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Sandra Bullock’s acceptance speech

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I We all love Sandra Bullock! She gave a great speech at the Oscars last night when she accepted the best actress award
I also loved the movie, Blind Side, for which she got the award. The movie is still playing in some theaters and is SOOOO worth watching

Being audited? Maybe your ex told on you!

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Fascinating article from CNN money about IRS rewarding people who tell on their exes/bosses/aquaintances and such to the IRS
Here are some highlights from the article
The Program
The IRS’s informant program has been around for more than 140 years. If you suspect a person is committing tax fraud and report it, you could receive up to 15% [...]

New penny is coming out

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MSN money has an article about a new penny coming out.
The U.S. Mint has changed the design for the reverse — or “tails” — side of the 2010 Lincoln Cent, which entered circulation on Feb. 11
The article also talks about an anti-penny group, as well as a pro-penny movements and penny’s importance for [...]

Five cities you can afford, and five you can’t

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CNN money has a rating of top 5 least expensive cities and top 5 most expensive cities
Three Ohio cities made the list of most affordable. Time to move?

Mattel: making geeks cool

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Mattel’s Barbie doll is taking on new carriers: first as a news anchor and then… as a computer engineer! Read more here
She wears black leggings and a T-shirt with a binary-code pattern on it
(I so own a t-shirt that says things in binary)
And you can look at the new Barbies here
I might need to get [...]

Siena to receive $2M grant

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Siena college is scheduled to receive a $2 million federal grant for their science department. Read the story here
As a proud alumna, I say congrats Siena!
If that’s not enough to make you all warm and fuzzy about the school check out our latest seen from Siena v Iona game.

Pain at the pump on the rise – again

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Oil market analysts say $3 gas is a matter of when, not if. Read the story here. Are you feeling more pain at the pump? And if so, what, if anything are you doing to soften the blow?

Collect rewards with your debit card

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Nope, that’s not an error. We usually think of rewards programs when we’re talking about credit cards. However, I just saw a story today from Smart Money that discusses the growth of debit card rewards programs. This growth is in response to a decrease in consumer credit-card use and an increase in debit-card [...]