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One little change in how you talk to your kids can help them be more successful.

It's so simple, but a lot of people have no idea it's even a thing.

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The Evolutionary Psychology of “Above and Beyond”

Turning

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These Private Student Loans Can Be Easily Discharged in Bankruptcy

In my recent article and research on the discharge of Sallie Mae and private student loans, here, I ...

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Top 10 Reasons You Should Stop Paying Your Unaffordable Private Student Loan

Right now if you have federal student loans there are good options to help lower or eliminate your m...

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Is There Anyway to Get Out From Under My Navient Student Loans?

Question: Dear Steve, I was young and dumb and didn't have any financial help with college. I took out student loans to support my education. After 2 years, I was supposed to be able to get instate

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Association manager tells directors what to say and how to vote during board meetings

Question: Our homeowner association manager inserts herself into board meetings, then controls what goes on. Three majority board directors are responsible for hiring her; together they dominate operations and association finances for over 650 units. With

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If you’re 30% through your life, you’re likely 90% through your best relationships

Your remaining face time with any person depends largely on where that person falls on your list of life priorities.

This is trippy and puts a lot into perspective.

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15 Worst States for Retirement

Choosing the best place to retire is a personal decision. But an examination of some of the objective factors that matter to retirees, in particular those tied to safety and economic security, can help you narrow the options

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The Claim: People Don't Want Economic Equality

A Yale psychologist argues that fairness matters more to us than equality.

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Group Gives Wracked Veterans Custom Homes, and Independence

In Ben Tomlinson’s house, the stove, cabinets and countertops lower with the push of a button. He can control the lights, temperature and sound system in one place.

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How This 26-Year-Old Los Angeles Artist Became a Periscope Celebrity

Amanda Oleander has made a business out of sharing her life live in real time with complete strangers. The 26-year-old Los Angeles-based artist is one of the first celebrities on Periscope, the mobile live streaming app. Oleander has more than half a mill

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What ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ Would Cost Now

The gifts in the song are priced at 6 cents more than last year, unless you shop online.

A fascinating way to measure the state of our economy - wages have been stagnant for two years for skilled labor, they have been stagnant for 6 years for unskilled labor, and gold prices are not as volatile as the market.

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5 Ways to Give Better Gifts This Year

Research-based tips for giving that makes recipients happier, and for longer.

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There Will Be A Full Moon On Christmas For The First Time In Decades

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5 Marketing Tips to Help Your Small Business Grow

Running a small business can be hard and it can be even harder to get that small business up off the ground.

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Are they the world’s most relaxed moms? What we can all learn from the Dutch.

Part-time work options, flexibility to just be kids, very little social pressure all add up to happy kids, relaxed parents.

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Notable Children’s Books of 2015

The best in picture books, middle grade and young adult fiction and nonfiction, selected by the children’s books editor of The New York Times Book Review.

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USC's Insanely Opulent Off-Campus Housing is a Big Money Pit

Image via The Lorenzo Prolific developer Geoff Palmer has a lot of similarly set-up fauxtalian fortresses scattered around Downtown, but the most outlandishly lavish one is a model that...

Great - This guy just reinforced the stereotype of "University of Spoiled Children"

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Inside The California Desert Community Where Societal Rules Do Not Apply

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Lew: MyRA the 'stepping-stone' to savings

Social Security was never intended to be a sole source of retirement income, and unfortunately, for more and more hard-working families, the old paradigm feels lost as they approach retirement without a defined benefit pension or significant personal savi

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T-Mobile turns to customers to improve its network

T-Mobile is giving customers mini-cellphone towers to put in homes and businesses

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Nonprofits take tips on collaboration from startups

Shared goals — yes, honey, darling — of course I promise that I will do some cooking, shopping, day care, change the diapers — clearly the stuff for a successful marriage. Forgive me while I take out the trash, but it turns out this mantra also work

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Angry Graduate Just Wrote This Letter To His University. It's Hard Not To Agree With Him.

I'm sorry to hear that the university's $750 million endowment has fallen in value to $500 million

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The Economist ranked colleges for the first time using an unusual method

The Economist just released its first college rankings, but the results aren't just another list of elite schools you've seen before.

