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Savings Bonds: Cash Them Now or Later?
Do you have a financial question?Ask Michelle SingletaryQ: When is a good time to cash in U.S. savings bonds?A: According to information on treasurydirect.gov, it's important to check your savings...
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New Music: Jessica Lea Mayfield
Singer-songwriter Jessica Lea Mayfield might just be the best new act to come out of Ohio since The Black Keys. And that would make sense, since the three-time Grammy-winning duo from Akron have been...
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A Gathering of Women
BY SUSAN SWARTZThis post was previously published at juicytomatoes.com.I have a photo of Eleanor Roosevelt on my home office wall that my sister gave me. Eleanor peers down at me through her glasses...
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Wisconsin Victory May Be Short Lived
In politics there's a saying: "Never allow a crisis to go to waste." And it appears that Wisconsin's Republican lawmakers received the message loud and clear. They wasted virtually no time in cutting...
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Secretary Clinton: Leaving So Soon?
Former First Lady. Mother. Hero. Champion.Those are just a few of the words that admirers would use when describing Hillary Rodham Clinton. But Quitter? Never. So why now?Clinton's announcement that...
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How Does Debt Negotiation Work?
Do you have a financial question?Ask Michelle SingletaryQ: How does debt negotiation work? Is this a good debt management strategy?Green Bay, WIA: I think what you are referring to are companies that...
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Are U.S. Nuclear Reactors Safe?
Even before the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan became headline news, science-based non-profit Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) had been prepping a report about U.S. nuclear...
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What Does "Nuclear Meltdown" Really Mean?
Turn on any television news program and you'll notice the phrase "nuclear meltdown" being used to help describe the reactor crisis in Japan.And while it is a dramatic phrase, and one that calls to mind...
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After the Quake, Help from an Unexpected Place
While Japan continues to battle the devastation wrought by the recent earthquake and tsunami, concerned citizens abroad are doing what they can to help get Japan back on its feet. Within the country,...
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Americans, Stop Stockpiling Potassium Iodide.
You would think that statements from President Obama and the commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission would keep people calm. In his address on Thursday, President Obama said:...I know that...
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Organized Religion on the Decline
An Interesting StudyFrom Dodo birds to dinosaurs we know that certain things don't exist anymore; but could religion be the next to go? It's a possibility, according to a study conducted by researchers...
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Bait and Switch Loan?
Do you have a financial question?Ask Michelle SingletaryQ: I am a single parent of two and primary caretaker of an elderly parent. In 2004, I bought a new home for $650,000. My youngest son decided...
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Twitter Co-founder: "I wish we could have predicted it."
Twitter turned five this week, and co-founder Biz Stone sat down with Tavis to discuss the ups and downs of the microblogging site.I wish we could have predicted it," says Stone in the clip below and...
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Budgeting When You're Unemployed
Do you have a financial question?Ask Michelle SingletaryQ: Does it make sense to create a budget when unemployed? What's the use?A: I know it sounds crazy that you would have to bother with a budget if...
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Richard Haass on Libya: "We made a mistake by escalating our goals."
Foreign policy expert Richard Haass talks to Tavis tonight about the role of the United States in the Libyan conflict."I believe we made a mistake by escalating our goals," says the President of the...
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Women's History Month: Acknowledging Indian American Women
BY SHERRYN DANIELWomen's history month is a celebration of what American women have contributed to U.S. culture. When most people think of American women and their contributions to women's history,...
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Listen to This: Twin Shadow
The South by Southwest music festival (SXSW -- or just "South-by", if you want to sound like you're in the know) recently wrapped up in Austin. I wasn't there, but I know people who were -- and some of...
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Can Michelle Rhee Save America's Kids?
I was on a transatlantic flight recently, taking advantage of the downtime to catch up on the movies I'd missed in theaters, when I caught Waiting for Superman, a documentary about American public...
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U.S. Policy Affects Chaplains
I saw this story online and found it really interesting. CNN reporter Eric Marrapodi writes how the Obama administration's "don't ask don't tell" repeal could affect chaplains maintaining their role in...
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Ted Danson: A Long Way from "Cheers"
There was a time when it looked like this week's guest, Ted Danson, was receding into the shadows of Hollywood, his best contributions to the screen behind him. Clearly, that's no longer the...
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Exploring the End of Time
If you're like me, the concept of the end of time is a very intriguing subject. Perhaps you've explored the idea with a friend or colleague. Maybe you've even read about it in the Bible. But, nowhere...
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New or Used? Consider This Before Buying a Car.
Do you have a financial question?Ask Michelle SingletaryQ: Which is better: Buying a car that's new or used?A: If you're dying for that new car smell, go to an auto parts store and buy a "new car...
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Fighting Unemployment through Faith
A look at the role of faith and its intersection with unemployment challenges will be profiled on "Unemployment: How Faith Communities Help Job Seekers," Sunday April 10 on CBS.The show will profile...
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Michelle Rhee: "USA Today" investigation "absolutely lacks credibility"
Former D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, sits down with Tavis tonight to discuss the state of education in the country and to respond to a USA Todayinvestigation that questions the integrity of...
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Credit Card Machines at Church
A church in Kansas City has decided to install a credit card kiosk inside their sanctuary. The machines are called giving kiosk units. Quite frankly, I'm leery of them. Don't get me wrong here -- I...
