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For posts this picture of kobe bryant with the hash tag, never forget and finally, this one might take the cake. a wisconsin golf course thought it would be a good idea to offer a 9/11 discount, nine holes with cart for only $9.11 or get 18 holes with cart for only $19.11. as you can imagine, the company quickly canceled the promotion after getting lots of angry responses and they also apologized. >> cnbcs mandy drury, thanks. hopefully theyll learn something for next year. so if youre headed ...

Up the bank and complained got a fee reversed. they had the most success with overdraft fees, which are approaching $35 a pop. these are the most expensive. you can avoid these by linking your checking and savings account together so some backup cash kicks in if you do overdraft your checking account. also the more loyal a customer you are with a certain bank, the more success youll have in negotiating your way out of these fees. a bank will want to keep you happy because theyll want your long-t...

Students, and congress must devise a permanent solution to the crushing burden of student debt. i mean, when i heard this, as a full-time college professor for nearly 20 years, i was applauding right along with those enthusiastic students. then president obama made a sudden turn. >> were going to start rating colleges, not just by which college is the most selective, not just by which college the the most expensive, not just by which college has the nicest facilities. you know, you can get all o...

No obligation to return to italy for the retrial of the case. ji george zimmerman plans to ask the state of florida to cover some legal expensive. the acquittal entitles him to be reimbursed. anderson? recent complication speech of a sophomore is lighting up the internet. he was welcoming the incoming freshman class. timing could not be better drawing attention to a tremendous and growing push for many more students to get excited about the sciences. tom foreman has this weeks "american journe...

Some legal expensive. the acquittal entitles him to be reimbursed. anderson? recent complication speech of a sophomore is lighting up the internet. he was welcoming the incoming freshman class. timing could not be better drawing attention to a tremendous and growing push for many more students to get excited about the sciences. tom foreman has this weeks "american journey." >> if you want to change the world -- >> maybe no one else in the country whipped up more excitement about math and scien...

Because they resemble the surface of the moon. >> that actually makes a little bit of sense. surfing was invented in hawaii by polynesians who settled there thousands of years ago. first surfboard weighed 150 pounds. ouch. they measured 20 feet. pretty huge. >> little boat. >> how they stayed on the water. >> how did they make the things? >> how did they not sink? >> 2,400 miles away from los angeles. it actually is the most southernmost american state. has its own time zone. does not observe da...

First, were going to start rating colleges, not just by which college is the most selective. not by which college is the most expensive, which has the nicest facilities. you can get all that on the existing rating systems. what we want to do is rate them on whos offering the best value so students and taxpayers get a bigger bang for their buck. number two, were going to jump start new competition between colleges. not just on the field or the court, but in terms of innovation that encourages aff...

Well, borrow the money. its low interest rates. its easy to get and then of course universities responded by doing what? well, they can get away with raising the price. there was a freak-onomics aspect to it. the universities, the more expensive they were, the more valuable they seemed, the more exclusive they seemed. applications would go up for the more expensive institutions, not down. theres never been -- the problem is, i think the consumer in this case, which is the high school graduate, t...

The memories linger from the carnival triumph cruise when the ship was stranded for days and days. remember this one? inadequate toilet facilities for thousands of those passengers. listen. >> i have been assured repeatedly by the industry that things will get better. take a look at the events over the past 16 months and tell me if this is what you think better looks like. >> we really seriously put our guests in an uncomfortable position, and that bothers us a great deal. >> meanwhile, we just ...

Last week $20 billion poured into mutual funds. one stock to watch today, netflix. its the best performing stock in the s&p 500 this year. it is the second most expensive. and the company behind the emmy-nominated "house of cards" releases its earnings this afternoon. its a season of expensive movie flops. why not combine batman and superman into one blockbuster? this logo was unveiled at the comic-con convention. warner brothers and d.c. comics are units of cnns parent. lets get to indra pete...