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12 Steps Before You Sign The Deed On A New Home
In the hunt for the perfect house, it's easy to get swept away by a home's most charming details (a gracious front porch) and play down the important stuff you'll be kicking yourself for later (the...
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New Yorkers Discover The Benefits Of Giving Up Booze
NEW YORK CITY—In a city where it sometimes seems booze is the center of social life, these New Yorkers tried going dry—and found sobriety suited them.For many New Yorkers like Lynn Settlow, a...
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QUIZ: How Much Do You Really Know About Money?
April is Financial Literacy Month, and if there's one thing we know for sure, it's that educating Americans about how to manage their money can't start early enough.In a recent survey of international...
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Three Japanese Whiskeys You Should Definitely Try
As we begin to "discover" Japanese whisky, we immediately thirst for more, seeking out new brands and older expressions. We're the Captain Kirks of whisky drinkers, venturing into darkness. While the...
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9 Hotel Fees That Are Becoming Obnoxiously Common
A couple of weeks ago, we recapped hospitality expert Bjorn Hanson's interview with Skift.com on hotel fees to watch out for in 2013. It got us thinking: What else are hotels charging for these days?...
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A Proposed Law Could Raise NYC's Legal Smoking Age To 21
CITY HALL — Eighteen-year-old New Yorkers could soon be able to drive, vote and serve in the military — but be forbidden from lighting up.City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced Monday morning...
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4 Secret Restaurant Orders That Will Save You Money
Despite the harsh realities of fast food that have surfaced thanks to books like “Fast Food Nation,” documentaries like “Super Size Me” and the infamous behind-the-scenes peek at “pink slime,”...
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Chinese Student Spends $1.5 Million On A 2-Year, 150-Country Vacation
When VeryFirstTo.com launched their £1m ($1.5 million) holiday last month, many dismissed it as a typical PR stunt. Indeed, even the company offering it never expected anyone to take them up on the...
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How One Writer Manages To Survive In Manhattan On $1,000/Month
Making it on a budget in New York is never easy, what with the fun rents, high public transportation costs and that damn $5 beer.But one writer’s been able to survive in Manhattan for $1,000 a month,...
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Time To Weigh The Real Pros And Cons Of Online Grocery Shopping
Your shopping cart looks full. Skim milk? Check. Bananas? Check. Candy? Shoot—you forgot the chocolate bars! Thankfully, there's no need to create a stir at a checkout line if you need your sugar...
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There's A Little-Known Way To Get In Free To Hundreds Of US Museums
Summer vacation season is right around the corner, but with sequestration cutting hours and reducing services at many national parks, it's getting harder to find a low-cost, educational place to take...
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Gourmet Coffeeshop Discovered In North Korea
Curious coffee lovers now have a reason to visit North Korea.Pyongyang is home to a hip new coffeeshop serving "third wave" coffee -- a buzzword that marks a recent generation of specialty and...
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How To Book A Table At An Impossible-To-Get-Into Restaurant
This post originally appeared on Fathom.Dear Fathom: I travel for the food. And I can't stand hearing, "we're booked" when I call for a reservation: I only have two nights in London and I want to eat...
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Hamptons Home Prices Plummet After A Busy Winter
If the Hamptons real estate market celebrated the end of last year with a boom — as high-end homebuyers rushed to complete deals before capital gains tax rates spiked at the start of 2013 — then the...
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10 Things All Men Should Add To Their Wardrobes After College
Justin Jeffers is the editor of The Fine Young Gentleman. For some, graduation is only a few weeks away.Whether that's a good thing or bad thing is unimportant — it's inevitable.For some guys that...
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10 Places You Should Go While They're Still Cheap
It's a fact almost every traveler faces: The world is bigger than our wallets are deep.And while there are plenty of tricks for squeezing the most out of every vacation dollar, one of the simplest...
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You Could Be Having A Great Life In Penang, Malaysia
George Town, Penang, MalaysiaThough few people have heard of Penang today, it once ranked among the most opulent destinations in the world.Ceded to the British East India Company in 1786, Penang was a...
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6 Signs You're Ready To Retire Early
No. 1: You are emotionally ready to quit workingBoth the big picture and the fine details of your financial and emotional states are important to consider when assessing your readiness for early...
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Sam's Club Vs. Costco: Which Is The Best Wholesaler For Your Wallet?
I’ve been trying to decide whether I should renew my membership to my local discount warehouse club.Now that I no longer have kids in diapers (hallelujah!) and don’t have any plans to buy a flat-screen...
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You're Already Rich –– Here's How To Keep It That Way
Most people believe that striking it rich will instantly solve all their financial problems forever. Yet as rich people know all too well, it can be just as hard to hang onto your wealth as it was to...
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