Lombardo and his group use a personal approach to investing
      Selecting an investment partner can be confusing when you know don’t know your 401k from your 529 plan. Even seasoned investors looking for a new approach to their financial plan often give little thought to selecting the person who will tailor the plan to their needs.
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Everyone wins when you make charitable gifts
      It's Thanksgiving time again. Like everyone else, you probably have many things in your life for which you are thankful. And you may want to show your appreciation for what you have by making a gift to a charitable organization. If you do, both you and the charitable group can come out ahead.
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How to go from survive to thrive at work
      (ARA) - With a wide-spread recession and high jobless rates, it would be no surprise to find that many employed Americans are in "survivor mode" – doing what they can to make the most of the jobs and resources they have at hand.
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Tips to manage your credit card debt
      (ARA) - Loan consolidation has its ups and downs, but, if handled properly, can help a family afford to get out from under debt.
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How to use your ATV all year long
      (ARA) - Now is the perfect time to do much-needed maintenance on your ATV/UTV. Many ATV/UTV owners are preparing to store their ride away for the winter, but with a little planning, any enthusiast can utilize their all-terrain vehicle throughout the year without having to pay a shop’s expensive fees.
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Today’s powder room: small space, but big design
      (ARA) - The powder room - it’s one of the smallest rooms in the house, but also the room that typically sees the most traffic, especially when you’re entertaining guests.
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Mum’s the word in fall color
      The local garden centers are brimming with colorful baskets of potted chrysanthemums, or mums. This popular fall plant is a staple on holiday tables, near doorsteps and in fall seasonal bouquets. Although native to China and Japan, mums have become an American symbol of fall. Their popularity is due, in part, to the wide range of available colors, flower forms, and flower sizes.
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How to make a slow-running faucet run faster
BY SAMANTHA MAZZOTTA King Features Syndicate
      Q: Help! The faucet on my kitchen sink recently stopped flowing at full strength. It has hot and cold knobs (rather than one lift control), and neither is flowing well. I checked the shutoff valves to both hot and cold feeds, and they are all the way on. The rest of the faucets in the house are OK. I guess the only good thing is that the constant drip from that faucet has stopped.
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