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Seems like no big deal but do the math. most of us spend nearly $386 a year. for you daily drinkers, yes, multiple that by three. another habit, smoking could be costing you big money, nearly $3,400 a year. then there's the infomercial, only $19.95. what a deal, right? sure sounds that way. impulse buyers waste $200 a month making infomercials a $400 billion industry. here's one, too, buying popular brand names instead of generic. consumer experts say you're selling out more money for the prettier packaging, not exactly quality. we're talking about wasting at least $50 to $75 a month. this one...

as many as 850 people. we will have much more on this in 20 minutes from our senior white house correspondent ed henry. now, i want to show you an x ray like none you have never seen before. take a good look at this. these are people crammed into a tractor-trailer in mexico. they shouldn't have been in the trailer nor in mexico, nor in the united states. where this rig and another like it were allegedly headed. they were stopped yesterday in the southern state of chiapas. 530 migrants who authorities paid $7,000 each to make a journey that is not just illegal but dangerous. in the ...

With lots of people. she joins us with the latest on this. >> hi, harris. 9:00 a.m. could not come fast enough for the hundreds of people who were lined up, some of them who actually camped out for days getting ready for the first set of ipads to go on sale in the united states. consumer experts estimate 300,000 will have been sold, including the presail numbers before the end of the weekend. buyers willing to shell out the 500 to $800 for wi-fi or 3 g model were excited that let you search the web, view movies, play all kinds of state are of the art video games and magazines you can download ...

Visitly attended all day long with lots of people. she joins us with the latest on this. >> hi, harris. 9:00 a.m. could not come fast enough for the hundreds of people who were lined up, some of them who actually camped out for days getting ready for the first set of ipads to go on sale in the united states. consumer experts estimate 300,000 will have been sold, including the presail numbers before the end of the weekend. buyers willing to shell out the 500 to $800 for wi-fi or 3 g model were excited that let you search the web, view movies, play all kinds of state are of the art video games a...

Lot of money, and that left me with very little access to emergency fundage if needed. >> reporter: but consumer experts say the card act does level the playing field. >> there are unequivocal wins for consumer in the new credit card legislation. >> reporter: it's estimated consumers will save at least $10 billion a year because of the new law. but for kathleen, this is one relationship that's already soured. >> i'm just paying them down and i won't use those companies again. >> bottom line, you really have to open your mail from your credit card company. that's the only way you will find out ...