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Contents 1 Special Feed via FTP: June 25th, 2009 2 July 09 Stories: Scripts 2510 - 2522 Feed Date 6/24/09 3 June 2009 4 May 2009 5 April 2009 6 March 2009 7 February 2009 8 January 2009 9 December 2008 10 November 2008 11 October 2008 12 September 2008 13 August 2008 14 July 2008 15 June 2008 16 May 2008 17 April 2008 18 March 2008 19 February 2008 20 January 2008 21 December 2007 22 November 2007 23 October 2007 24 September 2007 25 August 2007 26 July 2007 27 June 2007 28 May 2007 29 April 2007 30 March 2007 31 February 2007 32 January 2007 33 December 2006 34 November 2006

Special Feed via FTP: June 25th, 2009

2523 Cash for Clunkers

July 09 Stories: Scripts 2510 - 2522 Feed Date 6/24/09

1. 2510 How to Pick a Financial Adviser
2. 2511 How to Get Free Prescription Drugs
3. 2512 Summer Camp for the Unemployed
4. 2513 Why You Should Care About Coops
5. 2514 Smart About Insurance? Take This Quiz
6. 2515 Three Million Dollar Home: $10
7. 2516 3 Ways the New Credit Card Law Will Cost You
8. 2517 Credit Card Protection Plans: Good Idea?
9. 2518 Mortgage Audits Help Modifications
10. 2519 How to Buy a Foreclosure
11. 2520 Learn to Manage Your 401(k) in Under One Minute
12. 2521 Dealing With Debt: Credit Counseling
13. 2522 Dealing With Debt: Bankruptcy

June 2009

1. 2497 Pay to Stay: Hotels Increase Hidden Fees
2. 2498 Salon services without salon prices
3. 2499 How to Buy Toxic Mortgage Loans
4. 2500 Just How much is a Trillion Dollars?
5. 2501 Money and Marriage
6. 2502 Surviving the finances of divorce
7. 2503 College Grads Working For Free
8. 2504 Cutting Coupons
9. 2505 First Time Home Buyers Rejoice Over Collapsing Market
10. 2506 5 Home Repairs You Need To Make Today
11. 2507 Death of the Mortgage Broker?
12. 2508 Running Your Car on Veggie Oil
13. 2509 Building A Better Resume

May 2009

1. 2484 Six Smart Ways to Use Your Tax Refund
2. 2485 Insurance for Pets
3. 2486 Travel Clubs: a Trip to the Poorhouse?
4. 2487 Want a Lower Cable Bill? Just Ask!
5. 2488 Pawn Shops: Lender of Last Resort
6. 2489 Do-It-Yourself Mortgage Modification: Good Idea?
7. 2490 Mortgage Help: To Pay or Not to Pay?
8. 2491 Three Tip-Offs to Mortgage Rescue Rip-offs
9. 2492 Your ticket to cheap airfare this summer
10. 2493 Saving Green By Going Green: Help From the Stimulus Bill
11. 2494 Selling Your Gold? Watch This First
12. 2495 Penny Pinching With Your Pets
13. 2496 Back to School? 5 Ways to Pay for It

• • • Daily Commentary: What the Credit Card Bill Of Rights Means to You

April 2009

1. 2471 Financing Cars in a Credit Crunch
2. 2472 Taxes 2009 - File Something!
3. 2473 Working Part Time
4. 2474 Health Insurance: What To Do When COBRA Bites
5. 2475 Taxes 2009 - Audit Odds
6. 2476 Is a Franchise For You?
7. 2477 Salvage Groceries
8. 2478 Magnets: What's the Attraction? News Story
9. 2479 Finding a Job: Teens
10. 2480 Auction Business Is Booming
11. 2481 5 Best Free Software Programs
12. 2482 Dress for Less: Used Clothing
13. 2483 Networking Sites: Read the Fine Print

March 2009

1. 2458 Unemployed? Here's How the Stimulus Bill Will Stimulate You
2. 2459 Employed? Here's How the Stimulus Bill Will Stimulate You
3. 2460 After 17 years, Used Vehicle Database Finally Cranking Up
4. 2461 Taxes 2009 - Adjusting Your Withholding
5. 2462 Is Now the Time to Remodel?
6. 2463 Smaller Cars = Bigger Insurance Bills
7. 2464 Better Budgeting With the Web
8. 2465 Three Reasons to Try Temporary Work
9. 2466 Getting a Live Person on the Phone
10. 2467 Penny Wise, Pound Foolish? Expenses NOT to Trim
11. 2468 Rewards Cards Not As Rewarding
12. 2469 The Most Important Thing You Can Do Today
13. 2470 Three Places for Free Job Training

