You might be surprised at how much you can change the character of your home—and make it much more attractive to potential buyers—without going broke doing it. If you make changes that are popula...

Visits to the veterinarian can cost pet owners a pretty penny, but there are situations when pet owners can safely avoid vet bills by treating their pets themselves or by taking action to prevent dog ...

Countless “natural love potions” purportedly provide a boost in the bedroom, online ads proclaim. But many of them are bunk…because if you dig deeper, you’ll find that only a few herbal sex en...

An inherited IRA can provide a lifetime of tax-deferred or tax-free investment growth. But as you try to build your nest egg, strict IRS rules make inherited IRAs as fragile as eggshells. Mishandle th...

Video games have come a long way since Pacman, Donkey Kong and Super Mario. Those were innocent, 2D games where the goal was to get your smiley character from, say, level one to level 10 to “win.”...

A woman expects to inherit her widowed mother’s estate…but the bulk of it passes to her mother’s boyfriend instead. A man is left 25% of his parent’s estate…and his sister gets 75%. People ...

Chronic pain—whether it occurs in the muscles or joints…in the gut…or anywhere else—can surely be debilitating. If your significant other experiences chronic pain, it can be tough to live with...

Cremation can cost $1,000 or less in most regions, a fraction of the price of a simple burial, which costs at least $4,000, including cemetery costs. That’s a welcome savings for many families in th...

It is lawn-care season across much of the US. But while most home owners try to take care of their grass, they don’t always do it properly. Lawns don’t come with instruction manuals, and lawn-care...

Several years ago, when I first heard about “the choking game” that both young children and teens were playing, it was terrifying. It didn’t involve drugs, alcohol or any other hard-to-get illeg...