Our guest today is Matt Jabs, blogger and founder of Debt Free Adventure, a blog designed to help the author stay accountable for getting out of debt. Debt Free Adventure is one of my favorites among new personal finance blogs. Today’s discussion focuses on the concept of giving yourself a raise, an important way to improve ...

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One of the “most accomplished Americans” in history Ted Kennedy campaigning in 1962 (Photo: commons.wikimedia.org) Those were the words of President Barack Obama from his eulogy for Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, the last surviving brother in what the Associated Press calls “an enduring political dynasty.” Democratic Senator Kennedy died due to complications caused by brain cancer. ...

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Papa John’s Camaro promotion a little weird? Photo URL: http://www.papasroadtrip.com/ Tomorrow, Wednesday Aug. 26, Papa John’s Pizza locations will give a free pizza to anyone who drives up in a Camaro. I have heard of some weird promotions before. The weirdest was Chik-Fil-A giving away free meals to people dressed as cows. This seems a little less weird, but ...

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You work hard to bring home the bacon but you live on chicken feed Nest eggs are hard to come by when you live on chicken feed The rent is due Your landlord doesn’t care why you’re down and out. He makes a bundle, but he won’t pay a penny for your thoughts. In his eyes ...

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Because our education should never end Access a university education from home with Academic Earth (Photo: flickr.com) The more you know, the more socially, intellectually and (in some cases) physically able you become. Being a well-rounded citizen, friend and self-sustaining individual are all ends that can be achieved in large part through education. Unfortunately, many give up ...

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