Tips of the Day
Get your daily dose of helpful, useful tips to save you time and money. Check back for a new tip every weekday.
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Learn to take great pictures
This DIY kit by Hewlett-Packard will show you how to make each snapshot picture perfect.
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Tips on traveling with pets
Here are 10 things to help take the stress out of your pet's plane trip, as provided by Kathy Santo, a pet behaviorist, and veterinarian Karen Halligan. Debora Vrana, Special to the Los Angeles Times
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Six ways to be a smarter diabetic
Helen Karakoudas | Dallas Morning News
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Food safety: Take the quiz
Basic food safety is important. Dr. Christine Bruhn, director of the center for food safety research at the University of California, Davis, discusses food safety online at MonkeySee.com. Take this true-or-false quiz based on Bruhn's tips and see how you rate.
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Carving the Bird: Step by Step
Carving the Bird: Step by Step
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How to have a healthier kid
You can't be there at school when they choose the chips and burger over what you packed for lunch, but here are some things you can do to ensure you raise a healthy child.
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Balding? Here are 9 hair-do's and don'ts
Hair loss is partly genetic and partly linked to age, but professional stylists say there are ways to slow down the process — or at least to look less bald.
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5 tips on reducing salt intake
Sodium is something we need in our diets, but most of us eat too much of it. Eating less can help lower some people's blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart disease. Here are five tips to reduce your salt intake. (From WebMD)
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Gadget gifts that won't break the bank
If you're looking for something that is both cool and cheap, skip the bargain ties and perfume bottles and look for something on the personal tech shelf. There are countless hot products — many priced as low $20 — and they're not just for techie geeks.
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5 clues you may be fired
The numbers are out there. U.S. unemployment is now at 6.5 percent, a 14-year record. Another 240,000 jobs left the nation's cities, towns and villages in October, a staggering loss of 1.2 million for a year that is not quite over. Could your job be next? TheLadders.com has compiled a list of five indications an employee could be facing the ax as well as some sturdy advice.
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Tips to help a child who struggles in school
School tips from the Allentown Morning Call
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The hottest video games for the 2008 holiday season
Whether you or your loved one are the casual video game player, a music aficionado, an action-adventure buff, a hardcore first-person shooter fanatic, or an MMORG patriotic citizen -- the 2008 holiday season will satisfy everyone with a virtual buffet. --- jose.moreno@newsday.com
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Get a Halloween costume on the cheap
Gas prices and interest rates are up and the stock market and home values are down. No wonder the thought of plunking down $39.50 for that Disney Tinker Bell Halloween costume is making you feel a little queasy.
We've got the answer: go old-school with our easy make-it-yourself costumes. We've got 10 "one buy" ensembles -- costumes that will probably only require you to purchase one item. Chances are you've got the rest of the materials hanging around your house. -
What to do if you have a common food allergy
FoodAllergy.org says eight foods account for 90 percent of all reactions.
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Tips for e-mail overload
The e-mails that now pour into office inboxes and spill onto BlackBerry devices have left some workers feeling so bogged down with online messages that they can find little time to do anything else. Here are some tips on how to avoid e-mail overload.
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Coping with debt after divorce
By Jessica L. Anderson | Kiplinger's Money Power
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Family saving tips
From Kate Gosselin | TLC
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-- From Kiplinger's Personal Finance
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Rating the cereals
In a study released on Oct. 1, Consumer Reports reported that there's as much sugar in Kellogg's Honey Smacks and 10 other cereals as in one Dunkin' Donuts glazed doughnut. Take this quiz to see if you can pick out the good and bad cereals.
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Best and worst cities for men in 2008
Mens Health examined 100 U.S. cities, rating them in health, habitat and fitness.
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Not sure if you're unknowingly blowing your chances at scoring your dream job? Here are 10 red flags to be wary of during your next job hunt.
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Check out some of the 2009 Flex-Fuel SUVs
Click here for a complete list of 2009 model E85-friendly cars, trucks and SUVs.
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Follow these safety tips if you need to talk while driving
AAA offers these tips to cell phones and driving
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10 tips for an earth-friendly lunch box
Story by --Amanda Klarsfeld, special correspondent
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How to earn a bigger paycheck
Many workers today feel they deserve a move up the corporate ladder. But they don't necessarily have to land a promotion to start earning more. Showcasing talents, and acquiring a few more, will leverage a workers worth and allow them to move up the career ladder. Here are a few steps from Bankrate.com that could result in collecting a bigger paycheck.
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- July 16, 2008
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What to include in your hurricane kit
Emergency managers recommend these basics for disaster preparedness
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