Recent Votes

• Customers still confused about overdraft protection

  If you make a purchase with your debit card and overdraw your checking account, will you get hit with a fee? What if you overdraft because of an ATM withdrawal? Are you sure?  According to a new study by the Pew Charitable Trusts, more than half the people who overdraw did  …

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• Stocks rally, supported by earnings; Dow tops 13,000

  Stocks rose sharply on Tuesday as investors welcomed a slew of quarterly corporate results and as a decline in borrowing costs for Spain eased concerns about Europe's debt crisis. The Dow Jones industrial average was lately up over 200 points and trading above the 13,000 level.  …

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• Towns outlawing extreme garage sales

  Richard Zambito, vice president of the Parklawn Civic Association in Alexandria, Va., has become the neighborhood’s unofficial garage and yard sale inspector. In the last few years, Zambito has seen sales go from occasional friendly and benign events that brought the  …

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• House votes to repeal key 'Obamacare' provision

  The House voted Thursday to repeal a central provision of the 2010 health care overhaul, the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). The vote was 223 to 181, with seven Democrats voting with most Republicans to abolish IPAB. Ten Republicans voted against the effort to kill IP …

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• Same sex marriage proposal during hockey game goes viral

  Hey, you know where it's not a big deal when one woman proposes to another during a hockey game? Canada, that's where. A video shot by the Ottawa Senators during a St. Patrick's Day game Saturday has ignited awwwws across that country and ours, and beyond, with the footage of tw …

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