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Joe Raedle, Getty Images Is Your Credit Score Good Enough for the Best Rates? — Dollars and Sense
Here’s the good news: Americans have better credit scores now than we have in the past few years. But there’s bad news, too: credit standards are now so high that it may not matter much.
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Justin Sullivan/Getty Australian Council Considers Crazy 400 Percent ‘Fat Tax’ Against Fast Food Joints [VIDEO]
As part of an effort to fight obesity, Darebin Council in northern Melbourne, Australia, is considering a “fat tax” which would impose whopping rate increases on fast food giants like McDonald’s and KFC.
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History Channel Mitchell Guist of ‘Swamp People’ Dies at 47
Mitchell Guist, who starred on the History Channel reality show ‘Swamp People,’ passed away on Monday while loading a boat on Louisiana’s Belle River.
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Universal Pictures Tom Wilson, aka ‘Back to the Future’s’ Biff, Answers All Your Questions With One Card
While we’ve always wanted to play an unforgettable character in a legendary movie and get showered in adoration, we also realize there’s a downside to becoming a celebrity known for one role. As Dave Chappelle attested to with his bit about Mickey Mouse harrassing him at Disney World, it can drive you crazy. For Tom Wilson – aka Biff Tannen – it drove him to create an all-encompassing card that he can hand to fans when the questions come flying his way quicker than a DeLorean.
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Chad Buchanan / Henry S. Dziekan III, Getty Images Celebrity Birthdays for May 15 – Wavy Gravy, Brian Eno and More
Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:
Wavy Gravy
Age: 76
Occupation: Cultural Icon
Known For: His hippie appearance, personality and beliefs, dressing as a clown during political protests because he felt he was less likely to be arrested that way, being the official clown of the Grateful Dead, co-founding organizations including Camp Winnarainbow and the activist commune Hog Farm, and hosting two shows on Sirius Satellite Radio’s “Jam On” station
