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Get your car ready for summer travel

Get your car ready for summer travel

One of the great joys of summer is the family road trip.  Make sure Old Breakdown doesn’t live up to its name by taking some simple steps to avoid potential problems that could ruin your vacation. Schedule a tune-up to help the engine deliver the best balance of power and fuel economy and produce the
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Protect your privacy:  cellphone warning

Protect your privacy: cellphone warning

Identity theft is a growing problem, and a top reason I do not publish my cellphone number or put anything intensely personal, like private family photos, on any public social media outlet such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest, where anything I post is exclusively work related (I communicate privately with my family by telephone
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Apply for Global Entry Pass to Speed Through Airport Security

Apply for Global Entry Pass to Speed Through Airport Security

Because I travel a lot, I applied for Global Entry, the so-called “trusted traveler” pass, to get me through airport security and US Customs lines faster, on special security lines.   At airports in the USA, Global Entry includes TSA Pre-Check.  The line is shorter because you don’t have to take off your shoes or
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Green cars rule the 2012 LA Auto Show

Green cars rule the 2012 LA Auto Show

There are nearly 50 world or North American debuts of new cars at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show. More than half are fuel efficient, eco-friendly green cars. It’s tough to choose the most important new car, but my vote goes to the BMW i8 Spyder Concept electric — pictured here — and the Volvo
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Black Friday, Cyber Monday Scams: Beware of Online Frauds, Phishing, More

Black Friday, Cyber Monday Scams: Beware of Online Frauds, Phishing, More

Bargain hunters are not the only ones shopping online this Black Friday, Cyber Monday weekend. So are the online scammers. Beware of emails and websites that could steal your identity, infect your computer, or both.

5 Free recipe apps for Thanksgiving and year-round

5 Free recipe apps for Thanksgiving and year-round

Use your tablet or smartphone to increase the taste — and lower the cost — of your Thanksgiving dinner with FREE recipe apps. Here are the top five virtual cookbook recipe apps — Epicurious: An award-winning food site with more than 28,000 recipes created and tested by professionals at top foodie magazines Gourmet and Bon
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Most Stolen Cars in USA in 2012 are Toyota & Honda Models

Most Stolen Cars in USA in 2012 are Toyota & Honda Models

Be on guard, owners of Toyota and Honda vehicles — your cars are the most stolen ones in the USA. Specifically, Honda Accord and Toyota Camry.Statistics released by Lojack for vehicle thefts in 2011 put older Accord models as the most often stolen and recovered, along with the 2011 Toyota Camry, which topped the list
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Five Top Travel Apps for Safe Holiday Road Trips

The AAA estimates more than 92 million Americans will be on the road during the holiday period between December 23rd and January 2nd, 3.1% more than last year. There is a mind-boggling selection of iPhone, iPad, Android and Blackberry apps to download that will help make your driving and travel less stressful and perhaps even
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Safe Driving Tips for the Holidays

Safe Driving Tips for the Holidays

We’re all in a hurry at the holidays. But driving fast is not the answer, and it most certainly is not safe driving. Speed-related deaths kill approximately 13,500 Americans each year, according to the Governor’s Highway Safety Association.  And thousands more drivers, passengers and pedestrians are injured by speeding. Here are five reasons you should
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Allergy-Free Hotel Rooms

Allergy-Free Hotel Rooms

There are 50 million allergy sufferers in the United States who have problems going on vacation because of the allergy aggravators in hotels,  from the cleaning supplies used to the feathers inside the bed pillows. Hotel chains have taken notice, and are offering allergy-free rooms for sensitive noses for whom there aren’t enough antihistamines or nasal
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