February 2009

1. 2445 Fear Factor: Taking the Shocks Out of Stocks
2. 2446 What to do if You've Been Laid Off
3. 2447 Four Ways to Make Money Online
4. 2448 Stock Losses: Blaming the Broker
5. 2449 Three Ways to Improve Your Credit Score
6. 2450 Gap Insurance for Car Loans
7. 2451 Taxes 2009 - Tax Changes
8. 2452 Taxes 2009 - Free Help
9. 2453 Taxes 2009 - Do You Have to File
10. 2454 Taxes 2009 - Refund Anticipation Loans
11. 2455 Taxes 2009 - Checking Out Tax Pros
12. 2456 Taxes 2009 - Most Common Mistakes
13. 2457 Taxes 2009 - Kids as Tax Deductions

January 2009

1. 2432 2008 Review
2. 2433 3 Predictions for 2009
3. 2434 Inflation Outlook 2009
4. 2435 Seven Things Getting Cheaper
5. 2436 Fiscal Fitness 09: Part 1 - Finding Help
6. 2437 Fiscal Fitness 09: Part 2 - Cutting Debt
7. 2438 Fiscal Fitness 09: Part 3 - Creating a Budget
8. 2439 Fiscal Fitness 09: Part 4 - Saving More
9. 2440 Fiscal Fitness 09: Part 5 - Investment Lessons
10. 2441 House Trading
11. 2442 Death of the Wallet?
12. 2443 The Five Best Deals at Warehouse Stores
13. 2444 Why Your Credit Score May Drop Soon

December 2008

1. 2419 Shopping By Phone
2. 2420 Saving on Holiday Shopping
3. 2421 5 Money-Related Gifts For Kids
4. 2422 Thrift Shopping for Gift Shopping
5. 2423 Gavel Gifts: Auction Shopping
6. 2424 3 Ways to Avoid Lines at the Post Office
7. 2425 Avoiding Holiday Scams
8. 2426 Holiday Tipping
9. 2427 Giving a Gift Card? 3 Things to Watch For
10. 2428 Smart Year-End Money Moves I
11. 2429 Smart Year-End Money Moves II
12. 2430 Cheapest Overnight: FedEx, UPS or Post Office?
13. 2431 4 Ways to Fix Your Retirement

November 2008

1. 2407 10 Dollar Store Duds
2. 2408 3 Ways the Bank Bailout Will Cost You FED VIA FTP ON 10/2
3. 2409 Crash 08: Should You Be Scared? FED VIA FTP ON 10/10
4. 2410 Five Best Temporary Jobs
5. 2411 Car Repairs Can Wreck Budgets
6. 2412 Saving Money on Organic Food
7. 2413 5 Cheap Ways to Go Solar
8. 2414 Bailout Bill Makes Life Less Taxing
9. 2415 Saving Money with Senior Real Estate Specialists
10. 2416 See Your Future: Only $399
11. 2417 Saving Time by Going Green: The Four Day Work Week
12. 2418 Charities: 3 Checks to Make Before You Write Checks
13. 2419 Are Extended Warranties Worth It?

October 2008

1. 2394 Is Your Bank Safe?
2. 2395 Is Your Brokerage Firm Safe?
3. 2396 6 Ways to Build Credit On Campus
4. 2397 8 Top Tips from a Money-Saving Mom
5. 2398 The Three Best Credit Cards
6. 2399 3 Overdraft Traps and How to Avoid Them
7. 2400 Saving Green By Going Green: Myth Busters
8. 2401 Home Improvement: Do It Yourself or Outside Help?
9. 2402 Lease Return Bargains
10. 2403 Staying Power for Produce
11. 2404 Lowering Your Property Taxes
12. 2405 Insurance On Campus: Three Things to Know
13. 2406 5 Dollar Store Deals
14. 2407 3 Ways the Bank Bailout Will Cost You
15. 2408 Crash 08: Should You Be Scared?

