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Getting away with shopping

I received a call from my credit card company the other day telling me there was some “unusual activity” on ..


How I spent my summer staycation

This year, Dad said we couldn’t afford to go anywhere farther than the back yard because of rising gas prices. ..


Blame those rotten tomatoes

Some people got sick after eating dishes with tomatoes in them, but most people didn’t – some at home, some ..


Cash-strapped drivers grease their palms

Because of the high price of oil, there have been a string of unusual robberies across the country. Manhole covers ..


Twice the price half as nice

What was the lowest price you ever paid for gasoline? When I was 18, I bought gas in Kansas for ..


Tim Russert, RTV

My Dad will be buried in Arlington Cemetery on July 23 at 1 p.m. with military honors. He died a ..


Heaven is only nine holes away

I get a lot of million-dollar ideas. I get them all the time. Why, if I had a dime for ..


Electing the next CEO of America

Will your life change very much after the election this November? No matter whom you vote for, your mail will ..


Workaholic? I’m no longer the Type

If Type A personalities are workaholics, my wife complains that I’m a Type Z. “If you moved any slower, I’d ..


What has four legs and runs on biofuel?

I just paid 80 cents for a not very big apple at the supermarket. A bag of four apples was ..


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