Tax help comes with health insurance advice
Derrick Bean filed his income taxes at an H&R Block office in Los Angeles this month, and the 26-year-old left with something unexpected: a price quote on federally subsidized health insurance.
View ArticleAsk the Experts: Fate of family vacation home splits siblings
When siblings inherit a vacation home, splitting it up can create family rifts. This week, estate planning lawyer Kay Brooks offers some advice.
View ArticleCoupons' role shifts as market, buyers evolve
In the heart of the recession, the United States became a coupon-crazy country, clipping, printing and downloading billions of coupons a year.
View ArticleOn The Money: Choosing a credit card
Not all credit cards are the same. While many credit cards are designed for consumer use, issuers also offer plastic for business purposes. Moreover, interest rate and fee structures can vary from one...
View ArticleSusan Tompor: Blunders can derail tax return
Mindlessly plugging numbers into tax software or an online tax site might seem like a quick-and-easy way to get your taxes done. But some days that approach can lead to a disaster. Just ask someone who...
View ArticleKids and Money: IRS data can ease financial aid applications
If you're under the gun to fill out the federal financial aid form, pay attention to a special tool that's supposed to save you time, reduce the chances of errors and generally make your life easier...
View ArticleA delicate new balancing act in senior health care
When Claire Gordon arrived at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, nurses knew she needed extra attention.
View ArticleShelters seeing more elderly homeless
On the afternoon of Jan. 17, when the temperature dipped below freezing, a family from Kingman, Kan., drove to Wichita, dumped a 78-year-old relative at the Inter-Faith Inn homeless shelter and quickly...
View ArticleSocial Security Q&A: Getting retirement benefits
Q: What's the easiest way to apply for retirement benefits?
View ArticleSee Einstein's brain and other matters of medical history at Philadelphia museum
PHILADELPHIA - Mutter Museum may leave you shocked and horrified or amazed and fascinated. Either way, its collections of bones, bodies, body parts, plus tumors and other terrors are unforgettable.
View ArticleEx-AOL titan Steve Case: He's got Maui
America Online's chirpy "You've got mail" message was the soundtrack of the first web boom of the late 1990s. Steve Case's fortunes ballooned, as the chairman of AOL was able to gobble up Time Warner...
View ArticleCounter history: Greensboro museum honors sit-in that changed America
One of the key battles to desegregate the South played out at a Woolworth lunch counter here on Feb. 1, 1960.
View ArticleIn Portland, Ore., a garden of pastry delights
PORTLAND, Ore. - Is it possible for an Angeleno to leave home and find love in a region where sunshine is merely a rumor and 50 shades of gray are a daily atmospheric reality?
View ArticleFrom tech billionaires to Hawaii land barons
Three billionaires are changing Hawaii resort development with their digital dollars:
View ArticleMichael Dell, what's up with Kona Village?
When the team redeveloping Lanai was looking for a comparison for the kind of low-key but luxurious bungalows they want to build, they gave an example everyone could envision: Kona Village on the Big...
View ArticleOracle CEO buys Lanai, plans big changes
No man is an island, but Larry Ellison comes close.
View ArticleHarrah's Cherokee Casino Resort gets a facelift
CHEROKEE, N.C. - Far removed from the whirring, pinging and dinging of slot machines and the cheers and moans at the card tables, the quiet, serene Mandara Spa pampers individuals who hit the jackpot...
View Article10 spots in '13: Now go see them for yourself
Here, in alphabetical order, are 10 places I'd like to see in 2013. Several are cities, one is a state, three are entire nations, and all have interesting things happening in the weeks and months...
View ArticleCollege hopes to build retirement community
Small, private Hiram College is inching ahead with an unusual project for Northeast Ohio: a retirement community.
View ArticleItalians hoping for a homegrown pope
He's God's own man, but Italians think he should be theirs too.
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