A thief often only needs the numbers on a credit card to rip you off. According to CreditCards.com, about 31.8 million Americans had their cards breached...
I want to buy a $100,000 house. I have $2,000 to put down. But my bank won’t give me the loan because I need a higher...
In the olden days of computing, before everyone was connected by huge, internet social sites, there were operations called Bulletin Board Services or BBS. These small,...
When you think about people with courage, soldiers and firemen probably come to mind. But courage is more than reactions to traumatic events. Speaking to your...
French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born just 11 days short of Valentine’s Day on February 25, 1841. His life, however, would be framed by his love...
Alice Kramden was famously unimpressed when her husband Ralph regularly threatened to send her to the moon. The hugely successful and iconic series ‘The Honeymooners’ starred...
She was the first woman to be a successful television host beginning with the “Chevy Show.” Dinah Shore was born Frances Rose Shore March 1, 1917...
When you do your taxes this year, it probably won’t be much of a comfort to know that in February 1913, the personal income tax was...
Marriage, age at retirement, the length of employment, and other considerations affect the amount of your Social Security benefit. But to get a rough estimate go...
Beards are sprouting everywhere, especially among men ages 18-24. About 39 percent of these young men have beards today as opposed to a year ago, when...
According to Marketwatch, about 40 million Americans currently have student loan debt of some kind. Coupled with a complex job market, one in four students are...
Share! Be Careful! These typical parental cautions are too coercive, so says Jennifer Lehr, the author of Parentspeak. Parent speak is about compliance when parents should...
A person’s ability to tell a short story, keeping all the facts in it and straight, can decline with age, according to a study in the...
Social Security is, like many government programs, rife with confusion. For those nearing retirement age, it would be wise to plan now to create the benefits...
Children who spend more time on their phone and less time outside have increased symptoms of dry eye, according to BMC Ophthalmology. Luckily, just giving their...
The idea seems good: You like a product such as a laundry detergent and you hate to run out. Why not stick a button on the...
We are not talking common occurrences here, but they are annoying and sometimes expensive occurrences. What if you order $2,000 worth of camera equipment and you...
Your very ill mother is in your care. One day her beloved son dies. Mother has so many problems now, should you tell her about the...
When Americans leave home-sweet-home for other countries, they have some favorites. Japan was big with travelers from 2015 to 2016, experiencing a 16.6 percent hike in...
Early spring is the perfect time to visit Washington, D.C., where one of the most popular attractions is in full blood in late March and early...
A new study published in the American Journal of Infection Control shows that a breath alcohol administrator can influence the result of the test if he...
Big news for kids from this year’s tech conference, CES, in Las Vegas. The new Lego Boost kits bring creations to life with motors and sensors...
Highway work zone accidents increasing Most work zone accident victims are motorists, a fact that the public may not realize, says E. Dean Carlson, Kansas Secretary...
Truckers call it “highway hypnosis,” a trance-like condition that can hit anyone on a long-distance drive. Experts say the real problem is driving without adequate rest....
It doesn’t matter if you are in a hurry, uptight, or anticipating something at the end of your commute. So why not relax and go with...
Why shopping sometimes makes everything worse Here’s a relatively common situation: A person is excited and happy to buy something, but, once purchased, the item loses...
A box can tell you a lot about a product, but you don’t know if the product is in the box until you open it. That...
Rolling over an IRA In an effort to simplify the process of rolling over an IRA account, the IRS has just made a change to the...
We think of love on Valentine’s Day; should we also think of money? Connecting with a partner on a financial level is as important as an...
Office pools, fantasy football, that lucky pull in a Vegas slot machine — your windfall may or may not be exactly legal, but it is taxable....