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8 Best Reasons to Use Your Credit Card This Holiday Season 10/16/2024 08:00pm • If you tend to overspend during the holiday season, there are plenty of reasons to avoid using credit cards, like going into more debt, paying high interest charges and damaging your credit score by increasing the amount you owe. However, if you can be disciplined with your shopping, there are lots North Carolina governor candidate Mark Robinson sues CNN over report about posts on porn site 10/15/2024 11:44pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson sued CNN on Tuesday over its recent report that he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website’s message board, calling the reporting reckless and defamatory. The lawsuit, filed in Wake County Superior Cour 6 Ways You Can Study Real Estate Online 10/15/2024 08:00pm • Whether you're making a bold career change or always wanted to be a real estate agent, there are multiple ways you can study real estate online. "Online resources are one of the best ways to get your real estate license," says Guy Hobson, a licensed real estate salesperson for Coldwell Banker Warbur Does Medicare Cover Mental Health Treatment? 10/15/2024 08:00pm • If you're over 65 years old, there is a 1 in 4 chance you are navigating a mental health condition, according to the National Council on Aging, and an even higher chance you're enrolled in Medicare. While mental health care is necessary, understanding if Medicare covers mental health treatment can b US retail trade group expects holiday season sales to grow more slowly 10/15/2024 05:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The largest retail trade group in the United States said Tuesday that it expects consumers to spend more during the upcoming holiday shopping season but the growth in sales to be slower than last year due to concerns over persistent inflation and prices. The National Retail Federa Scammers are cruising Montgomery Co. parking lots looking for dented cars 10/15/2024 10:42am • Scammers are claiming that they can remove a dent from your car, but they are more likely going to put a dent in your wallet, according to police in Montgomery County, Maryland. Montgomery County police in 2nd District are warning that cars covered in decals that read 'Mobile Dent Repair' are roa Starbucks is scaling back discounts and promotions 10/15/2024 10:22am • New York (CNN) — Expect to see fewer promotions at Starbucks. The coffee chain is scaling back promotional offers through its mobile app to get customers to pay full price for its coffees and teas, the Wall Street Journal first reported Monday and confirmed by CNN. The move is part of new CEO B Best Credit Cards for Easy Approval This Holiday Season 10/13/2024 08:00pm • What better time to make your credit card debut than during the holiday season, when you don't want to carry cash around to shop? Plus, a credit card will give you a bit of time to pay back your purchases if needed. If you're new to credit or have struggled with it in the recent past, however, you m Eggnog before Thanksgiving? Shoppers eager for a new season scramble retail calendars 10/13/2024 07:00am • NEW YORK (AP) — After sipping pumpkin spiced lattes in August and putting up Halloween decorations in late September, Samantha Kowalczyk already looks forward to drinking eggnog-flavored coffee and filling her Wilmington, Delaware, home with cinnamon and sugar cookie scented candles and other holi Ukrainian recruiters descend on Kyiv's nightlife in search of men not registered for conscription 10/12/2024 02:00pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian military recruitment officers raided restaurants, bars and a concert hall in Kyiv, checking military registration documents and detaining men who were not in compliance, media and witnesses reported Saturday. Officers descended on Kyiv’s Palace of Sports venue afte From Texas to the nation's capital: La Tejana brings a taste of Hispanic traditions to DC 10/11/2024 08:32am • From the outside, La Tejana in D.C.’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood is inconspicuously humble — from its windowsill and stool eatery to the retro font on its banner. But, on the inside, you’d see a chorus of women cooking Michelin-grade breakfast tacos in a tiny kitchen and homages to co-own Prince George’s Co. Council takes aim at stores that don’t keep track of shopping carts 10/11/2024 05:15am • Shopping carts are a lifesaver at grocery stores and other big box retailers, but in some parts of Prince George’s County, Maryland, they sometimes have a habit of leaving the premises. Eventually, they end up by bus stops or left along sidewalks far from where they came from. 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There are a lot o Security guard gets no additional jail time in man's Detroit-area mall death 10/10/2024 02:31pm • DETROIT (AP) — A judge ordered no additional jail time Thursday for a security guard for his role in the death of a man who repeatedly said, “I can’t breathe,” while pinned to the ground at a Detroit-area mall in 2014. Lucius Hamilton was one of four guards charged years later in the death o