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If there’s a new driver or new graduate in your family who needs to drive something other than the family car, consider these safe and affordable 2024 models on your back-to-school shopping list.. The annual Best Cars for Teens list features dependable, reliable models with crash prevention and safety features that include parental speed control
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Paris is so yesterday. Now that the torch has been passed, let’s look at what Los Angeles is planning for the 2028 Olympic Games, including making it an eco-friendly car-free experience. This will be the third time the City of Angels hosts the games – 1932, 1984 were the previous times. This will be the
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Listen up if you are a recent user of the online payment app Cash App – you could be getting money back because of a massive security breach that may have compromised your data, and any financial losses you suffered. Cash App has just reached a proposed a $15 million dollar settlement in a lawsuit
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Scam Alert – Direct payment apps like Paypal, Venmo and Zelle are being used increasingly by scammers to steal your money, your identity, or both, including taking advantage of online shopping by impersonating banks and other well-known companies. You won’t be able to get your money back, so here’s what to watch out for to
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UNESCO has added 24 new sites, a mix of significant cultural and natural wonders, and one which is in danger due to the conflict surrounding it. The new UNESCO sites are throughout the world, but nothing new in North America. Here are the new UNESCO sites, by category – UNESCO New Cultural Heritage Sites The
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Bertha Benz was the first documented woman driver, of the first documented road trip, and the first woman we would describe today as an automotive marketing pro or influencer. Her pioneering 65 mile drive on August 5, 1888 between home and her mother’s house became a media sensation and helped drive sales of her husband’s
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Even if you don’t want one of the multi-resort season passes like Ikon, Epic or Mountain Collective, there are plenty of money-saving deals for individual resorts, even an entire state, for the 2024/25 snow season. This is what’s on sale now, through October, for you and the kids, at some of my favorite mountains and
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Celebrate the signing the Great American Outdoors Act with FREE admission to national parks and public lands on Sunday, August 4, 2024. It is one of six free admission days this year, to national parks across all 50 states, five territories and Washington, D.C., which all benefit from $6 Billion in maintenance and repair projects
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Never say yes refers specifically to phone calls, specifically from callers you don’t know. If you say yes to a question like “can you hear me” or “did you receive you new Medicare card” the scammer has your spoken approval to bill you hundreds, even thousands of dollars for something you did not order, from
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Here’s why you should put Tahiti on your bucket list, especially it’s most famous island, Bora Bora. It sparkles with its diverse marine life, rugged mountain landscapes thick with colorful flowers and deep green trees, and luxurious glass-floored bungalows that seem to float over pristine turquoise lagoons.