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This article is by staff writer Robert Brokamp.

Modern technology is amazing. For example, thanks to the wonders of Find My iPhone — an application which allows you to use another device to locate a phone on a map — I was able to watch my stolen iPhone travel northward until the signal stopped deep in the heart of Washington, D.C. I haven’t heard from it since, so I don’t think the person who has my phone was just taking it for a day trip to the Smithsonian.

According to Consumer Reports, 3.1 million smartphones were stolen in 2013, which was nearly a 100 percent increase from 2012′s number. Another 1.4 million were lost.

This article is by staff writer William Cowie.

The era of spending unending retirement days on a golf course in plaid pants and interminable games of bridge with the blue-rinse set seem to be on the wane. Younger people are looking for more adventure, with more activity … and lower costs. Few strategies deliver like (of all things) the recreational vehicle (RV) retirement lifestyle.

This article is by staff writer Honey Smith.

Short answer? Yes.

But that wasn’t very interesting, now was it? So let’s weigh the options for working while in school to get a better understanding of why you should consider it.

Working as a way to pay for school

There are lots of stories about people working their way through school. Unfortunately, it is becoming less common in some quarters, but perhaps the biggest reason to work your way through school is that tuition has been rising faster than inflation for decades and every dollar that you earn saves you from student loan debt — some of it, anyway.

This article is by staff writer William Cowie.

Savings accounts? Are you crazy? Boo, hiss. These days, savings accounts are only used as joke fodder for late-night comedians. Take the mom who wants to teach her kids the value of prudent financial management, for example:

For little Bobby’s eighth birthday, his mother takes him down to the local credit union to open a savings account. Figuring that all the grownups in his life would pour money into this new savings account to encourage him – without his lifting a finger — Bobby reasons that the offer is hard to beat. So, off to the credit union they go.