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Stories for Monday, February 25, 2008

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Be sure your child's jewelry and trinkets are lead-free

As a parent, Clark is sick over the fact that the Consumer Product Safety Commission is not doing its job of ensuring that toys are made and sold in a safe manner. CPSC honcho Nancy Nord instead sees her job as protecting manufacturers who have unsafe products on the market. ...

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SafeKids.org - The latest on child toy safety issues Skype.com - VoIP service NAPFA.org - Fee-only financial planning advice for retirement or call 1-888-FEE-ONLY ICANN.org - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

Baby boomers a new target market for some insurers

Conventional wisdom holds that it's almost impossible for baby boomers who are in the 50-64 age group to buy individual health policies. But increasingly insurers are trying to woo more individuals as customers. That's because big employers are discontinuing health insurance and switching over to reimbursement plans. Such plans may ...

Housing crunch affecting the student loan market

Clark recently told you that there have been changes in student loans laws. Now the latest news is that the student loan market is drying up as fallout from the housing crunch. Michigan has completely shut down its student loan program. The reason here is that student loans are funded ...

Getting your money back in small claims court

Clark gets a lot of questions about small claims court. What happens if you actually win? Most people who get a judgment against another party never see a penny for it. The Orlando Sentinel reports that a Maryland law firm called The Judgment Group is now doing post-judgment collections for ...

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