Word: perring
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...homeowner and found it staggering that just the mortgage-interest and property-tax deductions amount to $96 billion per year. The elimination of those two deductions alone would virtually pay for health-care reform. I recall the fear expressed when the removal of interest deductions for auto loans and credit cards was first discussed. The bottom did not fall out of those sectors. Nor will it fall out of the housing market. Peter Remondino, Scottsdale, Ariz...
...What They're Guaranteeing in Finland: Forget life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. How about the right to high-speed Internet? On Oct. 14, Finland announced plans to ensure that its 5.3 million citizens have access to a 1-megabit-per-second broadband connection by July 2010 and a 100-megabit-per-second connection by 2015. Government officials say Finland is the first nation to make broadband access a legal right...
...cream, so why are the Rudd researchers so hopped up about cereal? Because it is more heavily advertised to kids than any other packaged-food category. And because cereals can qualify as "Smart Choices" even if they have 12 g of sugar - that's about three teaspoons - per serving...
With more than 20 games, General Mills' popular Millsberry.com gets more than 750,000 unique visitors a month under age 18; the average youngster who uses the site visits 2.8 times a month and spends nearly 24 min. per session...
Members of the Historic Indian Village Association, a local residents' group, share the cost of private security - about $30 per household each month. Association president Doug Way, 42, moved to Detroit with his wife seven years ago and fell in love with Indian Village's 19th century manors, built for the city's emerging industrial barons. Footing the bill for private security is almost like paying an extra tax, he acknowledges, but it's worth the cost. The median sale price of homes in Detroit has plunged from $59,700 in August 2005 to $8,000 just two months...