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How to Overcome Your Credit Card Fears 08/20/2017 08:00pm • Debt running wild can certainly be a scary thing. Americans are facing a record level of indebtedness, with balances having risen continuously over the past three years to $12.8 trillion, as of June 30, 2017, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Credit card debt alone totals about $78 What to look for in a smart thermostat 08/17/2017 02:27pm • Q: How should I decide which smart thermostat to install in my home? A: Programmable thermostats have been around for a long time, and, provided you take the time to actually program them, they can save you money. ���Smart��� thermostats take energy saving to another level because they don���t 9 Ways to Maximize Your Retirement 08/16/2017 08:00pm • When you retire, a wide array of new possibilities become available to you. You have the opportunity to create a life that's determined by your interests, desires and priorities, unencumbered by the constraint of having to earn a living. Yet many people don't take advantage of the possibilities tha Consider a Moat When Choosing Investments 08/15/2017 08:00pm • By most accounts, it was investing superstar Warren Buffett who first used the term "moat" to gauge the quality of an investment, but it's a useful concept for ordinary investors as well. Like the barrier protecting a castle, a wide moat makes an investment safer, a narrow one not so much. Since som How to Create a College Budget 08/15/2017 08:00pm • Despite all the classes offered by universities, College Budgeting 101 is rarely part of the curriculum. This is unfortunate for a few reasons, not the least of which is how expensive college is these days. Student borrowers among the class of 2016 owed an average of $27,975 each, according to the 9 Cheap European Destinations to Visit This Fall 08/13/2017 08:00pm • Discover striking fall colors, few crowds and affordable prices in these top spots.As the days of summertime beach-lazing and boardwalk-strolling shift to autumn leaf-peeping and festival-going, Europe beckons. With a dip in crowds and reduced flight and hotel prices, fall is an enticing time to jet How to Eat Gluten Again Without Your Body (or Mind) Going Nuts 08/13/2017 08:00pm • For a little over a year, Jackie Diette didn't eat gluten. In fact, the 30-year-old fashion director in New York City ate little more than vegetables, meats and healthy fats. "From expertise combined with my own research about the effects of food containing gluten, I was confident that removing it 3 Facts About Foreign Teens for U.S. High School Teachers 08/13/2017 08:00pm • While student growth has slowed in recent years, the U.S. is still a hotspot for international high schoolers. The number of foreign students studying at U.S. high schools more than tripled from 2004 to 2016, according to a new report from the nonprofit Institute of International Education. More th When typing out URLs, beware of 'typosquatting' 08/11/2017 11:39pm • Q: I mistyped a web address while following setup instructions for my printer and ended up at a scam support site. How can these guys get away with this? A: One of the oldest tricks on the internet is something called ���typosquatting,��� the registration of misspelled websites. Because so man You be the DJ: Interactive Google Doodle celebrates hip-hop���s birthday 08/11/2017 09:40am • WASHINGTON ��� Google is marking hip-hop���s 44th birthday by allowing users to mix their own beats right on the search engine���s homepage. Friday���s Google Doodle features a graffiti-style Google logo with a play button that���s just a click away from a quick history lesson on hip-hop history How to Get Around Safely and Cheaply When Traveling 08/09/2017 08:00pm • Traveling to a new place can be an exciting adventure, whether it's a few states away or across international waters. When you arrive at your destination, the best way to keep your spending under budget and your trip safe and stress-free is to have a plan for getting around. A little planning ahead Look to Tech Stocks for Big Dividends 08/09/2017 08:00pm • So far, 2017 has been a pretty good year for the stock market. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index is up more than 10 percent and the Dow Jones industrial average just set a new all-time high above 22,000. But while the stock market in general is doing well, technology in particular is simply knock Is It Time to Bet on Fantasy Sports? 08/07/2017 08:00pm • On paper -- and fantasy sports fans know all about great matchups on paper -- the prospective merger of FanDuel and DraftKings looked tantalizing. Naming rights aside (FanKings? DraftDuel?), uniting the fantasy sports powerhouses screamed dynasty -- and control of more than 90 percent market share. Will Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) Stock Shatter After Q2 Earnings? 08/06/2017 08:00pm • Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) once again found a way to clutch failure from the jaws of victory. The company faced an IPO lockup expiration on July 31, that had Wall Street worried about a rush of selling as a horde of insiders were cleared to start trading their shares. While SNAP stock did sell off init Is the Amazon Echo snooping on me? 08/04/2017 06:39am • Is it true that the Amazon Echo records everything I���m saying to it and that someone has figured out how to hack it? The popularity of "smart speakers" that are voice-controlled has grown to more than 35 million users, and Amazon���s Echo is far and away the most popular. The small cylinder