| Credit Repair Secrets
At least, that's how many hits I got when I Googled the phrase "credit repair secrets." Most of these, as far as I could tell, offered e-books or services promising quick solutions to bad credit problems. Many hinted at "secrets" that the credit bureaus "don't want you to know." As if Experian and Equifax (NYSE: EFX - News) actually delight in lousy credit ratings! (They don't care either way, as far as I know -- they just try to be accurate.) Many of the services seemed like the kind that Fool Dayana Yochim wrote about a couple of years back -- high-fee, aggressively sold "debt consolidation" services that might or might not end up helping your credit rating. One in particular stood out, though. This outfit (I'm not going to name it) offered guaranteed increases in your FICO score for an up-front fee -- 50 points for $499, 100 points for $999 -- with an ongoing maintenance fee of $10 a month.
Helping students stay the course
They say economics is "the dismal science," and you'll get no argument from the aliens whose spaceship just crash-landed on Earth. Six of the marooned Sarbonians are dying. Most are children. There's enough medicine to save only a couple of them, and no way to make more. Which of them will die? Don't feel too bad for the Sarbonian parents. The life-and-death decision will be made by economics students at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, as they play a computer game with a rather surprising title. Not Doom or Alien Vs. Predator or Lost Planet. This game's called Economics 201, and it's for real. Not the Sarbonian part, but the three college credits you get for completing it. Lots of college professors use computer games as teaching aids.
Fish-Killing Virus Hits Muskies
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Scientists say a highly contagious fish virus is killing off muskellunge in the Saint Lawrence River. Muskies are one of the state's top-rated sport fish. The state's D.E.C. and Cornell University have identified infected fish in several lakes, including Lake Ontario and Conesus Lake. Last month, they found it spread to the Seneca-Cayuga canal and a farm pond in Niagara County. The virus causes internal bleeding in fish. It poses no threat to humans. ajlja NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
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First Lady Talks Up `I Live NY'
New York's first lady met with groups hoping to keep Rochester businesses flush with local employees. Silda Wall Spitzer met with the groups at The Eastman House. It was all to promote the "I Live New York" summit coming next month. It's an issue businesses and colleges in Rochester know all too well: coaxing young professionals to stay in the area instead of leaving the state. "It is our future as New Yorkers because that is where the workers of tomorrow come from," said Silda Wall Spitzer, New York First Lady. “It's where the base of our community comes from. Our volunteers. The people who are part of the civil process and community leaders all come from that next generation." The "I Live New York" summit is scheduled for September 18 at SUNY Cortland. ajlja Silda Wall Spitzer
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Gov. To Attend Fairport Service
Governor Eliot Spitzer will be in attendance tonight at the "Celebration of Life" service the Fairport Central School District's holding for five recent graduates killed in a June car crash. It's not known yet if the governor will address the thousands expected to attend the service scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Fairport High School football field. The teenagers died when their car crashed into a tractor trailer rig in East Bloomfield June 26. After weeks of funerals and memorial services, the district is holding a 90 minute service that will include speeches from students, family members and Fairport faculty and staff. R News will carry the "Celebration of Life" live beginning at 7 p.m. jaja
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