green living, smart spending
The founder of the Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwich chain is a big game hunter who has shot and killed animals for sport and trophy photos, including an elephant and a leopard. That may not have anything to do with the quality of the chain’s food, but it does indicate the quality and ethics of the
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Ford is sponsoring a sweepstakes win a 2015 Ford Edge SUV, with its award-winning fuel-saving EcoBoost engine. No purchase is required. The giveaway is open to legal residents of the 48 contiguous US states and the District of Columbia (sorry Hawaii and Alaska), at least 18 years old. Enter by June 20 to be eligible.
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St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated around the world with parades, green beer and fireworks. Here are some of the biggest and best celebrations around the world, in alphabetical order: Honolulu – From a parade through Waikiki to what Guinness calls “the single biggest St. Patrick’s Day party” at Murphy’s Bar and Grill, you’ll be among
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The real winner on Super Bowl Sunday will be chicken wings. According to the National Chicken Council’s 2015 Wing Report, 1.25 billion wings will be eaten Sunday during Super Bowl XLIX, as fans watch the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots battle for the Lombardi Trophy. That will match the chicken wings record last year
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Shop smarter and save money by knowing what’s on sale each month. Here’s the sale calendar for January: Computers, electronics and cameras: The world’s biggest electronics show, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, is always the first week of January. As soon as new models are introduced, the ones they are replacing go
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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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If you get an official looking email from something called the US Solar Department offering to reduce your utility bill, do not open it. There is no US Solar Department in the US government, so this official looking email is very likely a fraud, scam, or phishing scheme to steal your identity or add Trojan
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