Commentary

1. Bailout Special

September 2008

1. 2381 Betting on the Elections
2. 2382 Are Modern Necessities Really Necessary?
3. 2383 Real Estate Auction Rip-off?
4. 2384 Lessons from Southwest Airlines
5. 2385 Locking In Gas Prices
6. 2386 Want a Lower RE Commission? Just Ask
7. 2387 Signs of Higher Housing
8. 2388 Smart Uses for Credit Cards
9. 2389 What's Your Car Worth
10. 2390 Car Conundrum: Selling Big, Buying Little
11. 2391 Gas Saving Devices a Scam
12. 2392 Sending Your Errands to India
13. 2393 Defending Yourself Against Debt Collectors

August 2008

1. 2368 Inflation Protection For Your Savings
2. 2369 Should You Incorporate?
3. 2370 Incorporating on the Cheap
4. 2371 Credit Union Sharing
5. 2372 Increasing Check Float
6. 2373 Hedge Funds for the Little Guy
7. 2374 Money Pits! (Finding Money to Save)
8. 2375 Saving on Food: Grow Your Own
9. 2376 Organic or Not? Getting What You Pay For
10. 2377 Earning Green by Going Green: Used Electronics
11. 2378 Hanging Up the Land Line
12. 2379 Catching Customers With the Web
13. 2380 Short Sale, Long Profit?

July 2008

1. 2355 Grills Gone Wild
2. 2356 Housing Futures
3. 2357 Selling Gold Jewelry
4. 2358 Investing Blunders
5. 2359 Saving Green by Going Green: Water Wasters
6. 2360 Saving Green by Going Green: Interior Designing
7. 2361 Reappraising Appraisers
8. 2362 Mortgage Reform
9. 2363 Retirement Planning for 20-somethings
10. 2364 Retirement Planning for 30-somethings
11. 2365 Retirement Planning for 40-somethings
12. 2366 Retirement Planning for 50-something and over
13. 2367 Finding a Financial Adviser

June 2008

1. 2342 Jobs That Don't Require a College Degree
2. 2343 Saving Green By Going Green: Green Hotels
3. 2344 Saving Green By Going Green: Green Weddings
4. 2345 Saving on Food I
5. 2346 Saving on Food II
6. 2347 Saving on Food III
7. 2348 3 Tips for Successful Complaining
8. 2349 Foreclosure Tours
9. 2350 Wedding Insurance
10. 2351 Finding a Retirement Community
11. 2352 Making Money In Retirement
12. 2353 New Credit Card Rules
13. 2354 Saving on Drugs

May 2008

1. 2329 Multi-level Marketing: Is It For You?
2. 2330 Multi-level Marketing II: What to Look For
3. 2331 House Swapping
4. 2332 Turning a Hobby Into a Business
5. 2333 Turning a Hobby Into a Business Part II
6. 2334 Cutting Cooling Costs: Energy Audit
7. 2335 Global Warming Hits Home
8. 2336 Global Warming Hits Home II
9. 2337 Do Friends Cause Debt?
10. 2338 Hot Jobs 08
11. 2339 Credit Cards for Teens
12. 2340 Saving Green By Going Green:Kitchen
13. 2341 Saving Green By Going Green:Laundry

April 2008

1. 2316 Credit Counseling or Debt Settlement?
2. 2317 The Cost of Summer Camp
3. 2318 Home Equity Vs Line of Credit
4. 2319 Spring Break Volunteers
5. 2320 Elective Surgery Loans
6. 2321 Saving Green By Going Green: Entertainment
7. 2322 Saving Green By Going Green: Paperwork
8. 2323 Mortgage Help: Talk is Cheap
9. 2324 Negotiating with Your Lender
10. 2325 Comparison Shopping Car Loans
11. 2326 Price Improvement for Home Improvement
12. 2327 Cutting Cooling Bills
13. 2328 How to Stop Identity Theft

March 2008

1. 2303 The Net Worth of Presidential Hopefuls
2. 2304 Digital TV Signals Crossed
3. 2305 Time to Buy Blu-Ray?
4. 2306 Shrinking Cell Phone Fees?
5. 2307 Taxes - Audit Odds
6. 2308 Taxes - Changing Mistakes
7. 2309 Taxes - Paying With Plastic
8. 2310 Credit Scoring Changing
9. 2311 Taxes - Changes for 2008
10. 2312 Taxes - Adjusting Your Withholding
11. 2313 Hiring The Homeless
12. 2314 Put Up Or Shut Up: The Million Dollar Challenge
13. 2315 The Head-On Approach to Homeopathy

February 2008

1. 2290 Valentine's Day: Saving on Flowers

Special Series: Do the Math: Answers to Five of Life's Money Questions

1. 2291 Invest, or Pay Down Mortgage?
2. 2292 Cars: Lease or Buy?
3. 2293 Invest, or Pay Off Credit Card?
4. 2294 Roth 401(k) or Regular 401(k)?
5. 2295 Homes: Rent or Buy?

