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• What would you spend to save your pet's life?

  Posted Sep 23 2008, 02:21 PM by Karen Datko
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  Here's a heart-wrenching question many pet owners have to face: How much would you spend to save the life of your pet?

  "Free Money Finance" asked his readers that question after reading a Wall Street Journal column about the issue. Like the pet owners mentioned in the column, some of FMF's readers set a (shocking to us) limit of $100 or so. Others said they would spend $10,000 or more -- if the treatment provided an acceptable quality of life.   Read More...

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• Cancer center director warns about cell phone risks

  Posted Jul 24 2008, 12:15 PM by Karen Datko
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  Filed under: family, saving, Consumer Affairs, health care
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  This post comes from Truman Lewis at partner blog ConsumerAffairs.com.

  It's being treated as though it's news -- a warning that cell phones may cause cancer. In fact, U.S. media have ignored a growing wave of international concern about the long-term effects of cell phone usage for years.

  The latest alarm comes from the director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Dr. Ronald Herberman. He has issued an advisory to about 3,000 faculty and staff members warning about the possible health risks of using cell phones.   Read More...

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• The fine art of abandoning goals

  Posted May 23 2008, 06:57 AM by Karen Datko
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  This post comes from Trent Hamm at partner blog The Simple Dollar.

  Hopefully, that headline woke you up a bit this morning.

  Several months ago, I made a list of 101 goals that I wanted to reach in the next three years. I piled this list on top of an already long list of medium-term and long--term goals --including building a writing career and paying off debt.

  While making the giant list of goals felt very empowering at first, it soon became a big weight on my shoulders. I was reaching for too many things at once. When I set a goal, I'm committed to achieving it, and thus I often feel like Lucy and Ethel on the chocolate candy assembly line -- more to do than I can possibly keep up with.   Read More...

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• Confronting loved ones about their spending or their weight

  Posted Apr 01 2008, 06:34 AM by Karen Datko
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  Kris at Cheap Healthy Good is equally interested in personal finance and nutrition. Recently she combined her insights about people with severe problems in each area into one post: "Touchy subjects: Confronting loved ones about weight and money problems."

  "What do you say to your 65-year-old father who puts on 100 pounds in five years? How do you tell your mom you can't support her if she has no savings when she retires?" Kris asks. "The short answer: Be honest."   Read More...

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