(Re)setting yourself up for trouble

The rates for millions of adjustable mortgages are set to skyrocket this year. How can you keep clear of the ARM reset landslide -- or dig yourself out? Bob Moon has some ideas.

Does the lifeline reach far enough?
Next up in the government's list of plans to curb the mortgage crisis: this week's "Project Lifeline," a major foreclosure freeze. Tess asks Gary Painter if it will make a difference.

Lessons from the writers' strike
After more than three months on the picket lines, writers are back on the job in Hollywood. Stacey Vanek Smith asks how they managed 15 weeks without a paycheck.

The 12 money mistakes
How many bad money behaviors do you have? Tess asks Greg Daugherty the 12 money mistakes that can cost you a million bucks.

Day in the Work Life: Soap Opera Actor
With Hollywood's writers back on the job, we turn an eye to entertainment and learn about an actor's day on the set with Tobias Truvillion of "One Life to Live."

I would love a reservation...
Another Valentine's Day, another scramble to find an open table for your romantic evening. Ever score the perfect reservation for the 14th? Cash Peters did. Well, he tried...

The title insurance trap
Curious about all those papers you signed along with your mortgage? One may be more sinister than the legalese made it out to be. Tess asks Scott Wilson about title insurance.

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CONSUMER CONSEQUENCES
How many p***ts would it take to sustain humanity if everyone lived like you? Play our "Consumer Consequences" game and find out.