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With the president's signing into law the $787 billion economic stimulus plan earlier this week, the scramble has begun to figure out how it gets spent. A new official site, Recovery.gov, shows a time line of how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will unfold and an overview of the major...

About a month ago, I wrote a post in which I noted that, even as the mortgage crisis gains steam, there are still some bargains to be found in real estate. Granted, my suggestions centered around ghost towns, abandoned monasteries, deserted islands, and empty factories, but tough times sometimes...

This is one of those ideas that's so good that it's unlikely to ever become widespread like it should.According (subscription required) to the Wall Street Journal, "Starting next year, children born (in Maine) will be eligible for a $500 grant that will be used to open and fund a Maine 529 savings...