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Scam Alert: The newest plague on our time and privacy is phony phone calls from fake caller ID numbers. When your phone rings and it looks like a local call from a friend or neighbor, you may be more likely to answer. Scammers count on this, and are now actively faking caller ID numbers that
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With peak spring an summer travel seasons about to heat up, it’s a smart move to bypass long and frustrating airport TSA security and US Custom lines with one of the special VIP passes available to ordinary travelers like you and me. If you travel more than a couple of times a year, the
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Spring cleaning often means debating what to throw out and what to hang on to. Save time and money with these eco-friendly tips to de-cluttering your closets, dresser and desk drawers, countertops and bins, for what you can toss guilt-free, what has the potential for re-use, and what should be donated to charities. Spring Cleaning:
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Scam Alert: Is that advertised summer rental a great find or an expensive fraud? These tips will protect your budget and save your vacation from being ruined by scammers, and other disappointments. Fraudsters often lift a legitimate ad from websites like Craigslist and add a bargain-basement rental price and a fake email address to reel
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How and when you make your hotel reservation, and check in, can help you score a hotel room upgrade, even get on the the VIP or Club Floor. Here are the top hotel hacks to get a better room without paying the price: Reservation matters Reservation codes include the source of your booking. You are
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When Saudi Arabia announced recently it would let women drive – finally – the historic decision to grant driver’s licenses to women was headline news around the world. Now, Nissan is helping some of the millions of Saudi women who have been only passengers in their lifetimes learn safe driving skills, with a surprise group
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Yes, we’re all tired of the robocalls and the email spammers. But they aren’t the only unwanted intrusion in our lives. So is the junk mail stuffing up our mailboxes. US households throw out around 40 pounds of unwanted catalogues and other sales and marketing junk mail a year, including from retailers and charities we
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SCAM ALERT Vacations are not the time to relax your personal safety, including taking internet security precautions. Everyday, it seems, we hear about hacking, identity theft or some other invasion of our digital privacy. Here’s how to protect your online life from cyber criminals while you are away from home for the holidays, or any
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It’s the time of year for choosing health care insurance plans and their benefits. Here’s what you need to know to save money, and maybe your life, whether you decide to keep your existing plan or opt for a new one. As employers and insurers shift more of the cost to users, the annual choice
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If you are planning on international travel in the next six months, apply for or renew your passport now. The window between the end of summer travel season and the start of holiday travel season is when processing times are shortest. That’s the advice from the US State Department, which declares each September as Passport Awareness
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