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Freebies: Make a Wooden Pen for an SC Soldier

Freebies: Make a Wooden Pen for an SC Soldier

Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- Woodzone in West Columbia is offering  a day of free training on how to craft a wooden pen. All of the pen kits, wood blanks, supplies, and shipping also free. 

'Freebies'--How to Furnish Your Home for Free

'Freebies'--How to Furnish Your Home for Free

Columbia (WLTX) -- If you want to make over your home, but don't think you have the funds to do it, we found that furnishing your house for free might be cheaper than you think.

Jobless Rate Tops 10%, 16 Million Can't Find Jobs

Jobless Rate Tops 10%, 16 Million Can't Find Jobs

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 -- and is likely to go higher.

Swine Flu Internet Scams on the Rise

Swine Flu Internet Scams on the Rise

Columbia, S.C. (WLTX) - As if the swine flu virus were not enough, believe it or not, there are some folks who are using the H1N1 virus to scam consumers.

Wendy's/Arby's Earns $14.7 Million in 3rd Quarter

Wendy's/Arby's Earns $14.7 Million in 3rd Quarter

ATLANTA (AP) -- Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc. says fewer customers gulped down its sandwiches in the third quarter.

Stimulus Job Total Challenged by SC Officials

Stimulus Job Total Challenged by SC Officials

Columbia, SC (GreenvilleOnline.com) -- The federal stimulus program has saved or created about 8,100 jobs in South Carolina and more than 640,000 jobs nationally, according to figures released Friday by the Obama administration.

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Chrysler to Add 4 New Models of Cars

Chrysler to Add 4 New Models of Cars

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - Chrysler plans to overhaul its cars with technology from its new Italian partner, Fiat, and says it has the cash to pay for it, helped by the U.S. government and lower costs.

More Walk Away from Homes, Mortgages

More Walk Away from Homes, Mortgages

(USA Today) -- When Sharon Sakson was laid off recently from her job as a television writer and producer, she burned through her savings to pay the $2,400 monthly mortgage on her home. But she soon decided it didn't make sense: Her home was worth thousands less than the mortgage she carried on it.

Retail Sales Improve

Retail Sales Improve

NEW YORK (AP) -- A key data service says U.S. retail sales figures are mostly rebounding from their dismal levels last year but are still below October 2007.

Hundreds of Families Seek Salvation Army Help This Christmas

Hundreds of Families Seek Salvation Army Help This Christmas

Columbia, SC (WLTX)-- Starting today, hundreds of families lined up at the State Fair grounds to register for Christmas presents with the Salvation Army.

How Can Your Family Get

How Can Your Family Get "Freebies?" - Part 1

Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- With the economy hitting everyone's pockets these days, News19 did some research to find some surprising things you can get for free.

15 Local Governments in SC to Post Spending Online

15 Local Governments in SC to Post Spending Online

Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- According to the State Comptroller General's Office, 15 local governments have begun posting their spending online for public viewing.

Credit Card Companies Raise Rates Ahead of New Rules

Credit Card Companies Raise Rates Ahead of New Rules

Minnesota (KARE) -- For Keith Browning, opening the mail these last few months has been an exercise in patience.

Congress Prepares to Curb Bank Overdraft Fees

Congress Prepares to Curb Bank Overdraft Fees

(USA Today) - The movement to reform bank fees is accelerating as Congress takes aim at controversial industry policies that encourage consumers to fall into debt on their checking accounts.

Major Lender Files for Bankruptcy

Major Lender Files for Bankruptcy

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lender CIT Group has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a potential blow to the thousands of small and mid-sized businesses that rely on the company for loans to keep their operations afloat.

Study: Half of Households Lack Money to Retire By 65

Study: Half of Households Lack Money to Retire By 65

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A study says workers in more than half of U.S. households will likely be unable to retire at 65 at the same lifestyle they enjoy today.

Colleges to Hold Summit on Blacks and Recession

Colleges to Hold Summit on Blacks and Recession

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- A summit at Duke University and the University of North Carolina will address whether the recession has disproportionately affected blacks.

White House: 650k Jobs Saved in New Stimulus Report

White House: 650k Jobs Saved in New Stimulus Report

WASHINGTON (USA Today) - Recipients of stimulus aid created or saved more than 640,000 jobs this year, the Obama administration said Friday in its most complete accounting yet of the $787 billion plan's impact on the economy.

Study: Cash For Clunkers Cost $24,000 Per Vehicle

Study: Cash For Clunkers Cost $24,000 Per Vehicle

(USA Today) -- Taxpayers ended up paying an average of $24,000 per vehicle for the cash-for-clunkers program over the summer when sales that would have happened anyway are taken into consideration, says car-buying research site Edmunds.com.

Two Economists See Red Flags for Stock Market

Two Economists See Red Flags for Stock Market

NEW YORK (USA Today) - Ignoring warnings from Wall Street skeptics is as American as apple pie - especially when stock prices are rising and investors are making lots of money, as they have since the market took off in early March.

Frugal Folks for Fifty Years...and Counting

Frugal Folks for Fifty Years...and Counting

(WLTX) -- "Cheap! Forget the frugal, he's just plain old cheap!" Ann Kelley laughs at her husband. "Not really, most people don't realize how frugal I am," Kenneth Kelley jokes along.  

Boeing in S.C. Could Mean Decades of Dividends

Boeing in S.C. Could Mean Decades of Dividends

Columbia (WLTX) -- With the biggest announcement in state history in terms of jobs and investment, Boeing's assembly plant in South Carolina could mean a ripple of improvement across the state.

Sanford Signs Bill Extending Jobless Benefits

Sanford Signs Bill Extending Jobless Benefits

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Relief is on the way for thousands of unemployed South Carolina residents.

Boeing Expands in S.C., Creates 4,000 Jobs

Boeing Expands in S.C., Creates 4,000 Jobs

Columbia, SC (AP, WLTX) -- In one of the biggest economic developments for South Carolina in recent history, Boeing has announced it's moving it's new jet production line to North Charleston, which means thousands of jobs will come to the state.

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