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A couple watches the sun set from a park, July 10, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. Making decisions when you’re grieving isn’t ideal, but some money tasks are time-sensitive. Your income and expenses are likely to change, so drawing up a budget will be helpful. Consider talking to a tax professional since your filing status may change. Deal with the credit cards issued in your spouse’s name since those could get closed. You have a little more time to decide what to do with the house: A survivor has two years to sell their home and still get the $500,000 home sales tax exemption. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

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Liz Weston: 3 time-sensitive money tasks for new widows and widowers
By LIZ WESTON OF NERDWALLET
Sun,01/07/24-8:58PM , 121 Reads
Widows and widowers are often told not to make any major decisions for a year or more after a spouse’s death. Grief can cause you to make choices you later regret.
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Two dogs wait to be adopted or temporarily fostered, in Krakow, Poland, on Sunday Jan. 7, 2024. The KTOZ Shelter for Homeless Animal on Friday sent out an urgent appeal to people to adopt or at least temporarily shelter some of its dogs until the dangerous cold spell passes. It didn't have room inside for all its 300 dogs and some where in pens outdoors. What it called "Operation Frost" was a huge success, with people arriving in droves, waiting in lines for hours and taking home 120 pups. (AP Photo)

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A dog shelter gets a warm response to its appeal for homes for its pups during a cold snap in Poland
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Sun,01/07/24-11:15AM , 95 Reads
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — With a deep freeze approaching, an animal shelter in Poland sent out an urgent appeal to people to adopt or at least temporarily shelter some of its dogs until the dangerous cold spell passes.
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Chad Preston, a senior political science major at Florida AM University, poses for a photo before class on Sept. 27, 2023 in Tallahassee, Fla. A core mission of Florida A&M University from its founding over a century ago has been to educate African Americans. It was written into the law that established the school along with another college, in Gainesville, reserved for white students. At Florida's only public HBCU, some students now fear political constraints might get in the way of teaching parts of their history. (AP Photo/Sharon Johnson)

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At Florida's only public HBCU, students are wary of political influence on race education
By SHARON JOHNSON - Associated Press
Sat,01/06/24-11:06PM , 185 Reads
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A core mission of Florida A&M University from its founding over a century ago has been to educate African Americans. It was written into the law that established the school along with another college, in Gainesville, reserved for white students.
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This image provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2023, shows three recalled applesauce products - WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree pouches, Schnucks-brand cinnamon-flavored applesauce pouches and variety pack, and Weis-brand cinnamon applesauce pouches. U.S. health officials said Friday, Fan. 5, 2024, that recalled cinnamon applesauce pouches tied to lead poisoning in U.S. kids contained chromium, a chemical element that can be toxic. The cinnamon apple puree or applesauce pouches include those sold under the WanaBana brand at Dollar Tree stores and online and under the Schnucks and Weis brands in stores. Because they have a long shelf life, they may still be in consumers' homes. Consumers should not eat or serve the pouches and should discard them. (FDA via AP)

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Lead-tainted applesauce pouches also contained another possible toxic substance, FDA says
By JONEL ALECCIA - AP Health Writer
Fri,01/05/24-4:09PM , 624 Reads
Recalled cinnamon applesauce pouches that were tied to lead poisoning in hundreds of U.S. children contained an additional contaminant, federal health officials said Friday.
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