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Ann Coulter recently managed to remind us that she's still around by saying yet another stupid thing.
Now, I'm not going to defend or attack Coulter. [more]
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With the recent upheaval in the financial markets, many individual investors are feeling the pain of shrinking investment accounts. In fact, over $2 trillion dollars have been wipe
How frustrating is it to pay all of your bills each month when you finally get a minute to sit down and take care of things, only to find out later you got socked with penalties an
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