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carstenbrandt/istockphoto DHL Halts International Shipments Over $800 to U.S. Consumers Due to New Customs Rules
If you’ve ordered something nice from abroad — say, over $800 — DHL just made things a bit trickier. The shipping giant is temporarily stopping high-value international deliveries to U.S. consumers.It’s not personal, though it feels like it is. Here is…
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Milan Markovic/istockphoto Don’t Make These 9 Spring Cleaning Mistakes
Spring has sprung, and if you’re an adult very different from me, you’ve taken it upon yourself to do a deep clean of your entire home. While it can be tempting to snap into action without any thought or plan,…
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John Hancock Photography/istockphoto Easy Casserole Recipes You Can Make with Rotisserie Chicken
Who doesn’t love a $5 rotisserie chicken? They’re a convenient, timesaving shortcut, delicious, and one of the cheapest meats you can buy. You can make practically anything with them, from soup to tacos, but we love making chicken casseroles the…
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NicolasMcComber/istockphoto Famous Steakhouses That Aren’t Worth Visiting (And Where to Go Instead)
This country is teeming with incredible steakhouses, both discovered and undiscovered. But the unfortunate truth is that many of the best steakhouses in the U.S. are more or less the same. You can eat only so many $150 tomahawks before…
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Matt Cardy / Getty Images Restaurant Chains That Still Serve Meat Containing Antibiotics
We all try to turn a blind eye when we eat out. But when it comes to the meat on your plate and the antibiotics behind it, maybe it’s time to pay closer attention. Overusing antibiotics in livestock — including…
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Goran13/istockphoto If You Have These Bills on Autopay, Take Them Off Immediately
Setting your bills to autopay might seem like a great way to never miss a payment, avoid late fees, and build credit. But it also makes it easy to stop paying attention, lulling you into overspending and unintended consequences. It…
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Sanny11/istockphoto These Are the Only Peanut Butters Worth Buying
There are two types of people: people who obsess over peanut butter, and people who have a fatal peanut allergy. And even then, sometimes it’s a Venn diagram. Whether it’s…
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The Ford Motor Company 12 Reasons Why You Will Regret Buying a Truck
The bestselling vehicle in America has been a truck for four consecutive decades. Trucks are big, powerful, reliable beasts that work hard and play hard. Although they’re more than capable…
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VeselovaElena/istockphoto 10 Easy and Delicious Easter Side Dishes
Prices at the grocery store are a point of pain for shoppers everywhere, and home cooks are dreading an expensive trip to the supermarket to feed their families. If you…
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Wolterk/istockphoto The 9 Worst Things on Chick-fil-A’s Menu
Chick-fil-A is one of the most buzzworthy fast-food restaurants with a prominent, cult-like following. Have you seen the lines at that place? People are committed to those crispy chicken sandwiches.…
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Reg Speller/Getty Images 10 of the Oldest Desserts in History
A sweet treat at the end of your meal is timeless, especially when you consider how long people have been enjoying it. Dessert stretches as far back into the past…
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Travis R. / Yelp 11 Foods You’ve Never Eaten Unless You’re From Florida
Florida might be known for theme parks, hurricanes, humidity, and beautiful beaches. However, the state’s mashup of Southern, Caribbean, and Latin American influences has also created a menu that’s intriguing,…
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DepositPhotos 15 Industries That Would Benefit From a Recession
The stock market tumbles, businesses halt operations, and consumers tighten their belts against inflationary price hikes — it all sounds pretty bad. Yet some industries have built-in mechanisms that allow…
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Target Target Baby Food Recalled for Lead Contamination
It seems like nothing you buy at the grocery store is safe anymore, and now that unfortunately includes baby food. Target quietly issued a recall on some of its store…
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Packard Motor Plant, Detroit (Now) by Albert duce (CC BY) Photos of Abandoned American Factories: Then and Now
Times change, and there’s no greater reminder than the remnants of industries that once were. Some were rendered obsolete by new technology and others simply couldn’t keep up in economic…
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Cheapism Skip the Road Trip: Bake Your Way Across America With These 12 Legendary State Pie Recipes
From Alaska’s campfire salmon pie to Florida’s no-bake Key Lime, these regional desserts prove there’s a lot more to America than apple and pumpkin.Pie is as American as, well, you…
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Nes/istockphoto 32 Ways You’re Ruining Your Home and Don’t Even Know It
Our home’s walls, floors, porch, patio, roof, plumbing, lights — and so on — form our own personal safety net. When you look at it that way, of course you…
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Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Costco’s Worst Kirkland Signature Products, According to Shoppers
Costco’s private label, Kirkland Signature, is not your average bargain-bin brand, and calling it a “generic” label doesn’t quite cover it. Costco partners with big-name manufacturers, keeps the branding low-key,…