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Want a Droid? Get cash for your old iPhone

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If you're hankering for the Droid, the hot, new smartphone from Verizon, listen up: Flipswap, a mobile device recycling site, is offering Apple iPhone users up to $450 for their devices. Even the original iPhone, now two years old, will get you $100.

Fannie Mae offers option to foreclosure

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Homeowners on the verge of foreclosure could soon get a reprieve from government-controlled mortgage company Fannie Mae.

Obama to sign bill extending unemployment benefits, homebuyers credit

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The White House says President Barack Obama on Friday morning will sign a bill that expands a popular homebuyers tax credit and extends unemployment benefits.

Up to 1000 Floridians could be hired for Super Bowl security

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Unemployed Floridians have a chance to earn some cash and attend one of the biggest sporting events in America.

Millions spent on free cell phone service

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Every time you pay your cell phone or land line bill, you are also paying to insure that everyone in Florida can get free cell phone service

Stocks surge on jobs data, Cisco forecast

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A drop in unemployment claims and an upbeat forecast from Cisco Systems Inc. is giving investors new reason to be optimistic about the economy.

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Ministry: NATO airstrike kills Afghan soldiers

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Afghanistan's Defense Ministry says a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen.