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The Moneyist: ‘I was punished for being responsible. I filed my 2019 taxes early — and received almost no stimulus check’

Dear Moneyist, In 2018, I made about $ 155,000 with my wife. In 2019, I got a promotion and our combined annual income was $ 198,000. I filed my taxes early as I am very responsible, and now I found out that, had I had not filed my 2019 taxes, …

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Dispatches from a Pandemic: These millennials are spending their quarantine being of service others. Pull up a seat — and a sewing machine

They never get bored — there is far too much to do. Photographers Mercedes Jelinek, 34, and Lucy Plato Clark, 27, are self-quarantining together in Penland, N.C. They decided to use their skills to help medical workers who are battling coronavirus on the front lines, those with preexisting conditions, and …

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Key Words: People are being jerks during the coronavirus pandemic — and there’s a new word to describe them

Buying every roll of toilet paper in sight? Enjoying beer pong on your favorite spring break beach? Can’t be bothered to wash your hands or cover up when you cough or sneeze? Then you just might be a: ‘Covidiot.’ The term has emerged as a catchall for those misbehaving during …

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No fans for March Madness: Sporting events are being canceled or will be held in empty arenas amid coronavirus concerns

The games go on, but where and in front of how many? The NCAA’s decision not to allow fans to its annual March Madness tournaments for men and women is the most jarring example yet. NCAA President Mark Emmert made the announcement late Wednesday. “Only essential staff and limited family …

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Key Words: Taleb says Musk’s comment on coronavirus panic being ‘dumb’ is what’s dumb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, whose book “The Black Swan” foreshadowed the 2008 global financial crisis, responded to Elon Musk’s tweet about what he called a panic over the coronavirus with a brief lesson on probability and human endurance over the millennia. “[T]he coronavirus panic is dumb,” Musk, the CEO of SpaceX …

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Being An Ambitious Girl in America

Oh my word I had no idea how much I was going to think about this tweet about 4th grade elections: As I hear Klobuchar talk again abt her 4th grade elex, I cant help but wonder what my life would be like now had the kids at my H.S. …

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