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  • Exclusive: Highway Patrol getting ‘a loud message’

    The head of the state’s largest law enforcement agency says he has fired nine employees — including four troopers — and referred two cases to federal prosecutors since taking over the Highway Patrol in June.- 12:23 AM

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  • Bush: US will work with partners on credit crisis


    President Bush emerged from a meeting with foreign financial officials on Saturday and pledged a global response to the credit crisis that will lead toward a "path of stability and long-term growth."- 9:19 AM

Overreacting to fads? Let’s focus on the ‘inside’

In Parenting Power, Melodee Thompson suggests that we shouldn’t get hung on on fads. “Somehow those who embraced a fad or two throughout past generations have become politicians, attorneys, doctors, nurses and teachers — respectable citizens all.”

Somebody tell me why a middle-schooler needs a cell phone?

My 15-year-old son is just days away from his 16th birthday. And the dilemma regarding what to get him this year is upon us like it usually is. Can anybody rational give me one compelling reason for giving a middle schooler a cell phone?

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  • Worried about the economy?


    Where’s the best place to keep money I may need in the short term? Much like your overall portfolio, you might want to consider diversifying even your cash reserves. Right now, for example, rates on tax-free money-market mutual funds are better than certificates of deposits, or CDs. To mitigate any difference, consider splitting your money between the two.- 6:39 PM

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