green living, smart spending
Let’s call this the Haul of Fame. If you’ve ever wanted to get your photo on the side of a U-Haul truck, now is your chance. The company is launching a photo contest that also raises money for the Red Cross. Here’s how it works: This offer is from 2014 and no longer in
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Daimler, parent company of Mercedes-Benz, is relaunching the super-luxury Maybach sedan in 2015 as a 2016 model. The company stopped manufacturing them in 2012 because there just weren’t enough sales of the $380,000 car, even to Russian oligarchs or American rap stars. Maybach sold just 3,000 cars in a decade of competing against super-luxury limo
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Humanitarian disasters don’t just bring pain to people directly hurt by them. They also bring out the scammers to prey on our sympathy for those affected. Avoid getting ripped off by a fraudulent Ebola charity claiming to help its victims, or for products that claim to protect you against the deadly Ebola virus. The bad guys
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Enter to win the chance to get behind the wheel of the new Audi GR8 supercar on a super racetrack. The contest is to is to help launch the competition version of the Audi R8, the most powerful Audi production vehicle ever, based on the R8 LMS racecar. The R8 competition redefines the iconic R8
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When it opens in November 2014, Glacier 3000 will be the world’s first suspension bridge linking two mountain peaks. It’s an adrenalin-charged bridge walk in the Swiss Alps, high above the resort towns of Villars-Gryon and Les Diablaret, both famous for their skiing. I’ve skied at both. Villars is more family-friendly, with more gentle slopes
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This is your last chance for steep discounts for the upcoming 2014/2015 ski and snowboard season. Bargain rates for season passes, hotels and condos and airline flights and more, are ending just as the snowguns are gearing up. Here’s what you’ll miss if you wait much longer: Crested Butte, Colorado: Peak Passes are just $599
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Kansas City and San Francisco have much more in common than the World Series 2014 match between the Royals and the Giants, including food, technology, music and other sports besides baseball. Here’s some of what they have in common besides loyal fans: BASEBALL HISTORY: The Kansas City Royals are the successor team to the old
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More than two dozen popular international cruise lines and riverboat companies, including Cunard and Disney, are offering deep discounts on cruises booked during Cruise Week, through Oct. 13. While individual cruise lines run sales and promotions all year for such things as free balcony upgrades or onboard credits for a specific itinerary, Cruise Week is
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It’s important to get a flu shot every year. Getting a flu shot is especially important this year because of Ebola. No, a flu shot absolutely positively will not protect you from Ebola. But since the first symptoms of Ebola and flu are similar, a flu shot will at least protect you from worrying that
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More than 150,000 people already have formally petitioned Starbucks to stop serving milk from genetically modified cows, and that’s just a drop in the milk bucket thanks to an international “social media day of action” planned for this weekend. Tens of thousands of additional consumers are expected to join the one-day protest on Sunday, October
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