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Florida Real Estate Game Has Winners, Losers
March 17, 2009 Near Fort Myers, Fla., husband-and-wife real estate agents Ray and Florie Gage are losing their retirement dream home to foreclosure. But self-described vagabond Jim Foutz just bought a house for $88,000 — and the Gages helped him make the deal.
Your Money
Broke And Jobless? There's Always Yogaville
March 17, 2009 Where do you go when you run out of money? One alternative to Mom's couch is an ashram in rural Virginia. People who were recently laid off are welcome, so long as they're willing to clean, forsake beer and meditate daily.
Art & Design
A Cartoonist Looks Beyond Newspapers
March 17, 2009 After just three years in the business, Tony Carrillo's cartoon strip F Minus appears daily in more than 150 newspapers. But, as newspaper subscriptions dwindle, Carrillo and other cartoonists are looking to the Web for the next business model.