ShareThisSwap Your Sod. A summer's worth of mowing, watering and fertilizing are tough on the environment. To reduce the amount of pollutants generated by these activities, try replacing some areas of your lawn with environmentally friendly alternatives like ornamental grasses and ivy.X...X...XBuy a flat screen for the computer. An LCD flat panel uses one-third of the electricity of bulky tube-based models.X...X...XUse LCD Televisions. When purchasing a large screen television, look for the LCD and rear-projection features. These TVs will use less than half the energy of the plasma screen variety.(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service.)
Swap your sod ...LCD screens
Paying taxes unites us. It also divides us. People can pay five and even six times more in state and local taxes than other folks in similar circumstances making similar incomes.
Who's got your number?
In one of the fastest-growing forms of identity theft, crooks are stealing tax refunds by swiping personal information and using it to trick the Internal Revenue Service.
