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Convincing scams are hard to resist (Standard Democrat)

SIKESTON -- The letterhead looks legit. The check seems authentic, and the company's Web site is so professional looking, it couldn't possibly be a fake.

A fake distress call to 'grandma' seeks cash (Lancaster Online)

Evelyn Roberts' phone rang Friday morning in Lititz. She answered it.A voice said, "Grandma, it's me."Roberts, 76, didn't recognize the voice, and the agitated caller never gave his name, but he did lay down a whopper of a story.A suddenly distressed Rob...

Employees: 'Hierarchy of hotness' rules at Abercrombie & Fitch (Dallas Morning News)

There's no in between. You're either Abercrombie hot – or you're not.

When the Going Gets Tough (The Daily Ardmoreite)

Pennies and nickels get counted by senior residents who live on fixed incomes when figuring living costs in today’s slow economy. Sulphur native Phil Stumpf quickly gained some key insights to senior living almost 50 years ago when he opened Brookside Manor, a Madill nursing home that continued as a family-owned operation following his death until it sold recently. Stumpf was active in ...

After hiatus, Palmyra flea market back in business (Burlington County Times)

The Tacony-Palmyra Flea Market was given the green light to reopen this weekend after munitions experts cleared 290 pieces of World War II-era shells over the last few months.