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class="submitted padding-tb"><div class="author">By <span class="author-name">HLNtv.com Staff</span></div><div class="timestamp">updated 12:00 PM EDT, Fri July 23, 2010</div></span> <div class="blog-content"> Clark Behind The Headlines<br/><br/> From HLN's Money Expert Clark Howard<br/><br/> </div> <div class="more-info"> <a href="/web/20130619083741/http://www.hlntv.com/article/2010/07/23/top-10-list-worth-reading" class="blog-read-more">Read More</a> </div> <div class="blog-post-tags"> <span class="tags-label">Filed under: </span> <a href="/web/20130619083741/http://www.hlntv.com/shows/clark-howard/tags/behind%20the%20headlines">Behind the headlines</a>, <a href="/web/20130619083741/http://www.hlntv.com/shows/clark-howard/tags/career">Career</a>, <a href="/web/20130619083741/http://www.hlntv.com/shows/clark-howard/tags/children">Children</a>, <a href="/web/20130619083741/http://www.hlntv.com/shows/clark-howard/tags/clark%20howard">Clark howard</a>, <a 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class="more-info"> <a href="/web/20130619083741/http://www.hlntv.com/article/2010/03/09/break-unemployed" class="blog-read-more">Read More</a> </div> <div class="blog-post-tags"> <span class="tags-label">Filed under: </span> <a href="/web/20130619083741/http://www.hlntv.com/shows/clark-howard/tags/behind%20the%20headlines">Behind the headlines</a>, <a href="/web/20130619083741/http://www.hlntv.com/shows/clark-howard/tags/career">Career</a>, <a href="/web/20130619083741/http://www.hlntv.com/shows/clark-howard/tags/clark%20howard">Clark howard</a>, <a href="/web/20130619083741/http://www.hlntv.com/shows/clark-howard/tags/economy">Economy</a>, <a href="/web/20130619083741/http://www.hlntv.com/shows/clark-howard/tags/unemployment">Unemployment</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar-first"> <div class="rgt-300x250-ad ad-container"><!-- ADSPACE: ros/rgt.300x250 --><div id="ad-654782" align="center" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0;"><script type="text/javascript"> 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130619083741/http://www.clarkhoward.com/news/clarkhoward/cars/get-discount-gas-plus-look-fuel-price-trends/nXBqH/" target="_blank"><p class="ellipsis">Walmart's gas savings </p></a></li> </ul></div></div> </li></ul><ul class="template half-line clear-fix show-page-links"><li class="template6"><div class="cluster-box-content links"> <h2>IMPORTANT LINKS ARCHIVE</h2> <div class="item-list"><ul class="cluster-links"><li class="first"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130619083741/http://www.hlntv.com/article/2010/01/02/travel"><p class="ellipsis">Travel</p></a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130619083741/http://www.hlntv.com/article/2010/01/02/credit"><p class="ellipsis">Credit</p></a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130619083741/http://www.hlntv.com/article/2010/01/02/cars"><p class="ellipsis">Cars</p></a></li> <li class="last"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130619083741/http://www.hlntv.com/article/2010/01/02/insurance"><p class="ellipsis">Insurance</p></a></li> </ul></div></div> </li></ul><div class="clearfix"></div><h2 class="pane-title">Join In</h2> <a class="twitter-timeline" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130619083741/http://www.twitter.com/@ClarkHoward" data-widget-id="313662175141044225" height="300">Tweets by @DrDrewHLN</a> <div class="shows-blog-info "> <div class="blog-info-content"> <div class="blog-info-head">CLARK HOWARD WANTS YOU!</div> <div class="blog-info-body"> <p>Are you a couple who just can't seem to agree when it comes to money?<br><br>One is a saver, the other a spender? One wants to refinance, the other wants to renovate? Clark can help!<br><br><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130619083741/http://www.cnn.com/feedback/show/index.chs.html?s=clarkhowardshow&hdln=1" target="_self">Send</a></strong> us an email and tell us your story. 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HLN money expert Clark Howard was on the ground weeks after the storm hit and found people determined to stay and rebuild their lives in the city they call home. 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