It’s a Deal: JetBlue Flights from $39

To celebrate its tenth anniversary, along with the end of winter, JetBlue is having a Spring Sale, with all sorts of discounted routes: One-way flights are priced from $39 on routes like Boston to Baltimore and Las Vegas to Burbank, $68 between Washington, D.C., and Fort Lauderdale, and $129 between New York (JFK) and Los [...]

Whine Time: 31 Annoying Fees, Ways Your Money Is Wasted, and Other Reasons to Gripe

Read up and pay attention or you’ll have good reason to complain too.

It’s a Deal: $10 Off $50 Staples Purchase

From April 11 to 17, you’ll get $10 off in-store purchases of $50 or more at Staples, so long as you print out and present this coupon (thanks Fat Wallet).

Shout Out: ‘Why Top Colleges Squeeze You Dry’

“Based on my experience as the vice president for finance and administration at a prominent college in the early 2000s, I suggest that the answer is simple: Top private institutions charge what they do because a substantial number of people will pay it.”

Everything that Guzzles Gas Must Go!

GM’s Hummer brand is being shut down, but there are still thousands of the oversized, impractical gas guzzlers sitting at car dealers needing to be bought—hence a going-out-of-business sale.

The Recession That Will Never End, Even Though It Already Has

Back in 2007, everybody seemed willing to believe the housing market, stock market, and economy as a whole would keep humming along uninterrupted for, well, forever. Now, few people seem to believe that the recession is over—even though it supposedly ended last summer.

Economic Indicator: The Price of a Haircut on Craigslist?

Among the data that may give some indication of how the economy is doing: Sales of generic toilet paper and cheap liquor, how new your underwear is, and how hot your waitress is, and how busy the fast-food drive-thru is at breakfast time. Also: passenger subway traffic near San Francisco’s Union Square, and perhaps even [...]

43 More Gardening Tips

If you’re more greenhorn than green thumb, here are some helpful tips to get your garden up and growing.

It’s a Deal: $10 Off $50 Purchase at Ace Hardware

Thanks to Buxr, here’s a coupon that gives $10 off purchases of $50 or more at Ace Hardware. Good in-store only, through April 12.

Q&A: All the Dirt on Gardening with a Small Budget

A drive around town is the quickest and best way to figure out what kind of plants will thrive in your yard. You should water your plants longer, but less often than you do. Anything claiming to “revolutionize” the way you garden is probably a waste of money. Once you eat home-grown tomatoes, it’s really [...]

Blondes Have More … Money?

Indeed, a study shows that blonde-haired women make more money than their red-headed and brunette counterparts. Less surprising: Blondes also tend to marry richer guys.