As the recession rolls along, it is taking an emotional toll on a lot of folks. So I asked Celeste Owens, a licensed psychologist and former faculty member at the University of Maryland, to help answer questions from people struggling to survive in this economy. The following is an edited transcr... Read more about The ...

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That’s 200,000 times what they actually lost! Intellectual property rights are in concept a reasonable thing. Artists should be compensated for the work they create, regardless of form. Art’s value to society and culture is tremendous, so why is it such a foreign concept to many that artists should be compensated, that art can be a ...

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It’s been a while since we touched on the subject of windfalls: money that unexpectedly falls into your lap. It’s been so long, in fact, that I’ve started to receive questions about them, including this one from Aaryn: I wanted to get your advice as far as the distribution of windfalls. Would you put a certain ...

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President Obama unveils his plans for overhauling the nation's financial regulatory system Wednesday. The proposal is to help bring stability to the industry, and make meltdowns less likely.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us Read more about Obama Proposing Overhaul Of Financial Regulations...

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The young and the religulous "Lord, save us from ourselves!" When you have little else going for you, the best way to become famous and stay famous is to make glorious, ridiculous noise. Without all that sound and fury signifying nothing, people like Speidi (Spencer and Heidi Pratt) are left with nothing to do but search each ...

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