Special Series: Income Taxes

1. 2296 Taxes - Free Help
2. 2297 Taxes - Do You Have to File
3. 2298 Taxes - Software or Accountant?
4. 2299 Taxes - Refund Anticipation Loans
5. 2300 Taxes - Kids as Tax Deductions
6. 2301 Taxes - Checking Out Tax Pros
7. 2302 Taxes - Most Common Mistakes

January 2008

1. 2277 What to Ask before Joining a Gym
2. 2278 2007 Review Part 1
3. 2279 2008 Predictions
4. 2280 Inflation 2008
5. 2281 Fiscal Fitness 08: Part 1 - Finding Help
6. 2282 Fiscal Fitness 08: Part 2- Cutting Debt
7. 2283 Fiscal Fitness 08: Part 3 - Secrets to Creating a Budget
8. 2284 Fiscal Fitness 08: Part 4 - Saving More
9. 2285 Getting a Will
10. 2286 Reducing Junk Mail
11. 2287 Loans from Family Lenders
12. 2288 Automatic Bill Pay: Good Idea?
13. 2289 CARE About Bankruptcy

December 2007

1. 2264 Winning Without a Coach: Index Funds
2. 2265 Personal Chefs
3. 2266 Pets as Gifts
4. 2267 All That Glitters: Jewelry Tips
5. 2268 The $2,500 a Day Rental Car
6. 2269 Holiday Tipping
7. 2270 Gifts that Pay
8. 2271 Checking Out Charities
9. 2272 Charities Donate to CEOs
10. 2273 Year End Tax Moves
11. 2274 Year End Tax Moves 2
12. 2275 Fees Take Flight
13. 2276 Clutter Control

November 2007

1. 2251 Easier Credit Freezes
2. 2252 New Cars: 07 or 08?
3. 2253 Real Estate Vultures
4. 2254 Saving on Holiday Shopping
5. 2255 Working from Home
6. 2256 The Driver's License Credit Card
7. 2257 Haggling for Deals
8. 2258 Safe Online Shopping
9. 2259 Gift Cards 2007
10. 2260 Debit vs Credit
11. 2261 Co-Signing a Car Loan
12. 2262 Avoiding Holiday Scams
13. 2263 Life Insurance for Daredevils

October 2007

1. 2238 Mortgage Rescue Ripoff
2. 2239 Forestalling Foreclosure
3. 2240 Help for the Nearly Homeless
4. 2241 Student Tax Breaks
5. 2242 Eliminating PMI
6. 2243 How a Weak Dollar Weakens You
7. 2244 Saving on Homeowners Insurance
8. 2245 Tattoos No Longer Taboo
9. 2246 Landlord Lessons
10. 2247 Mortgage Prepayment Programs
11. 2248 Russ Whitney Ripoff
12. 2249 Russ Whitney Ripoff 2
13. 2250 Bad Insurance Buys

September 2007

1. 2225 Taxes: Mixing Business with Pleasure
2. 2226 Hiring A Realtor
3. 2227 New Education Law
4. 2228 No Closing Cost Mortgages
5. 2229 Reducing Mortgage Fees
6. 2230 How to Buy Your Leased Car
7. 2231 Buried in Debt: Funeral Expenses
8. 2232 Prepaid Funerals
9. 2233 Women Taken to the Cleaners?
10. 2234 Home Warranties
11. 2235 Getting Out of a Cell Phone Contract
12. 2236 Getting Out of Your Car Lease
13. 2237 Buying A Time Share

August 2007

1. 2212 The $1400 Phone Bill
2. 2213 Haggling With Your College
3. 2214 New Tutoring Options
4. 2215 Buying a Bargain Distressed Property
5. 2216 Buying Distressed Property Step By Step
6. 2217 Where to Find Property Bargains
7. 2218 What's Your Pet's Value
8. 2219 Best Gas Credit Cards
9. 2220 Reverse Mortgage Hidden Danger
10. 2221 Free Cell Calls
11. 2222 Credit Cards and College Students
12. 2223 Plastic Diets Make You Fat
13. 2224 Refinancing Blues

July 2007

1. 2199 Are Used Police Cars a Steal
2. 2200 Cheap International Calls
3. 2201 Rent Out Your Credit Score
4. 2202 Now's The Time to Remodel
5. 2203 Home Improvement Scams
6. 2204 Home Improvement Help: Angie's List
7. 2205 Turning the Interest Tables
8. 2206 Ask For a Lower Rate
9. 2207 Car Insurance for Teens
10. 2208 Being Your Own Travel Agent
11. 2209 When Your Health Insurance Says No
12. 2210 Cashing In Unused Miles
13. 2211 Uncle Sam Sells Cheap