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The 12 Best Gifts For Every Host For Under $50

It can be difficult knowing what to bring to dinner or a weekend visit to somebody’s home. The seasoned hostess, after all, won’t want the same thing as a set of frazzled new parents with a finicky infant. Here, gifts for every sort of host (for $50 o

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5 Signs Your Third Eye Is Opening

Subscribe: Since ancient times, the third eye had been revered by all kinds of cultures. Today, we know it as the pineal gland, but it is still called the third eye in the spiritual realm. The third eye is viewed as a spiritual sign representing our capab

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24 Eternally Beautiful Stones And Minerals - Expanded Consciousness

Photo Above: Sunset Fire Opal Minerals are always so fascinating. Containing complex compositions that create stunning gemstones. A mineral is a “naturally occurring substance that is solid and inorganic representable by a chemical formula, and has

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Preparing for Retirement with a Disabled Child

The latest news and headlines from Yahoo! News. Get breaking news stories and in-depth coverage with videos and photos.

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Australian comedian perfectly sums up why other countries think US gun laws are crazy

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Instagram for Nonprofits Infographic | MobileCause

Increase awareness using our Instagram for nonprofits infographic. Learn Instagram tips and best practices to promote your cause and drive more donations.

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Woman’s Perfect PSA To People Who Ask ‘When Are You Having Kids?'

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How Your City Influences Your Spending

In many ways, geography is consumer destiny. Government data show distinct spending priorities, some rather mysterious, in the 18 metro areas that it tracks — regional personalities of conspicuous (and everyday) consumption.

Very interesting.

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What People Buy Where

Who knew that nonalcoholic beer was so big in San Diego?

Who knew that non alcoholic beer is huge in San Diego, especially since we are the biggest city for craft breweries in the nation.

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A DIY Stain Remover That Works On Everything

Through trial and error I found a concoction of things I already had in my home that I used to make a great DIY stain remover that worked on years-old stains!

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Bestselling Book Promises Kids Will Fall Asleep at Bedtime

The book is being hailed by parents as a lifesaver at bedtime.

What a great idea.

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Etsy Ends its Witch Hunt

It was a sad day shortly following Beltane when the wit…

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7 Questions To Ask Your Parents Before They Die

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Resilience Is Futile: How Well-Meaning Nonprofits Perpetuate Poverty

Two years ago, I was hired as a campaign coordinator for a community initiative in South L.A. I got the job because I’d been an organizer for labor unions, and I was eager and thrilled. I’d be coordinating The Belong Campaign, part of a nonprofit fund

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Five apps for getting rid of smartphone clutter

If your phone is starting to seem like an overstuffed closet, clean it up with one of these apps.

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Rent or own: Where can you afford to live?

Buy? Rent? Move? How much house you can afford depends a lot on where you live. Enter your household income and other factors to see where you can afford the mortgage payment on a median-priced house or the rent on a typical two-bedroom apartment.

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10 Simple Postures That Boost Performance - PsyBlog

Psychological research suggests simple actions can project power, persuade others, increase empathy, boost cognitive performance and more...

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Hawaii To Convert Retired Buses Into Fleet Of Mobile Homeless Shelters, Showers

Telling a homeless person to “hit the road” could soon be a good thing in Hawaii. Group 70 International, a Honolulu-based architecture company, is working on retrofitting five retired

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The Price Must Always Be Right: Cell Phone City’s Top 5 Apps for Price Comparison - CellPhoneCity Blog

Here are our top 5 apps for price comparison!

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They Put A Pre-School In A Nursing Home, And It Changed Everyone's Lives

I'll never look at a nursing home the same way again.

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Women escape to backyard She Sheds

Men have their caves, and now women have their sheds.

Brilliant! I definitely want one when I have a big enough yard.

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How To Tell If Someone Is Watching You Through A Two-Way Mirror In 30 Seconds

Many of you might be surprised to find out that there are only 13 states in the USA that legally do NOT allow cameras, or two way mirrors in private places such as dressing rooms, hotel rooms, and even bathrooms. Is your state on the list? South Dakota,

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17 Signs This Mercury Retrograde Is Really F*cking With You

You are actually having an existential crisis right now. It's in progress. You are questioning your entire existence. Nothing is okay.

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12 Things Only Over-Thinkers Understand

Is this you: standing in the middle of the supermarket trying to debate over something as frivolous as a box of rice? If you answered yes, congratulations! You are an over-thinker.

Too true!

