When I became a 'DINK,' my apartment in NYC got a major upgrade. I'm paying $150 less a month on rent and now have a backyard.

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A couple started out with about $45 between them. Over their 23 years together, they've paid off $350,000 of debt.

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She started her business from scratch when she moved to be with her fiancé. He covers the bulk of their expenses with his $200,000 income.

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Splitting the check is no longer restaurant etiquette — in 2024 it's every diner for themself

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Discussions around how to split a restaurant check are blowing up.

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MrBeast says he'll give 10 people $25,000 — the entirety of the $250,000 he just earned on X

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MrBeast is YouTube's biggest creator with 234 million subscribers.

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A Tiktoker described her parent's 5-bedroom house as 'average.' It's making people question their perception of wealth

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More than 20 million people watched the video tour of Sam's mom's "average" home.

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Virginia lottery winner who beat 1:749,398 odds for $230,000 stuck to a pact to split it with his brother

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Tim and Steve Cornwell won the Virginia Lottery in December.

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A yearlong basic income experiment in New Jersey helped residents buy groceries and pay rent, the city's mayor said. Now they're expanding the program.

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Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh.
Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh.

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How scam call centers work, according to a 'scambaiter'

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Jim Browning is a software engineer and an expert on scam call centers. His YouTube channel baits scammers by gaining access to their computers, observing them through CCTV, and hacking into their networks.

U.S. Bank has been fined nearly $36 million for freezing some customers' access to unemployment benefits during the pandemic

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