June 2007

1. 2186 Money and Marriage
2. 2187 Saving on Weddings
3. 2188 Public Publishing
4. 2189 Is Solar Finally Heating Up?
5. 2190 Simple Energy Savings
6. 2191 Shopping by the Calendar
7. 2192 Customer Service
8. 2193 Is Premium Gas Worth Premium Price?
9. 2194 When Banks Don't Compete You Lose
10. 2195 Check Clear Faster, Deposits Don't
11. 2196 Automotive Alternatives
12. 2197 Overpriced Health Insurance
13. 2198 Name Change Bridal Game

May 2007

1. 2173 Diet Comparison - Jenny vs Nurtisystem
2. 2174 Diet Comparison - LA vs Weightwatchers
3. 2175 Past Due Passports
4. 2176 Scoring Help In Business
5. 2177 Spring Cleaning Your Finances
6. 2178 Travel Bang for Vacation Buck
7. 2179 How to Monitor Your Credit
8. 2180 Temporary Health Coverage
9. 2181 College Insurance - Car and Health
10. 2182 College Insurance - Your Stuff
11. 2183 Boating Without Buying
12. 2184 Healthier Health Insurance
13. 2185 Shopping Health Insurance

April 2007

1. 2160 SubPrime Mortgage Blues
2. 2161 When Your Lender Goes Under
3. 2162 College Creative Financing 101
4. 2163 College Creative Financing 201
5. 2164 Banks vs Credit Unions
6. 2165 401K Strategy
7. 2166 401K Fees
8. 2167 Are Rims Wheely Worth It
9. 2168 Investing Your Refund
10. 2169 Quick Ways to Save a Grand
11. 2170 Trading Foreign Stocks
12. 2171 Costly Credit Cards
13. 2172 Volunteer Vacations

March 2007

1. 2147 Spring Broke
2. 2148 Spring Break Savings
3. 2149 Taxes: Tattletales
4. 2150 Pricing Your Home
5. 2151 Upper Class Classes
6. 2152 Should Your Insure Your Cellphone?
7. 2153 Picking a Contractor
8. 2154 Lower Rates for Higher Education
9. 2155 Home, Smart Home
10. 2156 New Life for Old Phones
11. 2157 Pretty Prices for Ugly Houses
12. 2158 Selling A Home: Curb Appeal
13. 2159 Audit Odds

February 2007

1. 2134 Betting Against Castro
2. 2135 Giving Credit to Teens
3. 2136 Valentines Savings
4. 2137 Taxes: Preparation for Preparation
5. 2138 Taxes: Tax Terms
6. 2139 Taxes: Do You Have to File?
7. 2140 Taxes: Changes for 2006
8. 2141 Taxes: Software or Accountant?
9. 2142 Taxes: Free Help
10. 2143 Taxes: Refund Anticipation Loans
11. 2144 Taxes: Refund Loan Alternatives
12. 2145 Taxes: Most Common Mistakes
13. 2146 Parents as Dependents

January 2007

1. 2121 2006 Review I
2. 2122 2006 Review II
3. 2123 2007 Predictions
4. 2124 2007 Inflation Outlook
5. 2125 Fiscal Fitness: Saving More
6. 2126 Fiscal Fitness: Cutting Debt
7. 2127 Fiscal Fitness: Budgeting
8. 2128 Fiscal Fitness: Finding Help
9. 2129 Invention Evaluation I
10. 2130 Invention Evaluation II
11. 2131 Upside Down Car Loans
12. 2132 Cost of Kids
13. 2133 Closed-End Funds

December 2006

1. 2108 Gift Cards & Certificates
2. 2109 Extended Warranties
3. 2110 Year-End Tax Moves I
4. 2111 Year-End Tax Moves II
5. 2112 Travel Insurance
6. 2113 Holiday Tipping
7. 2114 Lost and Found Pensions
8. 2115 Jet Taxi
9. 2116 Small Biz Matchmaker I
10. 2117 Small Biz Matchmaker II
11. 2118 Progress & Inflation
12. 2119 Homeownership and Taxes
13. 2120 Home Exchange

November 2006

1. 2095 Rent or Buy?
2. 2096 Cars: 2006 v. 2007
3. 2097 Professional Holiday Decorators
4. 2098 Holiday Travel Tips
5. 2099 Lost Luggage
6. 2100 Auctioning Your Home
7. 2101 Mortgage Shopping I
8. 2102 Mortgage Shopping II
9. 2103 Mortgage Shopping III
10. 2104 Saving On Holiday Shopping
11. 2105 Charitable Giving
12. 2106 Putting Money Where Your Faith Is
13. 2107 Muslim Mortgage