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Credit Card Consolidation Help ? Bankruptcy Isn?t the Answer Combining the amounts of previously existing debt into a single loan is a process referred to as debt consolidation. The program’s goal is to make it easier on the borrower to set aside a specific and most likely quite large amount of money to pay off [...]

McAfee points out cyber-criminals’ likely targets McAfee Labs released its annual “Threat Predictions” on Tuesday, highlighting online vulnerabilities that cyber-criminals are likely to target in the coming year. They include URL shortening services like bit.ly, social… Read more on San Francisco Chronicle Jan. 5 last day to pay property taxes on time The final day [...]

Hate your gift card? Swap it for a store you like CNN Wire—Gift cards continue to top the list of most requested presents this holiday season. But what if you don’t like the one you get? Read more on The Morning Call Bulls Charge Into Visa, PetroBras, Watson Pharma The credit card company surges in [...]

Newspapers, Schools, Breaking News, Sports, Weather, Alabama, Pelham, Alabaster, Calera, Hoover, Birmingham -Miscellaneous information from County Road 47 and Chelsea Corners Shopping Center (parking lot, garage). Recovered were 10.5 Baclofen 20-milligram pills. Read more on The Shelby County Reporter The Billion Blizzard? One estimate says that’s the cost to retailers, but is it exaggerated? Read [...]

Amex credit card holders face £36 annual fee Tens of thousands of American Express cardholders will be hit with a new £36 annual fee for their credit cards because the company is moving them to new cards without their consent. Read more on AFP Telegraph Finance News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance Possible credit [...]

Crazy Crimes of 2010: From naked in the wrong house to being chased by CIA Crime is not normally something to make light of. But every year a handful of local arrests stand out because they’re either amusing or bizarre — and sometimes both. Here are highlights from Southwest Florida’s offbeat crime in 2010. Read [...]

Possible credit card fraud reported Sunshine Coast RCMP are warning the public about possible credit card fraud. On Dec. 6, a Gibsons resident alerted police to the possible fraud after the resident had received what appeared to be notices of parcel claim from Canada Post in their mail box. Read more on Coast Reporter Possible [...]

Tacoma hit by early morning snow TACOMA, Wash. — Residents in Tacoma woke up to a white blanket of snow. Around 3 a.m., the snow started coming down in the PierceCounty community The snow showers lasted for about an hour. DOT camera showed the heavy flakes coming down along State Route 16. “It’s exciting,” said Micha Robertson [...]

Elizabeth Warren starts shaping consumer protection agency Elizabeth Warren, special adviser to the president, is trying to help shake things up as she puts together the nation’s first federal consumer protection agency. Read more on Courier-Post Champlin police institute Shop with a Cop program; Local youth go holiday shopping for families Is it better to [...]

Possible credit card fraud reported Sunshine Coast RCMP are warning the public about possible credit card fraud. On Dec. 6, a Gibsons resident alerted police to the possible fraud after the resident had received what appeared to be notices of parcel claim from Canada Post in their mail box. Read more on Coast Reporter Hate [...]