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Sac State Pepsi contract promotes unhealthy habits

Apr 30, 2013

PepsiCo Inc. pays Sac State $480,000 a year plus 18 percent of its campus sales as part of an exclusivity contract signed in 2006. The contract allows exclusive drink marketing access for the company and prevents any competing products – su...

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Brown Thumb Mama
50 Ways to Save More By Using Less

Apr 18, 2013
50 Ways to Save More By Using Less

In our family's my never-ending quest to save money, water, energy, and the environment, I've tried lots of ways to save more by using less. Here are some ideas that will help you save too! Kitchen 1.    Cook with your toaster oven,...

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The State Hornet
Financial aid is not just for books and supplies anymore

Every semester students make major purchases assisting them with their education tuition: laptops, living expenses or even car maintenance are all federally accepted. Extravagant purchases are also made on the government’s dime that the US ...

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What the heck is Swagbucks?

Mar 27, 2013
What the heck is Swagbucks?

Swagbucks is a search engine that pays you for doing web searches. You use it just like Google, and randomly earn points (called “bucks”) by searching with them. Have you ever thought about how many times you Google for information each day? ...

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Raising minimum wage can hurt local business

Mar 6, 2013

Raising the federal minimum wage is always a very partisan issue whenever Congress introduces a bill to raise it. The consequences due to raising the minimum wage tend to be blown out of proportion by politicians on both sides of the debate; ...

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The State Hornet
USPS considering to halt mail on Saturday

Mar 6, 2013

The U.S. Postal Service announced the discontinuation of Saturday post in order to save money due to financial issues. Postal workers will stop delivering Saturday mail in August.

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The Girl With Moxie
Felines for Hire, Inquire Within

I just read this AP article that says Americans spent over $53 billion on their pets last year. That’s a lot of Alpo and Meow Mix. What’s stunning is that this amount isn’t radically higher than what Americans spent in … Continu...

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Casino Janitor Finds $10K In Bathroom, Returns It To Owner

File this one under “Doing the right thing when no one is looking.” May Saelee, a janitor who has been working at Thunder Valley for the past 10-years, recently made an alarming discovery while making the rounds in the ladies high rollers b...

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Brown Thumb Mama
5 Uses for Unwanted Gift Cards

Dec 26, 2012
5 Uses for Unwanted Gift Cards

Seems hard to imagine, doesn’t it? How could someone not want a gift card?!? Well, there are a number of reasons. Maybe it’s for a store that you would never shop at. Maybe you won it at work or in a raffle and you have no idea what to do with ...

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Fashion Bookworm

Dec 13, 2012
Fashion Bookworm

I’ve always been a big fan of coffee table books and these fashion world ones are no exception. I always pour through these kinds of books so quickly, taking in all of the pictures. Then I do the slow crawl where I take in every single word. They really are worth the money and...



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