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Mouse Print*-- How to Cut Package Shipping Costs

Just in time for the holidays, how would you like to save perhaps 30-percent when mailing a package? MrConsumer did it last week and shows you little-known shipping services that can save you money. That is our Mouse Print* story this week.

Most Reliable Car Brands; Electrics Less Reliable Than Gas

With the high price of cars these days, you want one that is not going to need lots of repairs. Consumer Reports is out with reliability ratings of all the major car brands. New findings reveal that hybrid cars have fewer problems than those with internal combustion engines. But plug-in hybrids and fully electric cars are less reliable than their gas-powered counterparts. Here is a video interview with two Consumer Reports analysts explaining their new EV reliability ratintgs.

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25 Clever Uses of Baking Soda

Consumer World readers are practical folks, so you will probably extract at least a few new ideas from this story on novel uses of baking soda. Got a burnt pot bottom? Try baking soda! Got oil stains in your driveway? Try baking soda! Got water marks on wood? Guess what to try!

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How Amazon Fills Orders Robotically

[Ignore NBC ad at start.] You may love or hate Amazon, but one has to admire how they try to make order deliveries as efficient as possible. A friend ordered a new cable modem in Boston, and it came later that day! Here is a series of NBC News segments looking inside the Amazon complex and then at other holiday consumer issues.

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