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Luis Alvarez / DigitalVision / Getty Images CC 16 Ways Driving Has Changed in the Past 50 Years
While one benefit of getting older is having firsthand knowledge of how much cars have improved, it’s easy to forget how much driving procedures and automobiles have changed in the century or more since their invention. These are some of…
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Amazon These Walmart Tumblers Rival Yeti’s at a Fraction of the Price
When it comes to insulated tumblers and travel mugs, Austin, Texas-based Yeti has established itself as the on-trend brand — with a price tag to match. Walmart also sells insulated drinkware under its (much, much cheaper) Ozark Trail brand. Both…
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GMVozd/istockphoto Expert Tips for Making Doughnuts at Home
It’s no secret that Americans — self-isolating amid the coronavirus pandemic and feeling bored silly — have been baking more these days. And not just bread. Doughnuts have become (pardon the pun) the hot thing to make at home, particularly…
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Getty Images/Stephen Zeigler The Weirdest Thing to Get at Target Right Now
Target has a reputation for offering designer style for less, but the retailer also has a sly sense of humor. To bring a smile to shoppers’ faces, the store website has a “Fun Stuff” category for shoppers promising everything from…
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Walmart Magic Shaving Powder: What Is It and Does It Work?
If you pay attention to the video-sharing platform TikTok, you might have noticed recent excitement about something called Magic Shaving Powder. The company that makes it, Softsheen-Carson, creates hair care and grooming products primarily directed toward people of color. The…
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Westend61/Getty Images 26 Ways Social Media Can Land or Lose You a Job
The days of looking in the classified section of a newspaper and circling job listings are long gone. Companies now use all the tools of the digital age to find candidates for new positions. If you’re looking for a job,…
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shapecharge/istockphoto 20 Essential Exercises for Older Adults
Exercise can keep seniors healthy, active, and enjoying life — which is all the more important during the high-stress days of a pandemic. Older adults who are physically active have…
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FG Trade/istockphoto Are You Required to Put Yourself in Harm’s Way? Know Your Rights When Returning to Work
An increasing number of businesses across the country are emerging from lockdown and resuming operations. Yet COVID-19 continues to spread and the death toll keeps ticking upward, approaching 100,000. Public…
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Walmart Grocery by Mike Mozart (CC BY) The Walmart Deals You Can’t Get Anywhere Else
Maybe you shop at Walmart all the time (or, if you’re a fan of Target, hardly at all), but did you ever realize there are items you can buy at…
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GordonBellPhotography/istockphoto How to Tell When Canned Foods Are Still Safe to Eat
That mystery can of food or home-canned jar found in the deepest recesses of the pantry is a topic of many kitchen encounters during the COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. So when and…
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Sasha_Suzi/istockphoto The Best 10 Coffee Makers to Buy at Walmart and Target
Odds are, your coffee pot has been getting quite a workout over the past couple months of sheltering at home — maybe to the point where you’ve considered replacing it.…
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FCA US LLC These 2019 Cars Have the Most Remaining Inventory (and Deepest Discounts)
As with other consumer goods, new car sales are down precipitously — in large part because COVID-19 forced factories and dealerships to close. Production is resuming in some places and…
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mphillips007/istockphoto 20 Restaurant-Worthy Twists on Boring Pantry Staples
If you’re getting tired of the same old dishes you’ve been making from your pared-down pandemic pantry, good news: it’s easy to switch things up without going out and buying…
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Amazon The Digital Clock You Need to End the ‘Groundhog Day’ Loop
During the pandemic shutdown, does it seem as if one day runs into the next — just as Phil Conners, Bill Murray’s character in the 1993 film “Groundhog Day,” was…
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Cheapism Can’t Get Ground Beef? This Meatless Burger Fooled Our Tasters
Plant-based meat alternatives are having a moment. Brands like Beyond Meat are enjoying a surge in demand as coronavirus outbreaks close down meat-processing plants, according to MarketWatch. With faux-meat patties,…
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tderden/istockphoto The Top ‘How to’ Searches in Every State During the Pandemic
Raise your hand if you knew how to make your own lip gloss before the coronavirus pandemic arrived. Or measure your own ring size. With businesses shut down nationwide and…
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MEDITERRANEAN/istockphoto Not Just Napa: 30 American Wineries With Good, Cheap Wine
The United States has been impressing international wine aficionados for decades now, and for good reason. While the country has a relatively young wine culture compared with the thousands of…
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A 7-Eleven “Kwik-E-Mart” by SchmuckyTheCat (CC BY-SA) 21 Things You Didn’t Know About Convenience Stores
Convenience stores might be the most American of retailers. A bastion of impulse buys, they exist to give us what we want, when we want it — and that’s now,…
