Electricity doesn't cost the same no matter what time of the day use it. Depending on your utility provider, electricity prices can go up and down depending on how much demand there is at any given time. If it's hot muggy weather the way it's been this summer, and if everyone's using their air condi
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For most families, groceries are a biggie when it comes to the family budget. The average family according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, spends about an eighth of the family income on food. And as the prices of wheat, corn and other staples rise, you can only expect that by this time next year,
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If you caught the opening scenes on The Social Network, you probably know that people can get rich studying how cold or warm the weather will get the following year and then speculating on energy. Well, the weather last winter certainly was unseasonably cold; and summer this year has been unseasonab
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To people who love their dog, pet ownership isn't about having a little fun with a cute little puppy for as long as it holds your interest and then forgetting about it. As it becomes evident to anyone who polls dog owners for the bond they enjoy with their pet, dogs really do become a member of the
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People seem to be on some kind of trip these days trying to find ways to save on gas. If they catch the slightest slope on the road, they'll switch the engine off and coast at a crawling pace for as long as they can without getting honked at; when they do drive with the engine running, they will dri
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If you ever wondered what good statistics were, consider the following piece of info - in America, every household wastes or throws away at least 25% of the food bought every week. When you count other places that handle food - farms, stores and restaurants, that figure goes up to 40%. Not only is t
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