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1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · By Deb Hipp

   9 of the Worst Ways Criminals Can Use Your Stolen Social Security Number (opens the original)

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   Your Social Security number is an identifier that’s as unique as your fingerprint, belonging to you and you alone — that is, until a criminal steals those digits that can open the door to financial fraud and identity theft. If you think your Social Security number can’t be stolen, don’t be so sure. Criminals can obtain the number through major data breaches at large companies, hospital systems, small businesses, and organizations and then can use the number fraudulently and/or sell it to other s

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2. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · By Deb Hipp

   5 Groceries I’ll Never Buy at Dollar Tree Again (opens the original)

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   Dollar Tree is famous for its baseline price of $1.25 (formerly $1) for most items. Even the store’s grocery aisles are filled with food items at that affordable price. I try to live frugally, so I headed to my local Dollar Tree store, curious to find which grocery items might become cheap cupboard staples for me and which foods aren’t worth the rock-bottom price. I found a number of foods and drinks I’d honestly buy again, as I detail in “9 of My Favorite Groceries to Buy at the Dollar Store.”

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