Americans Are Still Traveling This Thanksgiving, Just Not Very Far
Holiday travel will bring increased traffic to the American highways this Thanksgiving weekend. However, with many families still simply trying to operate day-to-day on shoestring budgets, people are...
View ArticleYour Official Guide to When Stores Will Open on Black Friday
There is hardly any such thing as Black Friday anymore. With numerous retailers, like Walmart, opening their doors to holiday bargain addicts as early as 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving, other retailers must...
View ArticleHoliday Shopping Now Starts Before Black Friday or Cyber Monday — Dollars and...
While some fanatical Black Friday and Cyber Monday shoppers are already at the gates waiting to assault the holiday-shopping season with their fearsome craving for stuff, some retail analysts say the...
View ArticleTarget Has Better Deals Than Walmart on Thanksgiving Meal Kits — Dollars and...
If you are still trying to figure out where to get the best deal on this year’s Thanksgiving dinner, industry analysts say that Target, not Walmart, is your best bet for coming in under $50. In fact,...
View ArticleHow Many Calories Are in Your Thanksgiving Dinner?
We heard the average gluttonous American will consume some 4,500 calories this Thanksgiving Day, according to the Calorie Control Council. However, that statistic may be a bit exaggerated—unless your...
View ArticleBest Buy Will Try Not to Ruin Christmas Again This Year
Last year, Best Buy made a bunch of their customers angry when they were unable to fill the orders taken on Black Friday and Cyber Monday due to a lack of inventory. The company then failed to make its...
View ArticleWhere to Find the Best Thanksgiving and Black Friday Deals
Holiday shoppers have been sharpening their skills for weeks in anticipation of all the Thanksgiving and Black Friday deals that are schedule to go down before most holiday dinners are even digested....
View ArticleWoman Sells Her Kidney, Lung, Corneas, Liver to Pay the Rent
When times get hard, it sometimes becomes necessary to unload valuable possessions as a means for getting over the hump, so to speak. However, when financial desperation forces you to sell your...
View ArticleFacebook Can Now Help You Get a Job
Don’t just update your status—update your résumé. Facebook has just released a Social Jobs App that will allow people to search job listings from a multitude of sites like Monster and DirectEmployers....
View ArticleFDA Finds Mice, Roaches and Gnats in Your Airline Food
You might want to stick with the sealed bag of peanuts, after an investigation by the Food and Drug Administration recently discovered the presence of mice, ants and roaches in airline food. According...
View ArticleWhat Are the Most Common Places to Find Germs in a Restaurant?
For many of us, Thanksgiving dinner takes place at the dining room table. But if your family’s tradition involves going to local restaurant instead, you should understand the risk factors involved in...
View ArticleJob Market for College Graduates Is Improving — Dollars and Sense
Good news for college students: the job market is starting to look a little brighter, with 5 percent more employment opportunities predicted for new college graduates this year, according to a recent...
View ArticleWoman Calls the Cops on Salvation Army Bell Ringer
Last week, one woman decided she had finally heard enough of the Salvation Army’s incessant charity bells. “I listen to this for 200 hours a year,” said Sarah Hamilton-Parker, who claims she listens to...
View ArticleToyota Recalls 160,000 Tacoma Pickup Trucks
Toyota announced over the weekend that it plans to recall about 160,000 Tacoma mid-size pickup trucks due to an issue that could result in the spare tire falling off. The recall affects model years...
View ArticleBullying Can Lead to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Bullying does not have to result in suicide for it to have serious, long-term effects. A recent study published in the Journal of Adolescent Psychology discovered that nearly 33 percent of all bullying...
View ArticleTexas Battles High Tuition Costs With Controversial Degree Program — Dollars...
Lawmakers in Texas are exploring affordable-education options for people under the financial hammer of the nation’s exploding tuition rates. The most controversial option is a bachelor’s degree for...
View ArticleThree New Kinds of Quarter Pounders Are On the Way
McDonald's seems to be following the old "toss enough stuff at the walls and see what sticks" adage, as the burger chain recently announced that it will be testing three new variations of its infamous...
View ArticleFive States Set to Expand Classroom Hours by 300 Hours
Earlier this week, five states announced plans to add a minimum of 300 extra hours to molding young minds in the classroom next year in hopes of strengthening the American student performance....
View ArticleYou Should Probably Stop Running Marathons — They Might Kill You
You know that friend of yours, the one who’s really into running? He might actually be running himself right into an early grave: new research has discovered that too much exercise can be bad for your...
View ArticleOur Biggest Nightmare Came True — It is Raining Ghost Bones in the UK
The castle made famous by Bram Stoker’s 1897 gothic horror novel ‘Dracula’ has been terrorizing it's neighboring residents in Whitby, North Yorkshire with a shower of human bones -- a recent landslide...
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