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Time magazine lists the 10 most endangered newspapers... and it's a pretty bleak list. We enjoy quite a few of these fine publications. Save the Minneapolis Star Tribune! They write about Target and Best Buy and are nice to us! [Time]  More »

Writing "Ask For ID" On Your Credit Card Won't Stop Fraud, But It's Still A Good Idea
By Carey Alexander on April 27, 2008 2:55 PM   120 Comments

—>Writing "Ask For ID" on the back of your credit card isn't an unimpeachable guarantee of security, but it could be the last line of defense between you and a fraudulent charge. Invoking perilously flawed logic, the Boston Globe argues: "the cardholder gains nothing by not signing the card or writing in 'See ID' on the signature panel." Let's dismantle this nonsense piece by piece.  More »

The Best Deals Are Not Found On Black Friday
By Carey Alexander on December 30, 2007 4:30 PM   23 Comments

—>Stores offer the steepest discounts the day before Christmas, not on Black Friday. A Boston Globe study found that the orgy of mindless early-morning consumerism is good for cutesy door prizes and savings on one or two items, but provides no discount for the vast majority of surveyed goods.  More »

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