Now that we’ve been reminded that the market goes down as well as up, is it a good time to look at funds that sell short? Editor’s Note: With this article, we introduce a new weekly feature in which our reporters will answer your questions about mutual funds. Got a …

Should you hire a full-service agent, try a discount broker or go it alone? Here are the pros and cons of each. Getting ready to put your house on the market? Before you do, you’ll have to decide whether you want to hire a full-service broker, work with a discount …

Don’t have the cash on hand to pay your tax bill? You might want to take out a loan from the IRS. Worried that you don’t have enough cash to pay your tax bill this year? Well, the worst thing you can do is miss the deadline while you try …

It’s not just that pitch for Lasik surgery that you should be weary about. Optometrists and ophthalmologists may be pulling the wool over your eyes in more situations than you think. 1. “I use my eye chart as a crutch.” Managed care continues to put a dent in all doctors’ …

The long checkout lines at grocery stores can be a pain, but watch out: Food shopping can make you downright sick. 1. “We trick you into paying higher prices.” Most of us have spent enough time in supermarkets to think we know how to save a few bucks: Buy in …

Watch “Hannity & Colmes” weeknights at 9 p.m. ET! December 19: President Bush, brushing aside bipartisan criticism in Congress, said today that he approved of spying on suspected terrorists without court orders because it is “a necessary part of my job to protect” Americans from attack. The president said he …

I was right about Wikipedia. And I was wrong. Some years back, when the “wiki” model first emerged as a method of developing and distributing diverse information among Internet users for collaboration, I immediately looked for its flaws. I did this because the concept was utopian. I thought, let me …

A California company has updated the trusty old-fashioned jetpack. This futuristic way of getting around, made famous by the ’70s kiddie show “Ark II” and the 1991 Disney movie “The Rocketeer,” has actually been around for 50-odd years. A precursor was even developed by the Germans during World War II. …

U.K. immigration officials have seized a dying Ghanaian woman receiving life-prolonging dialysis treatments at the University Hospital of Wales and plan to deport her, the BBC reports. Ama Sumani, 39, has been receiving dialysis at the hospital in Cardiff for over a year after cancer damaged her kidneys. Click here …

A burglar was no match for a Florida marathon runner and karate black belt. On Friday morning Margo Foster returned home from tennis practice to find an intruder rummaging through her bedroom, Florida’s Sun-Sentenil reported Sunday. Click here to read the full Sun-Sentenil report. In an interview with the newspaper, …