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• Financial fears trickle down to kids
When her husband lost his job as a mortgage underwriter at failed IndyMac Bank this July, one of the hardest moments for Jill Hofknecht was telling her 5-year-old daughter she couldn't have a pet hamster. All the accoutrements that the little rodent ...
• When you are denied health insurance
Reassured that there was nothing medically wrong, Ruess quickly put the problem out of her mind and didn't even bother to fill the prescription for the birth control pills her doctor had given her to regulate her cycle. Even though there was a ...
• Football frenzy, surfing sensation, misery for Cubs fans, and more.
... was one of the big reasons the team fell apart for the second season in a row and lost the N.L East crown to Philadelphia so it makes sense that GM Omar Minaya will make it a priority this off-season, especially since closer Billy Wagner won't be ...
• Crisis aside, many face other economic woes
Lisa Holt Johnson isn’t worried about the financial crisis on Wall Street; she’s too busy worrying about the financial crisis in her own home. Johnson, 43 and a single mother with two kids, makes $9.25 an hour working in property management in ...
• Lying about your age? A computer can tell
How well can you hide your age? Computer scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a software program that estimates age based solely on someone’s facial appearance, suggesting that in the near future you won’t ...