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Holiday travelers should expect to pay more

BY JENNIFER WATERS, Marketwatch | Nov. 22 at 12:03 a.m.

CHICAGO — Holiday flights are more expensive this year thanks to ever-increasing surcharges on top of rising ticket costs and baggage fees.

  • How to find the best deals at warehouse clubs

    BY GREGORY KARP, Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) | Nov. 21 at 12:03 a.m.

    It's a nagging question for many warehouse club members as they load oversize carts with oversize jars of mayo: Am I saving money?

  • Cuban dissident backs ending U.S. ban on travel to the island

    BY LESLEY CLARK, McClatchy Newspapers | Nov. 20 at 12:03 a.m.

    WASHINGTON — A high-octane effort to let U.S. tourists visit Cuba got a major endorsement Thursday from one of the island's leading dissidents, who suggested that "along with suitcases, Bermuda shorts and sun block, support, solidarity and freedom could come, too."

  • Postal Service plans to stop forwarding letters to North Pole

    BY RACHEL D'ORO, Associated Press | Nov. 20 at 12:03 a.m.

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Starry-eyed children writing letters to the jolly man at the North Pole this holiday season likely won't get a response from Santa Claus or his helpers.

  • Calif. standard aims to cut energy used by TVs

    BY DANA HULL, San Jose Mercury News | Nov. 19 at 12:05 a.m.

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. —In a widely watched ruling that could be followed by other states, California passed first-in-the-nation energy-efficiency standards for new television sets.

  • Federal Reserve suggests new rules on gift cards

    BY RONALD D. OROL, Marketwatch | Nov. 18 at 12:05 a.m.

    WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is proposing new rules for the $50 billion gift-card industry, including limits on fees for not using the card and requiring that gift cards expire no earlier than five years after purchase.

  • Creative ways to use your flexible spending account

    By Gregory Karp, Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) | Nov. 16 at 12:06 a.m.

    The end of the year typically means frantic spending on the holidays, but it also could mean frantically using up your flexible spending account. However, there are some creative ways to do so.

  • Using oblivious neighbor's Wi-Fi signal is illegal

    BY CRAIG CROSSMAN, McClatchy-Tribune News Service | Nov. 15 at 12:06 a.m.

    Q: The other day, my Internet service went down as it does from time to time. But this particular time, I needed to check my e-mail for an important reply I was expecting.

  • Report: 75 percent could not qualify for military service

    BY RICK MONTGOMERY, McClatchy Newspapers | Nov. 14 at 12:06 a.m.

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. —Chalk up another national-security threat — this one looming with each excess pound, failing grade and drug bust affecting young adults.

  • Credit card companies cancel without warning

    BY EILEEN AMBROSE, Baltimore Sun | Nov. 13 at 12:04 a.m.

    On his way home from work recently, Rick Niles of Laurel, Md., stopped at a gas station to fill up and as usual pulled out his Shell credit card to pay. But this time, the card didn't work.

  • Use debit card carefully — it's not same as cash

    BY KATE FORGACH, www.freeshipping.org/blog | Nov. 11 at 12:03 a.m.

    Debit cards are so easy to use and it's just like paying with cash... right?

  • Serious injury could hurt your financial stability

    By Dan Serra, McClatchy-Tribune | Nov. 1 at 12:03 a.m.

    When putting together a financial plan to ensure a secure future, many people think about investments for tomorrow and life insurance to protect their family if tomorrow doesn't come.

  • Study finds stroke risk from anemia drugs

    By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, Associated Press | Oct. 31 at 12:03 a.m.

    A new study raises fresh safety concerns about widely used anemia medicines, finding that the drug Aranesp nearly doubled the risk of stroke in people with diabetes and chronic kidney problems who are not yet sick enough to need dialysis.

  • Breach reveals scrutiny of more than 30 lawmakers

    By Ellen Nakashima and Paul Kane, Washington Post | Oct. 30 at 1:08 a.m.

    WASHINGTON — House ethics investigators have been scrutinizing the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling, according to a confidential House ethics committee report prepared in July.

  • Tips on how to get great hairstyles for less

    By Ashley Grimaldo, www.freeshipping.org/blog/ | Oct. 29 at 1:04 a.m.

    I'm sick of paying $45 for a trim. If that isn't a rip off, I don't know what is. And I'm the low-maintenance kind of gal who doesn't color, highlight, or whatever else.

  • Asian carmakers still lead pack, but Ford is competing

    By TOM KRISHER, Associated Press | Oct. 28 at 1:05 a.m.

    DETROIT — Asian automakers are still building the most reliable cars and trucks, with eight of the top 10 brands from Japanese and Korean companies, according to an annual survey by Consumer Reports.

  • Buy air tickets early for holiday travel, experts suggest

    By Eileen Ambrose, Baltimore Sun | Oct. 27 at 4:47 p.m.

    The holidays will be here before you know it, and if you haven't made arrangements to fly home for Grandma's pumpkin pie, do so as soon as possible.

  • Recession sends 60-somethings into new careers

    BY DARRELL SMITH, McClatchy Newspapers | Oct. 26 at 1:06 a.m.

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. —She's not even sure it's a word, but Allison Sabraw has a term for her life's latest chapter:

  • Some tax credits left for car buyers

    Associated Press | Oct. 24 at 12:09 a.m.

    NEW YORK — Missed out on Cash for Clunkers? Uncle Sam still has a few bones to throw your way if you buy a car before the end of the year.

  • Studying plants can teach about nanotechnology

    By Dr. E. Kirsten Peters | Oct. 23 at 12:04 a.m.

    I don't think about the world from the point of view of plants very often. I mostly consider our friends in the plant kingdom as the stationary green stuff around me when I'm outdoors, and possibly the makings of salad in the summers.

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