Suffering from a cold? Take a sickie, says Benylin TV advert (Daily Mail)

Bosses are furious over a TV commercial for a cold remedy which encourages sufferers 'to throw a sickie'.

The page that saves you money! How you can save a small fortune on your phone bills (Daily Mail)

For most of us, 2009 is going to be a horrible year financially. Job losses are increasing, we're in the worst housing slump in a generation and the pound is at an all-time low against the euro.

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Tax trimming tip for teachers: Keep classroom receipts (The Oregonian)

Teachers, listen up: A tax deduction for educators and their unreimbursed school expenses was extended through 2009, the IRS says. Just make sure you keep your receipts.... var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" +...

Pandora: Jamie not so keen on the homeless life (Independent)

Lining up a bunch of celebrities for a reality television show might not be everyone's ideal use of license payers' money, but sometimes it can make for cracking spectator sport.