By ANTONIO VENEGAS / Friday, Jan. 30, 2015 / Cronkite News* At halftime of the Game of Honor, a pushup contest broke out on the Shadow Mountain High School football field between a member of the Wounded Warriors and player from the NFL Alumni of Arizona team. The soldier, a veteran with one arm, crushed… Read More
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Your insurance company says “Let us handle it”, but should you?
Waiting For Insurance To Pay Medical Bills Can Make Your Credit Report Sick Your credit report is supposed to be a predictor of how likely you are to pay back a debt, but medical debt may be making you appear, inaccurately, to be a worse credit risk than you really are. How prevalent is the… Read More
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13-year-old invents Lego Braille printer
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A 17-year-old Boy Scout helps homeless veterans with vision problems
Homeless veterans get free eye exams, glasses. by Betty Reid, The Republic | on azcentral.com (Photo: Betty Reid/The Republic) Ray Sutton peered through a pair of used eyeglasses and attempted to read the print on the “Military Spouse” magazine he picked up at a homeless shelter in Phoenix Saturday. An eye doctor and an army… Read More
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Year End Moves to Trim 2014 Taxes
No one wants to pay more taxes than they have to, so use these five strategies to lower the size of the check you write to Uncle Sam next April. 1. Pay Bills Early If you itemize, pay bills early to increase your deductions. Pay your January 2015 mortgage payment and your 2015 property taxes… Read More
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The Holidays… gratifying or a groan?
Decorating the yard for Christmas in shorts and sandals is nothing less than awesome but it does very little for your holiday spirit. Don’t get me wrong. I do not miss schlepping through a foot of snow with a frigid metal ladder over my shoulder only to dangle from the icy railing to attach a… Read More
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Real Estate as an IRA Investment
If you think the stock market is overvalued, you’ve been disheartened by the relatively low rates of return offered by your traditional fixed income investments or you need to diversify your retirement portfolio, you can open a self-directed Individual Retirement Account (IRA) that invests in real estate. The rules are very strict about what you… Read More
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Serious business, chuckle-worthy safety video.
Accidents are generally not funny, but on more than one occasion I’ve found myself laughing at someone else’s minor misfortune. Common wisdom and probably psychologists would tell you that it’s nerves, but I blame the video industry. Videos have gone viral in minutes by rendering physical pain hysterical. Know what the cause of the #1… Read More
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8 Dangerous Products – Yikes! Everyday a New Recall
Do You Have These Dangerous Products In Your Home? Kidde and Interlogix Smoke and Combination Smoke/CO Alarms Kidde is recalling about 1.2 million home smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. The recalled models are i12010S, il2010SCO and KN-COSM-IB. The model number and manufacture dates are printed on a label on the back of the alarm. The… Read More
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EVERY SIXTY-FIVE MINUTES A VETERAN COMMITS SUICIDE
I was previously unaware of these facts and since reading Sheri’s post, can’t seem to get this out of my mind. With great difficulty Sheri researched and verified the data. I find it disturbing that these numbers are not readily available. Don’t you agree that as a nation we should be ashamed of not addressing,… Read More
