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The biggest name in movies will be missing from the red carpet on Oscar night even though it had more work in No. 1 hit films than Brangelina and Jeff Bridges combined. In the category of highest number of appearances for a product or brand in blockbuster hit movies, the award goes to ... Apple....

Forget about putting that wad of rainy day cash under your mattress, many agree it's one of the first places thieves look -- but what about tucking the loot in a dusty "book safe" or decoy safe? It's worth considering. Of course as one reformed burglar admitted in The Best Place to Hide Money:...

For years, I've had a standing arrangement to buy an annual, county-specific Entertainment Book ($35) packed cover-to-cover with coupons discounting everything from restaurants and local attractions to car rentals, mini golf, fast food, movies and more. I buy the book from a nice lady who sells...

It doesn't take a flood or fire to put you in need of new copies of your birth certificate, Social Security card or other vital documents. How many times have you gone to look for an important document only to realize you have no idea where you put it? Replacing such information can be a daunting...

Sometimes, it really is the simple things in life that provide a sense of luxury, comfort and well being -- behold the humble hot water bottle. Really. As folks shiver through Snowmageddon and one of the wildest winters on record, bringing the bottle back may be worth a shot. How it works: boil...

Making grocery lists and sticking to them saves money and guards against impulse buys, except, of course, when you forget them at home, which can happen to the best of us. Okay, namely, me. On such an occasion, one might wander the aisles trying to visualize the list, or perhaps engage in...

Each year as sure as the first signs of spring, Girl Scouts gather, troops are rallied and cookie season begins anew -- this year, however, a down economy is changing the way the girls in green go about their $714 million-dollar-business. The biggest news: not all of the cookies will be returning....

According to market research from the NPD Group, Americans ordered up 12 million more slices of pie at restaurants in 2010 than they did in 2009, while cake sales took a hit. Meanwhile, cupcakes experienced a sugar low (U.S. consumers surveyed said they ate 18% fewer cupcakes at home). Is the...

Nothing says, "I-threw-this on-and-hoped-I-wouldn't-run-in-to-anyone-I-know" more effectively than a sweater covered in fuzz balls. Unfortunately it can happen to the best of them. After getting a great deal on a cardigan at usually-pricey Anthropologie's after-Christmas sale, it began "pilling"...

Former Bristol-Myers Squibb Senior Vice-President of Strategy Andrew Bodnar has a Jan. 31 deadline for his first 75,000-word novel. But it's not agents and publishers breathing down his neck, it's federal District Judge Ricardo Urbina in Washington, D.C., who sentenced the convicted exec with a...