Learn how to avoid being a victim of identity theft at a workshop offered on April 15, 2011.

This newsletter gives tips on retirement planning and social security benefits. Articles include: Financially Speaking, Are You the Tortoise or the Hare?; The Advantage of Starting Early for Retirement Planning; New Scam Alert; and Top Questions and Answers about Social Security.

Food, decorations and rituals that make the holidays festive for people can be hazardous to pets. This is what pet owners need to do to keep the season safe for their animals.

This newsletter gives tips on how to save money. Topics include: Pay yourself first, Suggestions on how to invest in bonds, Explanation of I-savings bonds rates and terms, What the new credit card law means to you, and What do you get when you buy an ounce.

Recommendations on how consumers can protect themselves from recession-related scams and others.

(Distributed 09/07/08) You probably can’t avoid the stress coming in the wake of Hurricane Gustav, but you can manage it, says LSU AgCenter family and consumer sciences specialist Becky White.