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      <title>Strategies for Successful Retirement</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The nation’s financial crisis continues to put constraints on the holiday season. Unemployment rates are high, and budgets are tight. To cope, LSU AgCenter family economist Jeanette Tucker recommends approaching spending this season the way one should every year – with a plan and a budget, even if that budget is shrinking. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Understand Ground Rules For Purchasing And Using Gift Cards</title>
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      <title>Stretching Your Food Dollar</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[There are lots of ways you can stretch your food dollar.  You can save by packing your own lunch, eating out less, and by bringing snacks, coffee or soft drinks from home.  There are ways to save on groceries too. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Children in the Middle Series:  Separating Your Finances</title>
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      <title>Medicare Part D 2010</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[These prescription drug plans can change dramatically from year to year, so it is important to comparison shop during the open enrollment period (Nov. 15 to Dec. 31) each year to be sure you get the best prescription drug coverage for the best price. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Bill-paying Responsibility Looms For Teens Leaving The Nest</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 7/11/03) Moving away from home for the first time is a pivotal moment in life. It is one of the rights of passage from youth to adulthood, according to LSU AgCenter family economics specialist Dr. Jeanette Tucker. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 7/11/03) Financing a college education is often a partnership involving the student, family, school and lending agency. LSU AgCenter family economics professor Dr. Jeanette Tucker encourages college students to find out each partner’s responsibility. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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