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  • Another Valentine's Day, another scramble to find an open table for your romantic evening. Ever score the perfect reservation for the 14th? Cash Peters did. Well, he tried…

  • Next up in the government's list of plans to curb the mortgage crisis: this week's "Project Lifeline," a major foreclosure freeze. Tess asks Gary Painter if it will make a difference.

  • Feb 16, 2008

    Getting Personal

    Getting Personal
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    In this edition of Getting Personal, Chris and Tess talk about changing insurance beneficiaries, not filing a tax return, deducting business expenses, life insurance and quitclaim deeds.

  • Writers walk the picket line in front of Fox Studio in Los Angeles.
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    After more than three months on the picket lines, writers are back on the job in Hollywood. Stacey Vanek Smith asks how they managed 15 weeks without a paycheck.

  • Life is hard enough without having to decipher everything. This week, make your list of doctors and check it twice or else you might end up "out-of-network."

  • With Hollywood's writers back on the job, we turn an eye to entertainment and learn about an actor's day on the set with Tobias Truvillion of "One Life to Live."

  • How should we measure economic disparity? Economics editor Chris Farrell sets the story straight on closing the gap between the rich and the poor.

  • The rates for millions of adjustable mortgages are set to skyrocket this year. How can you keep clear of the ARM reset landslide — or dig yourself out? Bob Moon has some ideas.

  • Try plugging some numbers into online retirement calculators and you might end up with very different answers. Tess asks Russ Wermers how to find a calculator that measure ups.

  • Rico Gagliano learns that father knows best — especially when it comes to saving for retirement — on our latest installment of "Educating Rico."

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