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After 2 losses, champ Alexander Volkanovski fights to stay on top against Ilia Topuria at UFC 298 02/16/2024 05:50pm • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Alexander Volkanovski wore a flat cap and old-man glasses to his news conference for UFC 298 this week, poking fun at the persistent notion that the 35-year-old kingpin of the featherweight division is headed into his golden years. Unbeaten challenger Ilia Topuria is only ei The Best Days to Shop in 2024 02/15/2024 07:00pm • If you like to shop, you probably realize saving money and getting a good deal is all about timing. One way to remember that timing is to keep a shopping calendar. If you know when seasonal items are likely to go on sale and when major sales take place, chances are you'll remember to take advantage 'Nah, I'm good': Anti-Valentine's Day options abound 02/14/2024 03:13pm • For many, Feb. 14 is the chance to present someone special with gorgeous flowers, a romantic piece of jewelry and a card with well-chosen words, professing love — but it turns out there's a lot of "Anti-Valentines" options for those who aren't feeling it this year. The National Retail Federatio Chocolates, flowers and procrastination. For many Americans, Valentine's Day is a last-minute affair 02/14/2024 06:41am • In a classic “Saturday Night Live” sketch, a young man hands his girlfriend a Valentine’s Day gift: a bear dressed in a bee costume that he picked up at the drugstore. “When did you get this?” she asks with a strained smile. “One minute ago,” he replies. It has more than a rin Last-minute love: Many Americans procrastinate when it comes to Valentine's gifts 02/14/2024 06:00am • In a classic “Saturday Night Live” sketch, a young man hands his girlfriend a Valentine’s Day gift: a bear dressed in a bee costume that he picked up at the drugstore. “When did you get this?” she asks with a strained smile. “One minute ago,” he replies. It has more than a ring of trut Survey: 56% of Newlyweds Went Into Debt to Pay for Their Wedding 02/13/2024 07:00pm • A wedding today can be a meticulously detailed blowout event complete with expensive touches like champagne towers and live wedding paintings. Buckling under the pressure to have an Instagram-worthy wedding often means borrowing tens of thousands of dollars to cover the cost -- and starting married Economics of Valentine's Day and why we spend so much for our sweethearts 02/13/2024 05:42pm • This year, people will spend, on average, $185.81 on their special someone this Valentine's Day. Jadrian Wooten, an economics professor at Virginia Tech, said there is a lesson in why lovers spend so much on one another — it’s called “signaling.” Basically, it means someone thinks that Here's how to beat the hype and overcome loneliness on Valentine's Day 02/10/2024 08:56am • NEW YORK (AP) — Elise Plessis hasn't been in a long-term relationship for 26 years. It's by choice, yet she still suffers FOMO when Valentine's Day rolls around. “I'm the singleton of the family and the friend group,” said the 53-year-old Plessis, who lives in Manitoba, Canada. “Valentine's DC consumers were bilked out of $13M in 2023. Here's how scammers made their money 02/09/2024 03:27pm • Scammers were busy in 2023 — and consumers, including those in the nation's capital, paid the price. "Consumers in D.C. reported losing more than $13 million," said Federal Trade Commission spokesman Jay Mansfield. "That reflects almost 6,300 reports of fraud." The FTC's Consumer Sentinel Ne 20 affordable Valentine's Day gift ideas for that special someone 02/08/2024 11:00am • The perfect Valentine's Day gift that doesn't send your bank account into cardiac arrest can be a challenge to pull off. But it can be done. An inexpensive gift doesn't mean you don't care about your significant other. You may simply be buried in bills right now, or you may be saving up for somet 10 Affordable Valentine's Day Date Ideas 02/07/2024 07:00pm • If you're planning something for you and a date -- or a partner -- on Feb. 14, you may be looking for affordable ideas. Here are 10 that don't scream "cheap." 1. Breakfast in BedPlanning the date: Tim Johnson is based out of Ontario and is the CEO of Couply, a company that offers a free app designed Everything You Need to Know about PayPal Pay In 4 02/06/2024 07:00pm • If you've shopped online at Apple, Best Buy or another major retailer, you may have seen the option to select PayPal Pay in 4 at checkout. Pay in 4 is PayPal's buy now, pay later service that lets you spread out the cost of an online purchase over about six weeks. This financing option, also called Choice Hotels Has Launched 2 Credit Cards: Which Is Best? 02/04/2024 07:00pm • Choice Hotels is making a name for itself with new credit cards, acquisitions and higher-end properties. With its transition to Wells Fargo, Choice Privileges members now have two credit cards that compete with other hotel brands based on earning power, welcome bonuses, benefits and annual fees. Lea Alisson's mistakes prove costly for Liverpool in 3-1 loss to Arsenal in Premier League 02/04/2024 02:09pm • LONDON (AP) — Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker made two costly errors in a 3-1 loss at Arsenal on Sunday as the gap between the two Premier League title rivals was trimmed to two points. Arsenal had gifted an equalizer to the Liverpool in first-half stoppage time as Gabriel Magalhaes' own-goal Tearful relatives of Maine mass shooting victims plead for change to prevent future tragedies 02/01/2024 09:25pm • AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Tearfully relaying scenes of blood, chaos and panic, family members of the victims of Maine's deadliest shooting described their unfathomable losses on Thursday as they implored an independent commission to make sure others never have to experience the same thing. One by one,