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Have You Heard About the Bitcoin?

There's a new, controversial "currency" lurking amidst the financial horizon. Reportedly, it's being used universally...

Child Care Costs on the Upswing

Child care costs have nearly doubled in the last quarter century while the percentage of...

Zero and Counting

Are you a Zero-TV household? No, I don't mean restricting the kids' TV viewing to...

Mobile Device Use While Driving More Common in the US than in European Countries, Proves Dangerous

Most U.S. drivers reported talking on their cell phone and about one in three read...

Payday Loans Fail to Work As Advertised

WASHINGTON -- A new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts, Payday Lending in America: How...

Mandatory Black Boxes in Cars Raise Privacy Questions

San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...

Bronze Medal Collectable Honors First African American Senator Edward William Brooke III

The U.S. Mint is offers a collectable medal that is a bronze duplicate of the...

U.S. Census Bureau Profiles African-Americans for Black History Month

To commemorate and celebrate the contributions to our nation made by people of African descent,...

To Shop Digitally or Not

Last year, when my favorite bookstore closed its doors forever, I actually sat in the...

African Americans Pay More for Auto Insurance, New Study Shows

New York, NY -- 4AutoInsuranceQuote.com recently released a study that shows that African Americans illegally...

McDonald's USA Adding Calorie Counts to Menu Boards

OAK BROOK, Ill. McDonalds USA President Jan Fields announced that, starting this week, the company...

Cuba Sees Cigar Sales Rise 9 Percent

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Obama Wants Small-Business Bill

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama urged Congress to act quickly on bipartisan measures that would...

MLK III steps down as King Center president

ATLANTA - The eldest son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. announced that he...

Smartphones predicted to eclipse personal computers in 2012

(ARA) - In the United States, 87.4 million people own smartphones. And, in 2012, smartphone...