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How to Shut Down a Government
Government shutdown. The term sounds so binding. So grave. So...not specific enough for me.How does one go about shutting down the federal government? And what does that mean for the American people?...
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Teaching Kids About Atheism: Smart Idea or Cardinal Sin?
I was surfing the Web earlier when I saw this headline that grabbed my attention: "Primary kids to be taught non-religion" What! Is someone really reporting this, I thought to myself. Not knowing for...
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Can I Stop Wage Garnishment?
Do you have a financial question?Ask Michelle SingletaryQ: If you already have a financial judgment against you, can a consumer credit service stop wage garnishment?Elizabethton, TNA: You will see a...
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A Time Machine for America's Most Vulnerable
BY JANE ISAACS LOWEThis post was previously published on March 21, 2011 at Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity.Marist College recently conducted a survey to determine what superpower Americans would...
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Employer-based or Private Life Insurance?
Do you have a financial question?Ask Michelle SingletaryQ: I have always been told (and everyone I know believes the same) that employee life insurance is the cheapest way to get life insurance. Out of...
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What Will They Think of Next?
A teen at a high school in California was suspended for bringing a deadly weapon to school. The weapon? His faith.In all honesty though, no one actually called his faith a deadly weapon. They just said...
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"Master of the Mic"
Most know award-winning veteran talk show host Larry King from his signature CNN program. He's also a very funny guy. Even though King turns the tables on Tavis by asking the questions in a two-part...
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Financial Literacy for Youth
Do you have a financial question?Ask Michelle SingletaryQ: I would like to do a "spending fast" with a youth council. Do you have any suggestions on how to get the youth to buy into the fast?Denise,...
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Life on Mars? You Bet!
In the mid-nineties, I was a huge fan of the showThe X-Files, the cult-classic detective drama about paranormal activity -- especially extra-terrestrials. As it turns out, the mid-nineties was also a...
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Madoff on Madoff
Since being sentenced in 2009 to 150 years in prison, we haven't heard all that much from Bernard Madoff, the man behind the biggest Ponzi scheme in history.Recently, a couple of Financial Times...
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Interest Rate Burden
Do you have a financial question?Ask Michelle SingletaryQ: I have high credit card balances with high interest rates. I have not been late, nor am I behind on payments; however, it is a burden. Can you...
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Charlie Sheen Didn't Invent Tasteless Onstage Rants
Klaus Kinski did. Or, in all likelihood, he stole the concept from someone else older and more obscure. In any case, Sheen's current "Violent Torpedo of Truth Tour", which is bafflingly (but hardly...
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Credit Reports and Your Rights
Do you have a financial question?Ask Michelle SingletaryQ: I need help getting my credit report without paying for it. I also need help fixing my credit.Dracut, MAA: By law, getting your credit report...
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HBO's "Game of Thrones" Hits the Spot
As a devoted watcher of hour-long cable dramas, a genre that by most accounts seems to be in its golden age right now, I was thrilled when my advanced screening copies of Game of Thrones landed on my...
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Will Ferrell en Espanol
Let me just point out that this looks awesome. And hilarious. And yes, it is totally in Spanish. Casa de mi Padre, previously known on IMDB as Untitled Spanish Comedy, stars Ferrell as a rancher trying...
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This Week in Nic Cage Lore
GQ editor Jim Nelson is reporting in the glossy men's tome's May issue that he witnessed Nicolas Cage being thrown out of a New Orleans restaurant for being drunk and aggressive and generally making an...
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Teens Should Take Adults to Task
Around this time last year, a USA Todaysurvey was released indicating how teenagers view religion. While most teens identified themselves as Christians, more respondents admitted they were more...
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Rebuilding Credit after Bankruptcy
Do you have a financial question?Ask Michelle SingletaryQ: What is the best course of action, after successfully completing a bankruptcy, to begin rebuilding/re-establishing credit?Longview, TXA: Pay...
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Religious Casualties
On the surface, it appears that doing religious work on the job is what caused Douglas Kmiec to be ousted from his position in Malta.But, was it really Kmiec's faith that got him into trouble? No. It...
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Stuck With a Huge Hospital Bill
Do you have a financial question?Ask Michelle SingletaryQ: Three years ago, I was involved in a traffic accident and was taken to the emergency room. A few months later, the hospital billed me for...
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Larry Flynt: "Nobody would want to read a history book written by a...
How do you write about the sex lives of past presidents without being salacious? If you're controversial publisher Larry Flynt, you co-write a book with history professor David Eisenbach and call it...
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Everynone
I've just come across the work of a filmmaking team called Everynone, and I thought I'd share it. Films on simple ideas...symmetry, words or even just moments in time where not much happens. They're...
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The Life and Death of a War Photographer
Last week, two photojournalists, Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, were killed while covering the popular uprising in Libya. For most of us, who see the images captured by journalists like these in...
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Terry Jones' Approach is Ugly and Shameful
There's nothing in Christianity that would defend Terry Jones' recent actions in Michigan. In fact, the Bible teaches that in order to win a person to the faith, one should employ methods of turning...
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How Do I Raise My Credit Score?
Do you have a financial question?Ask Michelle SingletaryQ: I've paid off all my old debt, and my debt-to-income ratio is under 10%. Most of my old debt was bad debt that was in collection or almost...
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