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When the Grass is Not Greener: 10 Plant Alternatives to Spruce Up Your Lawn

A well-groomed grass lawn has been the paradigm of a front or backyard for years. Aside from the fact that it becomes boring to see the same carbon copy of a lawn lining your entire block, there is another critical reason to consider breaking the mold. In

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All-Natural Ways to Banish Ants, Mosquitoes, and Spiders. Ewwww... Spiders

Credit: Thinkstock) Spring has sprung and that means it’s time to fling open the windows and doors and enjoy some of that fresh air that’s getting warmer by the day. Credit: Thinkstock) Spiders: Think of peppermint essential oil as an unwelcome mat fo

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The one thing Bill Gates understood immediately but Steve Jobs took 20 years to realize

Bill Gates may have been late to the smartphone game, but there's one thing he understood way...

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8 awesome paid iPhone apps on sale for free today

Our posts on paid iPhone and iPad apps that go on sale for free comprise our most popular recurring series by far. People love taking advantage of limited-time sales on great paid iOS apps, and we’re happy to do our part in eliminating the dozens of

Some of these seem very useful.

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I never realized how dumb our cities are until I saw what a smart one looks like.

There's community and there's commuting. Let's not confuse the two.

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Hands-free smartphone opens worlds for disabled

The winner of a $1m. Verizon Powerful Answers Award, Sesame Enable’s first phones, ordered via Indiegogo, will ship in March

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7 odd inventions that we’ve come to love

From the treadmill desk to the ostrich pillow, we survey the strange things people adore.

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12 Mind-Melting Riddles You Don't Stand A Chance At Solving

Riddle me this, riddle me that, if you can solve all twelve of these riddle without cheating, we'd love to see that.     

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How Indie Bookstores Can Win In The Age Of Amazon

Remember The Shop Around the Corner? The charming children’s bookstore tragically had to close its doors in 1998 after Fox Books -- a big box store with lattés, low prices and unbeatable selection -- ran it out of business. Sure, tha...

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Would You Want to Smell BBQ All the Time?

Communities puzzle over when to regulate odors.

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George Lucas announces plans to build low-income housing in affluent California community

Good for you Mr. Lucus. Having worked in low income housing for families, seniors and the disabled in the Bay Area and seen it's positive affects and the amazing people that it helps it is very much needed and about time in Marin. I wish all people that could donate land and money would do this everywhere.

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The 11:11 Phenomenon - 11:11 Meaning - Pineal Pushups

More From Our Site2015 and What’s In StoreMarch 2015 Astrological aspectsThe Concept of ReincarnationDear Empath, You Are Not AloneKissed by The Great...

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A 'Golden Girls' Lego Set? Yes, We Need This

With votes, a fan-created

I haven't played with Legos for years but I would buy this set! Vote Yes!

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5 Unusual Ways to Use WD-40

—Michael Franco WD-40 is a utility shelf staple. You probably know it as your go-to solution for squeaky hinges and rust prevention, but it’s so much more! Inside the familiar blue-and-yellow can is a secret blend of lubricants with anticorrosion, wat

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2 Strategies for Buying a Home When You're in Debt

Are you unsure whether to put more money toward paying off other debts or your upcoming down payment? Here's how to figure out the best strategy.

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I Got Shipped to California to Date Tech Guys

Five days with the great single-girl airlift from NYC to SF.

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5 Items to Remove From Your Life Right Now - OMTimes

If there is clutter in your home or apartment, the energy can't flow: the same way blood won't flow if there is a “clot” in a vein.

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Tips To Prevent And Correct Signs of Aging - OMTimes

Increasingly, both men and women have anxiety about aging, but the good news is that science has developed natural tools to help us look younger longer.

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Lazy Cleaning Tricks for a Spotless Home

Struggling to find the time -- nay, the motivation -- to get all your chores done? Well, you might want to sit down for this news: You can get it all done hardly using any energy at all and without sacrificing any of your home's cleanliness....

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6 Spring Plants You Can't Kill (Unless You Really, Really Try)

Unfortunately, there’s no such thing as a no-maintenance garden, says Julie Moir Messervy, a Vermont-based landscape designer and owner of Julie Moir Messervy Design Studio. Photo: Bill Sumner, from Landscaping Ideas that Work (Taunton Press) Still, if

For people like me with a brown thumb this is helpful to know.

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IKEA’s Worst Products, According to Its Customers

Despite IKEA’s notoriously confusing assembly instructions and maze-like store layout, you can find some home-furnishing deals there that you just can’t find anywhere else. Here are eight IKEA products shoppers say you should steer clear of. 1. ALGOT

Good to know!

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The Seasons of Life

How the season of our birth may affect our behavior and health by caralynn

No wonder I am a Night Owl!

