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SCAM ALERT: We all want peace in the Mideast, but beware of solicitations from bogus Mideast charities arriving in your mailbox, email inbox or on your phone. Thumbs Down on Jerusalem Prayer Team: I’ve just received a thick mailing from this so-called prayer charity, which wants my money and yours so it can pray for
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What a concept: an electric bicycle with an air filter that’s powered by your pedaling. This is an eco-friendly two-fer, since the bike is already zero emission, and then doubles its eco-friendliness by further cleaning up the air around you, even though you aren’t pedaling as hard or as often thanks to the battery power.
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Four Seasons Hotels are getting charged up by installing electric vehicle charging stations at some hotels, and making the hot Tesla EV the official hotel car for airport pick-ups and local excursions, starting in summer 2014. Hotels and ski resorts have been partnering with one brand or another for years to promote an “official car”,
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Best 2015 cars under $20,000: The all-new seventh-generation 2015 VW Golf offers more space and better fuel economy than the outgoing model, plus a turbocharged, direct injection engine as standard equipment. With a starting price of $17,995, it’s easy to understand why the Golf is VW’s best-selling model worldwide. Also, VW has dropped the price
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National restaurant chains are offering Mother’s Day freebies that include a free dessert or free entree. Here’s a list, alphabetically, of more than 60 US restaurant chains offering meal deals to give mom the chance to avoid cooking and cleaning on Mother’s Day. NOTE This list is from 2014. These offers are no longer in
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Forget the high prices for Broadway-style shows, four-star meals and ferris wheel or gondola rides in Las Vegas. There’s plenty to see and do for $20 or less. Here are six insider tips in and near Las Vegas that won’t blow your budget: This article is from 2014 Note that prices may have changed since
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Enter this contest for a chance to win a fully guided eco-adventure vacation in one of four US National Parks plus outdoor gear from top outdoor clothing and equipment companies. Contest prizes include a five-day Grand Canyon rafting trip, a four-day tour of both Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park trip, a six-day Colorado River
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Through June 30, 2014, General Motors is offering discounts well below suggested retail to all active, reserve, retired and veteran US military on purchases of Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles. The military discount applies regardless of separation date, so if you ever served in uniform, you most likely qualify. The military pricing applies to
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Frontier Airlines is slashing ticket prices by an average of 12 percent – but that’s more than offset by new and increased add-on fees and charges for everything from carry-on that doesn’t fit under your seat to reserved seating. It makes it more difficult – and more stressful – for us travelers to compare the
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The Washington Monument re-opens to the public on May 12, 2014, after being closed for nearly three years to repair earthquake damage. The National Park Service and the Trust for the National Mall will host a re-opening ceremony at 10 a.m. that morning, and the iconic landmark re-opens for tours at 1 p.m. Opening day
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