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    Monetizing Misery: Startling Abuses in Debt Collections

    MAY 17, 2012 8:30AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: : business, collections, student debt, abuse of privacy, accretive health inc., minnesota attorney general lori swanson, minneapolis star tribune, glenn howatt, maura lerner, educational credit management corporation, ecmc, dr. dave moen, ceo mark eustis, joshua mandelman, john hechinger, ceo richard boyle, rahm emanuel, deregulation, patient privacy, fairview health services

    • 0 Ratings
    • 80 Views
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    One more piece...

    DECEMBER 18, 2011 4:45AM

    By November Kilo


    Topics: collections, hobbies, spingbok puzzles

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    • 41 Ratings
    • 2501 Views
    • 63 Comments
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    Some cherished old photos of strangers

    AUGUST 4, 2011 8:50AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: photography, carte de visite, post cards, belle-epoque, world war i, world war ii, history, collections, antiques, antiquing, portraits, people

    • 1 Ratings
    • 477 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    The Concept More Powerful Than a Progressive Socialist

    APRIL 16, 2011 2:56PM

    By UncleChri


    Topics: politics, budget, paulitics, balanced budget, federal budget, entitlement, expenditures, revenues, collections, outlays

    • 0 Ratings
    • 459 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The Memory Chest

    MARCH 25, 2011 11:35AM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: collections, true life, real families, memoir

    • 1 Ratings
    • 440 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    "Just The Facts, Ma'am" - Part 2b

    FEBRUARY 20, 2011 8:37PM

    By UncleChri


    Topics: deficit, debt, mandated, non-discretionary, discretionary, expenses, outlays, revenues, collections, federal budget, politics, paulitics

    • 5 Ratings
    • 660 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Memoir: A Writer's Appreciation for the Genre

    JUNE 27, 2010 4:47PM

    By Colleen Claes


    Topics: carlo levi, jean-dominique bauby, james frey, peter sheridan, marjane satrapi, anne enright, tim o'brien, roger rosenblatt, sloane crosley, david sedaris, reality, life experiences, life, personal essays, novels, collections, essays, autobiography, autobiographical, writing, writers, books, comedy, memoirs, creative nonfiction, nonfiction

    • 4 Ratings
    • 696 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Memoir: Divine Intersection of Autobiographical and Creative

    JUNE 24, 2010 10:13PM

    By Colleen Claes


    Topics: james frey, peter sheridan, marjane satrapi, anne enright, tim o'brien, roger rosenblatt, sloane crosley, david sedaris, reality, life experiences, life, personal essays, novels, collections, essays, autobiography, autobiographical, writing, writers, books, comedy, memoirs, creative nonfiction, nonfiction

    • 1 Ratings
    • 280 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Starting Over (and other minor details)

    FEBRUARY 16, 2010 7:22PM

    By Paul Orr


    Topics: family, comedy, business, finances, foreclosure, eviction, credit, repossession, humor, love, real estate, unemployment, collections, acting, renewal, faith

    • 0 Ratings
    • 475 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    LinkFest!

    NOVEMBER 17, 2009 9:02PM

    By John Farnham


    Topics: blogging, how-to, audio, tags, resources, collections

    • 7 Ratings
    • 1298 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Of Piggy Banks and Childhood Things

    JULY 18, 2009 6:23PM

    By daughterofireland


    Topics: leaving for college, growing up, piggybanks, childhood, memories, collections, daughters

    • 0 Ratings
    • 298 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    The Epic Music Project

    MAY 21, 2009 10:58PM

    By JerseyGirl83


    Topics: some people have waaay too much time on their hands, ipods, lauryn hill, collections, cds, music

    • 1 Ratings
    • 531 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    I am a collector.

    JULY 19, 2008 8:53AM

    By amy_b


    Topics: collector, collectors, collections, stuff, crap, junk, antiques

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