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            MSNBCstories[0] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33733227/ns/business-personal_finance", "Best of both worlds? Combined pension/401k", "An alternative retirement plan may become available in January offers a guaranteed pension-like retirement benefit alongside a 401(k).", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[1] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33699684/ns/business-personal_finance", "Amid panic, uncertainty, they retired anyway", "It took guts and good planning to decide to retire in the middle of the deepest recession in decades.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[2] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33720406/ns/business-personal_finance", "Easing job losses point to wobbly recovery", "The economy is still shedding jobs, but at a much slower pace than earlier this year, the government reported. That bolsters the view that the economy is making a slow but steady recovery.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[3] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33627704/ns/business-personal_finance", "You can handle debt issues better than agencies", "Reduce your debt by 60 percent! Stop collection calls! Be debt free in 12 months!", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[4] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33621222/ns/business-personal_finance", "Long-term jobless face frayed safety net", "For millions of out-of-work job seekers, unemployment insurance is providing an increasingly tenuous financial lifeline.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[5] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33552066/ns/business-personal_finance", "Answer Desk: GDP growth overstates case", "The latest data shows the economy growing again. So how come it doesn't feel like the recession is over? On possible explanation: It isn't over. The Answer Desk.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[6] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33611192/ns/business-forbescom", "Calculating the best and worst rental markets", "Relocating? Then you're probably worried about whether you should rent in your new hometown or buy while prices are down.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[7] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33508935/ns/business-personal_finance", "Recession over? Readers don't believe it", "Despite government data showing the economy growing again, hundreds of msnbc.com readers wrote to say they don't see the recession ending where they live. The Answer Desk.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[8] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33538887/ns/business-forbescom", "IRS rules for medical deductions are sickening", "Long before \"Dirty Jobs\" premiered on reality TV, we all understood that some jobs are ickier than others and that we really shouldn't hold an unpleasant job against the person doing it.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[9] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33554271/ns/business-personal_finance", "What to know if your bank fails", "Dozens of banks have failed this year. What do you need to know if yours is next?", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[10] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33523689/ns/business-personal_finance", "Those who cash out 401(k) plans are at risk", "Millions of workers take a huge chance with their retirement savings every year: They cash out their 401(k) accounts when they lose their jobs or move to new employers.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[11] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33438213/ns/business-personal_finance", "Answer Desk: Health care cost breakdown", "If and when Congress gets around to passing a bill to overhaul the health care system, the price tag will be in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Where is all that money going?", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[12] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33377328/ns/business-personal_finance", "Answer Desk: What's the 'real' jobless rate?", "Government jobs data are only estimates. But the \"official\" numbers don't include everyone who wants and needs a fulltime paycheck. The Answer Desk.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[13] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33391396/ns/business-personal_finance", "Report: IRS eyes 100,000 for tax credit fraud", "The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is probing more than 100,000 doubtful claims of a tax credit meant for first-time home buyers, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Tuesday.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[14] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33333368/ns/business-personal_finance", "Get ready to pay more for health coverage", "No matter what happens with national health care reform, employers are already shifting part of the rising cost of care to employees. By msnbc.com's John W. Schoen.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[15] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33333285/ns/business-consumer_news", "Planning takes stress out of holiday shopping", "For consumers grappling with job insecurity and limited credit, it will be especially important to keep holiday spending in hand this year.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[16] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33341802/ns/business-personal_finance", "Senior citizens react to Social Security freeze", "The Greatest Generation is not daunted by the prospect of no increase in their Social Security payments. They are puzzled, though.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[17] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33324352/ns/business-personal_finance", "Social Security makes it official: No COLA", "There will be no cost-of-living increase for more than 50 million Social Security recipients next year, the first year without a raise since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[18] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33317897/ns/business-economy_in_turmoil", "Obama looking for ways to create jobs", "Standing at the site of a highway project funded by his economic stimulus plan, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he is committed to exploring all avenues to create jobs.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[19] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33314539/ns/business-personal_finance", "No job and student loans due? Don't fret", "If you need extra time to pay your loans, here's what you need to know.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[20] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33314747/ns/business-personal_finance", "Honesty is a couple's best financial policy", "If you need a legitimate reason to pay attention to the tabloid tribulations of reality show couple Jon and Kate Gosselin, follow the money.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[21] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31377442/ns/business-reinventing_america", "Living without the plastic cushion", "The cash-only concept is probably a foreign one to most Americans who are addicted to credit. But believe it or not, people can actually survive without whipping out the plastic.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[22] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31447531/ns/business-personal_finance", "Answer Desk: How to shrink credit card debt", "It's the single most common question these days in our Inbox: I'm drowning in credit card debt! What can I do? Here's our seven-step plan for getting the monkey off your back. The Answer Desk, by John W. Schoen.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[23] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31324792/ns/business-reinventing_america", "Recession hurts card industry, customers", "The recession's impact on credit card companies has had a ripple effect even on some customers who have always paid their bills on time.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[24] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31325093/ns/business-reinventing_america", "$60,000 in debt, and nothing to show", "Mary Uhazi is drowning in a sea of debt that she built up slowly over more than two decades of easy credit, but now worries she won't be able to pay off because of the recession.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[25] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31507914/ns/today_technology_and_money-money_matters", "How to avoid debt problems before they start", "Understanding basic debt concepts can prevent you from drowning in it over your lifetime. TODAY's personal finance editor Jean Chatzky offers simple tips to stop your finances from spiraling out of control - and how to deal if they do.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[26] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31394487/ns/business-reinventing_america", "Quiz: 10 questions to test your credit IQ", "What do you know about the week in business? Take msnbc.com's weekly quiz and see how much you remember.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[27] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30479891/ns/business-consumer_news", "ConsumerMan: Credit score Q&A", "Your credit score controls so many aspects of your life: whether you can rent an apartment or get a car loan or a mortgage. But most of u don't have a clue as to how scores are computed.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[28] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31528382/ns/business-reinventing_america", "ConsumerMan: Beware debt settlement outfits", "Debt settlement companies are risky because they often require a big payment upfront. Most promise a money-back guarantee, but getting a refund can be difficult, if not impossible.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[29] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30486181/ns/business-reinventing_america", "Credit cards 'with training wheels'", "With the epidemic of mortgage foreclosures and credit card defaults, and a 31 percent jump in personal bankruptcy filings last year, industry watchers expect the popularity of secured cards to grow.", "");