Stretching Your Dollar: Holiday Budgets Across the United States
There's just under a month before the holiday shopping season wraps up and if you haven't completed yours, we have a few budgeting tips for you. Christie Matherne, to talking about holiday shopping deals, particularly for those who missed out on Cyber Monday and Black Friday. A few good tips Matherne noted: start shopping early, track your spending and using a rewards credit card for purchases.
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A Michigan judge is putting sponges in the hands of shoplifters and ordering them to wash cars in a Walmart parking lot when spring weather arrives. Genesee County Judge Jeffrey Clothier hopes the unusual form of community service discourages people from stealing from Walmart. The judge also wants to reward shoppers with free car washes. Clothier says he began ordering “Walmart wash” sentences this week for shoplifting at the store in Grand Blanc Township. He believes 75 to 100 people eventually will be ordered to wash cars this spring. Clothier says he will be washing cars alongside them when the time comes.
