1. Offer Seasonal Work to Your Neighborhood and/or Surrounding Area Use your time off from your main job to offer your seasonal labor services to your neighbors and, time-permitting, residents in close-by neighborhoods. Seasonal work includes raking leaves, mowing lawns, or shoveling snow. The best...

Read my other banking post here clipped from dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com Banks borrowed a record amount of funds from the Federal Reserve in the latest week as the year-old credit crisis took a persistent toll, while the commercial paper market continued to contract, signaling tough conditions for...

Pendarvis Harshaw, an Oakland-based teen, recently sparked a slew of controversy with his public radio essay which stated that in his social circle, "sex without a condom is the new engagement ring." He said that for a generation who has grown up with safe sex education and divorced parents, the...