Oct 14, 2009 -
Many unemployed Americans would be happy to have just about any job right now, but that hasn't stopped Money magazine and PayScale.com from ranking the best jobs in the country. Fifty jobs were ranked based on a survey of 35,000 people who ranked their jobs on qualities like intellectual challenge, flexibility, and job security.
The most well-paid positions on the list were not necessarily ranked in the top spots.
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Sep 30, 2009 -
Everyone's favorite guilty pleasure show, The Hills, returned to TV last night for its sixth season. Lauren Conrad may have moved on, but her Laguna Beach classmate Kristin Cavallari proved to be an entertaining addition to the neighborhood. Do you know how much the crew pulls in per episode of the show?
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Sep 24, 2009 -
We've come a long way in actively managing our personal finances, but there are still plenty of Americans laden with consumer debt. Can you guess how much credit card debt the average household is carrying? Take the quiz!
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Sep 18, 2009 -
You've packed everything on your list (and then some) and managed to keep your luggage underweight. But wait, you forgot to pack snacks before leaving the house! You'll have to resort to the in-flight menu to cure your hunger pangs.
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Sep 09, 2009 -
Recent grads have been having a rough go of the recession-ridden real world. They're competing in a reduced job market and facing increased expenses as student loan repayment rears its head, plus interest. Can you guess how much the average college graduate has to pay back in student loans?
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Aug 27, 2009 -
Located at 75 1/2 Bedford St. in Greenwich Village, the narrowest house in NYC is 9 1/2 feet wide and 42 feet long (it's the center home, pictured left). The three-story, 990-square-foot house, once occupied by anthropologist Margaret Mead and poet Edna St.
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Aug 21, 2009 -
It's been five years since Google went public in August 2004, and shareholders who purchased stock early should be more than pleased with their investments. Since the search engine's debut, Google has transformed into an Internet giant that's more than a noun.
Celebrate the company's success (where would you be without it?) by taking a guess at how much the stock has increased in value since it went public.
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Aug 16, 2009 -
This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival, which originally took place from Aug. 15 through Aug. 18, 1969.
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Aug 14, 2009 -
The things some people do for love. Rivkah, owner of a boxer named Orchuck, paid a lot of money to fly the pooch and his vet business class from Paris to Tel Aviv on El Al airlines. The doting owner commented, "All that mattered to me was to have my baby with me during the flight so that I can take care of him.
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Aug 13, 2009 -
Forty-nine days have passed since Michael Jackson passed away, and while there's been much discussion about the state of the pop star's finances before he died, Jackson's estate has been earning big bucks postmortem. Can you guess how much MJ's estate has brought in during the last 49 days?
Take the quiz
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