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It's as much of an American tradition as holiday shopping: post holiday debt. Trimming some costs right now can help you stash some cash before Black Friday. It's all about planning ahead. To find extra cash in your budget between now and Black Friday, Kiplinger's Personal Finance has some simple, painless tips:
1. Stop paying for text messages and potentially overage fees, with a variety of FREE texting apps.
"You'll tap into all of that through an app on your phone, as opposed to using standard messaging on your phone," says Kiplinger.com Managing Editor Robert Long. "Free of charge. The only thing you'll have to put up with are some ads here and there, of course."
2. Dig in your wallet to find and sell unwanted gift cards. Kiplinger says the average household has about $300 worth. An online gift card exchange won't give the full value of the card, but it's better than nothing.
3. Adjust your tax withholding, instead of waiting for the usual fat refund in the Spring. It's as simple as filing a new W4 form with your employer. The changes can take effect with your next paycheck and could put almost $500 in your bank account over the next 2 months.
You can keep track of all of our SAVING YOU MONEY reports at Fox17.com, also on Facebook and Twitter.
1. Stop paying for text messages and potentially overage fees, with a variety of FREE texting apps.
"You'll tap into all of that through an app on your phone, as opposed to using standard messaging on your phone," says Kiplinger.com Managing Editor Robert Long. "Free of charge. The only thing you'll have to put up with are some ads here and there, of course."
2. Dig in your wallet to find and sell unwanted gift cards. Kiplinger says the average household has about $300 worth. An online gift card exchange won't give the full value of the card, but it's better than nothing.
3. Adjust your tax withholding, instead of waiting for the usual fat refund in the Spring. It's as simple as filing a new W4 form with your employer. The changes can take effect with your next paycheck and could put almost $500 in your bank account over the next 2 months.
You can keep track of all of our SAVING YOU MONEY reports at Fox17.com, also on Facebook and Twitter.
Tuesday, October 9 2012, 09:17 PM CDT
Tennessee News
Miss. chooses new firm to run Woodville prison
May 18, 2013 20:50 GMT
WOODVILLE, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi officials have picked a new company to run the Wilkinson County Correctional Facility.
Utah-based Management and Training Corp. announced Friday that the Mississippi Department of Corrections has chosen it to run the 1,000-bed prison starting July 1, the Natchez Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/10MvOGv).
Corrections Corporation of America, based in Nashville, Tenn., had run the prison since 1998. MTC says it will keep "the vast majority" of employees.
MTC will get a five-year contract to run the prison with two one-year options. Last year, officials chose MTC to take over East Mississippi Correctional Facility, the Walnut Grove Correctional Facility and the Marshall County Correctional Facility from the GEO Group. MTC won 10-year contracts for each.
CCA still runs the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility and the Adams County Correctional Center in Mississippi.
Information from: The Natchez Democrat, http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/
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