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5 reasons to beware of autopaying bills

Last year, his natural gas was turned off because expected automated payments were not made, a canceled subscription kept getting paid and another canceled service automatically renewed itself.

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Never Take Another Shadowy Portrait

There is one time when you should turn on the flash, and it might sound crazy: When you’re taking pictures of people on a bright, sunny day. Here’s the problem: The camera “reads” the scene and concludes that there’s tons of sunlight. But it’s

So very helpful!

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Salvation Army puts #thedress in a new light with powerful domestic violence ad

Very clever and never so more true than now! I think they should hang these billboards in Football stadiums.

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The Worst States to Grow Old In

The U.S. elderly population has grown exponentially in recent decades. The number of Americans 65 and older grew from 35 million in 2000 to 41.4 million in 2011 and to an estimated 44.7 million in 2013. This trend is expected to continue as members of the

Spoiler Alert - Do not live in most of the South.

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Photographer Documents Days In The Life Of Elderly Women Living Alone In NYC

Fantastic!

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$20,000 Homes Created By Students Could Help Fix Rural America's Affordable Housing Crisis

Students at Auburn University may be turning their home-building expertise into real-world housing market solutions. Since 1993, the university's Rural Studio design workshop has allowed students to ditch the comforts of campus and head to the sta...

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I hired an Etsy witch to cast a sex spell on my marriage

And it (kind of) worked.

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Native American Zodiac Signs & Their Meaning

Native American animal symbols can encompass just about all the animals, and their symbolic representation to the many tribes of the Americas. To narrow down

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4 Credit Fixes That Actually Work (That Nobody Uses)

If your credit report has mistaken, don't become just another statistic and don't stop fighting. Here are four unconventional tactics you can use to stick it to the credit man and get the results you want....

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These 21st Century Harem Portraits Break All The Rules

In his landmark book, Orientalism, the late scholar Edward Said wrote of

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A Millennial Caregiver

I never thought I would be a caregiver at my age. But let’s face it, we usually don’t have a choice.

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What Disney Princess Are You Based On Your Zodiac Sign

Let’s take a look at what Disney princess resembles your zodiac sign the closest.

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Yes, My Lip Balm Has Weed In It

Goodwitch, an underground, all-organic, weed-laced wellness brand is making waves in New York City's fashion scene.

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Is your book a self-published masterpiece?

We've chosen our first self-published book of the month. Now we want more, and to champion the best. Please send us your finest work

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Southern California museums to go free on Jan. 31

Many of the biggest museums around Southern California will offer free general admission to the public for one day only on Saturday, Jan. 31, as part of the 10th annual 

Awesome!

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All the Men You'll Meet on the Way to That Feminist Boyfriend

I'm all for dating feminist, loving feminist, marrying feminist, and all variations therein. But when men are as varied in their approach to the concept of feminism as women are, what does a feminist boyfriend actually look like?

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What Message Do Your Gifts Send?

Giving gifts can bolster your connection, or lead to awkward moments.

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With the holidays coming up, many of us are meeting relatives from our extended family. When they explain how they're related, some of the terms are confusing. This chart gives you an easy guide.

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15 Christmas Commercials You Probably Forgot About

The holidays are when commercials get awesome! - Is Christmas too commercial? Who cares? Just enjoy these ads of Christmas past. #commerci...

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The Math Behind the Hipster Effect

Why everyone who wants to look different ends up looking the same, according to math.

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5 Financial Secrets Of People Who Retire Young

SPECIAL FROM Grandparents.com The average American retires at age 62 according to an April Gallup poll, but even in a low-interest economic environment, it may be possible to quit working sooner. Check out these tips for getting your financial hou...

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This Stain Removal Database Will Change Your Life. Trust Us.

We gave you the secret to removing red wine stains from your upholstery, but as you gear up to spend more time indoors, there are a number of other things bound to meet an unfortunate end on your beloved sofa. Lucky for you, the textile experts a...

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12 Common Symbols in Dreams and What They Mean

Anna Hunt, Waking Times | “The dream is a little hidden door in the innermost and most secret recesses of the soul,…

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The Best Possible Day

If you are dying, how do you want to spend your time? The answer is not always obvious.

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The Only 15 Netflix Hacks You’ll Ever Need

This article originally appeared in Vulture. Netflix has changed the way we rent movies, making a large library of films and television series available at the touch of a button. But are you getting the most out of your Netflix subscription? With this col

I was able to make some really great changes.