IRS Offers Top 10 Tax-Time Tips, The income tax filing season has begun and important tax documents should be arriving in your mailbox. you can make tax time easier on yourself with an early start. Top 10 tips to ensure a smooth tax-filing process and Do you need to File a Tax Return

‘Gameover’ Malware Targets Bank Accounts, A new phishing scheme involves spam e-mails aimed at accessing recipients’ bank accounts.
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U.S. Debt, Where does our national debt come from? facts about reducing our national debt is how we accumulated so much in the first place. Full Story

U.S. Long-Term Rating Lowered On Political Risks; Rating Actions on Government Bonds and Related Credit Implications Full Story

Use of Toxic Acid Puts Millions at Risk, Some 16 million Americans live in the potential path of a toxic chemical used at 50 refineries, despite a safer alternative. An epidemic of breakdowns and fires has insiders fearing a calamity. Oil industry documents filed with the federal government reveal that an accidental release of a lethal chemical could prove devastating, with Americans living within range of toxic plumes Full Story

Inflation In economics, increases in the level of prices. Inflation is generally thought of as an inordinate rise in the general level of prices. Four theories are commonly used to explain inflation, Full Story

The Energy Guide Label
If you’ve shopped for appliances, you’ve seen the bright yellow EnergyGuide label. Revised so it’s easier to use
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Free Trial Offers Were Anything But Free
According to the FTC, an internet marketing scheme has raked in more than $450 million by promoting "free" offers and then charging people recurring fees for products and services they didn't order. The FTC bring charges against 10 companies, also Telemarketing Travel Fraud Full Story

America’s most popular baby names for 2011. The thirteenth year in a row Jacob tops the list for boys and the first year for Sophia, who knocks Isabella to number two after a two-year stint
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'Safety-First' Playgrounds Linked to Bored, Inactive Kids. Review of daycares suggests many preschoolers play less now, but safety experts support newer equipment
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Is Your Relationship Healthy?, Possible warning signs of a bad relationship. A relationship doesn't have to be plagued by physical abuse to be unhealthy. Emotional abuse can take an enormous toll on your physical and emotional health. more details

Facebook Settles FTC Charges That It Deceived Consumers, The social networking has agreed to settle that it deceived consumers by telling them they could keep their information on Facebook private, and then repeatedly allowing it to be shared and made public. Details

Preventing Drug Shortages, President Obama signed an Executive Order directing the FDA to take action to reduce and prevent drug shortages. FDA's Approach to Shortages, Pending Legislation, Key Facts about Drug Shortages and related stories Full Stories

Preventing Suicide, Each year, more than 34,000 suicides occur in the U.S. Learn more about preventing suicides. Full Story

Loneliness Linked to Sleepless Nights, Loneliness can be harmful to a person's sleep and health, according to a new study Full Story

Creation of Earth's Oceans, Astronomers have found a new cosmic source for the same kind of water that appeared on Earth billions of years ago and created the oceans. Full Story

Pet Onwers maybe Harming Thousands of Pets. Data Reveals Well-Intended Pet Owners Unknowingly Poisoning Their Pets. Full Story, also see
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B vitamins may modestly boost memory, Older adults who took vitamin B12 and folic acid supplements for two years had greater improvements on short- and long-term memory tests Details
 

When a Cold Won't Go Away, Full Story. The flu season, usually from fall through early spring. each year 5 to 20 percent of the population get the flu, more than 200,000 people are hospitalized from flu-related complications, and and average of 23,600 die
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Poorer Women More Likely to Die From Breast Cancer, Less-affluent women now face a greater risk of dying from breast cancer than wealthier patients, a new American Cancer Society report finds.
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Child Sexual Abuse Warning Signs, If you’re worried that your child is being sexually abused, look for the following possible warning signs,
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Math learning disability, Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have discovered that the innate ability to estimate quantities is impaired in children who have a math learning disability. details

One-Third of Children Fall Out of the Middle Class as Adults, Downward Mobility from the Middle Class: Waking Up from the American Dream, a new report from Pew’s Economic, identifies which groups of Americans are falling out of the middle class as adults Learn more

Daylight Saving Time (DST) is a widely used system that adjusts the official local time forward from the official standard time during summer months Full Story

The game of Canasta
Canasta is said to have originated in Uruguay, around 1940. From there it spread throughout the world. It was extremely fashionable in the 1950's, threatening for a while to displace Contract Bridge as the premier card game.
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Vincent van Gogh, Dutch post-impressionist artist best known painting The Starry Night, more


Pablo Picasso (1881/1973) painter, sculptor and graphic artists more