With your credit report in hand and knowledge of your legal rights, you are ready to “repair” your credit rating. Follow this Ten-Step plan: Step 1: Identify your credit problems Find the negative remarks or dings in your credit file and circle them....
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By Amy Phan - May 10, 2011PORT ORCHARD - Behind the office where he works, Daniel Travatte, 38, attempts bee-keeping for the first time outside prison walls. The first batch of Italian bees he's raised since leaving Cedar Creek Corrections Center arrived a few weeks ago. About 70,000 bees sit i...
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BELFAIR - In a small greenhouse just outside the fence at Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women, nearly 1,800 rare butterflies await release into what conservationists hope will become their new permanent homes in prairies around Joint Base Lewis-McChord. However, anticipation might be ...
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Slam on the brakes with a card that won't let you run up a balance.By Joan Goldwasser, Senior ReporterFrom Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, March 20111. Switch from a credit card to a charge card. Charge cards, such as an American Express card, don't let you carry a balance; you must pay w...
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Your Money By Tara Siegel Bernard - February18, 2011 Millions of consumers have fallen out of favor with the credit scoring gods. Some lost their jobs or were just overwhelmed by mounting debt. Others got caught up in the real estate bubble or had major medical ...
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(MONEY Magazine) -- A major league pitcher dreams of throwing a perfect game. High schoolers eyeing the Ivy League study furiously in hopes of earning 2400 on the SAT. Meanwhile, Chris Peplinski is pursuing his own brand of flawlessness: an 850 credit score.The 37-year-old stay-at-home dad from R...
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by Ask the Inmate Credit is the track record of trustworthiness as viewed and documented by three regional independent credit reporting agencies. These agencies are the go-to facilities where ALL areas of credit allocation are measured and subsequent decisions to grant credit or not ...
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Prison inmates are masters at manipulating their guards into bringing them drugs. Which side is he playing for?Seth Ferranti - By 07/18/12When all else fails, prisoners turn to guards to sneak drugs into them. It's a simple matter of manipulation-and prisoners have mastered this art. "I ...
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Gerald Strosnider, center, is a U.S. Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War. On Monday, he discussed his experiences upon coming home from the war and his support upon leaving prison earlier this year.By Jane Bellmyer - Friday, November 16, 2012Veterans who find themselves behind bars in the...