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When it comes to hosting a Super Bowl party on the cheap, WalletPop embraces the K-I-S-S approach: Keep It Simple, Super. Austere times call for a lean but loving bash, letting the game and conversation carry the day, supported by traditional sports-watching grub. The warmth of your home filled...

Super Bowl 44 is just around the corner, and while many consumers already own decent-sized high-definition televisions, the week leading up to the Super Bowl is still a popular time to purchase a new high-quality HDTV. To help you get the best deal on a new HDTV for Super Bowl Sunday, we've...

It hasn't been a fun January for Arizona Cardinals safety Antrel Rolle. First, his team was eliminated from the NFL playoffs by the Super Bowl-bound New Orleans Saints. Rolle left that game early with a head injury. Now the IRS is giving Rolle a second pounding with a bill for $2.2 million bill...

Calling CBS' decision to accept an advocacy ad to air in the Super Bowl "outrageous," women's groups are urging the network to pull a Focus on the Family commercial and asking like-minded people to sign a petition. The Women's Media Center, a non-profit group that was founded in 2005 by Jane...

It's well known that the Super Bowl isn't cheap, even with this year's price decline for a 30-second spot. But even at prices as low as $2.5 million -- compared with 2009's record $3 million price tag -- corporations have been debating whether the purchase pays off with higher sales and brand...

For years, television networks have vetoed advocacy ads created by the likes of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and MoveOn.org from airing in the Super Bowl. The reason? The ads were designed to raise controversy by featuring risque acts with vegetables (see PETA's 2009...

This month the New York Times got so desperate it sold on ad on the bottom of the front page of the Sunday paper. These ads were such a big deal people that people wrote stories and blogged about them. I don't know how much the ads cost, but I know they are expensive and flashy. So why did...

There were plenty of interesting Super Bowl ads during Sunday's game, but Hyundai's "Assurance Deal" ad caught my ear, if not my eye, when the announcer said the car company would take a Hyundai back if the buyer lost a job within a year of buying it. As someone who was laid off last year, and who...

As if paying the nanny tax and being taxed for unemployment benefits weren't enough, remember that the IRS wants its cut of any gambling winnings from Super Bowl bets. The Pittsburgh Steelers won, and if you did too with a bet or two in the office pool, then you're supposed to report the winnings...