San Jose Mercury News, USA
Q Re: getting rid of gophers, I used to have gophers, and a dog that would turn their tunnels into trenches in my yard, until I came up with a solution that solved two problems. Put the dog poo down the gopher hole and use the hose to push it down the …
San Jose Mercury News, USA
And this month another card from their young San Jose company was honored at the ceremony, considered the Oscars of the greeting card business. (Yes, really.) The card, inspired by the collapse of the economy, took first place in a category called …
Baltimore Sun
By KENNETH R. GOSSELIN | The Hartford Courant Sen. Chris Dodd and President Barack Obama exchange a greeting before Obama signed the credit card reform bill that Dodd shepherded through Congress.
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Bloomberg
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San Jose Mercury News, USA
Since she doesn't own a credit card, I purchased the Safeway American Express gift card for $100 for her travel expenses. I asked her to try using the card before her trip, and both times the message on the card read it was "inactivated. …
KVIA
AP - May 19, 2009 4:43 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate is moving to pass legislation to make credit cards more consumer-friendly.
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Politico
By CAROL E. LEE | 5/12/09 8:01 PM EDT Photo: AP As President Barack Obama champions credit card reform at just about every turn, it raises the question: Where's Joe?
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San Jose Mercury News, USA
A resident's Social Security card was stolen and used fraudulently. Hit and run — On April 26 at 12:55 am on Oka Road. A man was arrested after a hit-and-run accident. He was also charged with driving under the influence and driving with a suspended …
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By POLITICO STAFF | 5/4/09 4:26 AM EDT Photo: AP The House-passed credit card bill had plenty of bipartisan support last week, but Democratic political operatives aren't satisfied, and they're targeting the handful of no votes.
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The card companies stand accused by Congress and the Federal Reserve of gouging customers with impenetrable fees, enticing innocents to borrow themselves into bankruptcy, and blowing off cardholders who try to correct errors in their accounts.
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By Gail MarksJarvis If you are drowning in credit card debt and expect Congress to throw you a lifeline, you are going to be disappointed.
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Christian Science Monitor
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