We all know how to spend our money, but do we fully understand how to save it? I am not talking about setting aside a reserve for an investment or rainy day purposes – both of which are good things – rather, saving money on everyday items. Here are some simple ways you can save [...]

The average homeowner deducts $9,650 for mortgage interest, according to analysis released on Thursday.
The National Association of Home Builders says that 35 million taxpayers used the home-mortgage deduction in 2003, deducting $338 billion. Thirty-nine million households deducted real estate taxes for the year, which added $119 billion to homeowner tax breaks across the country.
The average [...]

His first found him within 233 metres of the peak when his team stopped to help a fellow mountaineer who was left for dead. Two years later, Min Bahadur Sherchan, a University of Calgary alumni, returned to Chomolungma or Mount Everest to finish what he had started.
“Mt Everest this year became a political pawn,” [...]

Residential outdoor lighting is a billion dollar a year industry in the United States. It is getting so popular, there is now a corporation that franchises individual businesses dealing only in exterior landscape lighting design, supply, and installation! Line voltage systems used to be the only option for outdoor lighting but in recent years, low [...]

If you are 50 or older, or plan to be some day, here’s a fact you may find surprising. Working, rather than retiring, will enrich your life and fulfill your dreams, particularly if it is work that taps what you’re really good at and feels like its own reward. You owe it to yourself [...]

It’s easy to assume that everything is going to be alright once your college loan application goes through. High school days can be spent blowing cash on anything in between assignments because the real world hasn’t hit you yet. Then graduation nears and you choose a path for your next few years and one big [...]

April Fool’s Day has been around since at least 1582. That’s when France changed from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian. Before that time, the New Year was celebrated for eight days, leading up to April 1. But when the Gregorian calendar became official, New Year’s Day became January 1.
Back then, news traveled slowly, and [...]

Ford was the first of the Big Three American car makers to introduce a car that would bring them back to a time when they were one of the leaders in the automotive world. Chrysler has announced that they plan to be the next and GM has unveiled plans for a retro vehicle as [...]

Want to loose weight, sleep better and boost your immune system?
1 Have a lie down
Back pain can be avoided and the damage repaired with one easy exercise, which is lie down on the floor with your knees bent, hip width apart, feet on the floor. Do this daily for about five to fifteen [...]

Coin collecting, or numismatics is a hobby as old as time. As a hobby, it has been around for more than 2,500 years. This is surprising since the use of coins has been around for pretty much that same amount of time too. Man has always had a fixation for small, round, shiny things. And [...]