Petrified Profits (Portfolio.com)

Portfolio.com–Haunted houses aren’t just places to frighten the daylights out of adventurous souls in October. With 4,000 haunted attractions worldwide, they’re also ideal spots to scare up dollars—so much so that Hauntworld Magazine estimates they make up a $2 billion industry.
One such terror spot is the House of Shock in New Orleans.
Originally started [...]

Act Quickly When Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and House (Houselogic.com)

Houselogic.com — Smoke damage can wreak havoc in your home. Kitchen flare-ups, closed fireplace flues, and electrical fires can send smoke throughout your house, charring walls, covering everything, and stinking up the place. The longer you let smoke and odors linger, the more they soak into walls, carpets, and furniture. So [...]

What We’ve Learned (STORES Magazine)

STORES Magazine — A decade on, the September 11 attacks influence mall, store security.
When Osama Bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan last month, it marked a significant milestone in what has broadly been termed the war on terrorism. But experts and analysts were quick to point out that the [...]

From Prison Bars to Business Stars (Portfolio.com)

Portfolio.com — The Prison Entrepreneurship Program in Texas transforms convicted felons into successful business owners by turning their criminal entrepreneurial aspirations to legal industries.
When you hit the streets after an eight-year stretch in prison and find no one wants to hire you, there isn’t much to lose in starting your own [...]

6 smart moves to prepare for parenthood

Interest.com: Here’s what family and doctors never tell prospective parents: Kids are expensive.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, it will cost the average American middle class family more than $220,000 to raise a child to age 18.
Then there’s college. And you know what those bills are like.
Being a good parent not only [...]

New Orleans travel guide for AOL Travel

AOL Travel: A New Orleans vacation will be very different from a vacation elsewhere in America. A laissez-faire attitude permeates everything from the food and the music to the way the residents speak and live. The result is a city that bubbles with a culture that can only be described as [...]

5 steps to financial independence

Interest.com: What is financial independence?
It’s the ability to maintain your standard of living without running out of money, no matter what happens.
Many people don’t think they earn enough money to achieve that kind of security.
But the key to building wealth is not how much you make, it’s how much you keep.
Our 5 simple steps to [...]

Freshwater Diversions Help Wetlands, Fight Encroaching Oil

For the National Wildlife Federation: Long used as a way to partially restore the natural connection between the Mississippi River and the wetlands, Louisiana’s freshwater diversions found a new use in fighting oil during the Gulf oil disaster.
Before levees were built around the Mississippi River in 1920s, Louisiana’s wetlands were nurtured by the natural [...]

Spill’s effects linger for Gulf Coast entrepreneurs (Entrepreneur Magazine)

BP may have stopped the oil flow, but the region’s small businesses say it will be a long time before things return to normal.
When BP successfully placed a temporary cap on the Deepwater Horizon well on July 15, some saw it as a sign that the disaster was over. After more than [...]

A Hell Made of Oil (Planning Magazine)

Locals—and others—scramble to deal with the Gulf of Mexico deep water disaster.
Planning Magazine (the monthly publication of the American Planning Association)
By Craig Guillot
The explosion that sank the Deepwater Horizon oil rig off the coast of Louisiana in late April marked the start of the biggest ecological disaster the U.S. has ever seen. The full impact [...]

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