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I take some time every year to pull a free credit report from AnnualCreditReport.com to make sure my finances are in order and there aren't any delinquent accounts in my file that shouldn't be there.

Cosigning For Your Child's Credit Card Can Cost You

In the early 1990s, I cosigned for a credit card for my son, who was then a college student. The credit card had a limit of $500. Recently, my credit report showed a substantial balance on the

Debts can linger beyond removal from credit report

Q. How do I find out the timeline on my debt? I know after six or seven years the debt is taken off. I would like to know if there is a way to see if it is gone.

Credit care: Wife's bad credit doesn't have to ruin her husband's

Q: When I was in college in 2005, I let a credit card go into collections. When I left college a year later and joined the military, I found that my student loans went into collections. I contacted these agencies and paid off all the debt I have. My credit score is currently 625 and my husband's is in the mid-700s. Most of the bills are in his name, and the ones I have are not on my report.

How to correct an erroneous credit report

Dear Dr. Don,My husband and son have the same name, except my son is the 3rd. My son is in the U.S. Air Force and is only 20 years old. When applying for a loan to purchase his first car, he found out ...

Call For Action: Get The Perfect Score for Your Credit

Are you paying more to borrow money than your friends and neighbors because of a bad credit score? Richard Cherrison...

When does old debt fall off your credit report?

Dear Debt Adviser,How do I find out the timeline on my debt? I know after six or seven years the debt is taken off. I would like to know if there is a way to see if it is gone.-- Mark Dear Mark,Now you ...

Uganda: I Found My One-Year-Old Son Dead Drunk At Home

[New Vision] When I knocked the third time on the kitchen door and heard no movement in the house, I started panicking. What if my son and the house help had been attacked and harmed? I walked round to the living room door and knocked harder. No sound. The light was on and I peered through the curtains. No movement.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone together in a hospital while filming “The Tomb” (Photo)

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone were both treated in the same hospital at the same time, as shown in the photo below posted by the former California governor on his WhoSay.com account on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, while doing the “The Tomb” movie. “After all the action, stunts & physical abuse shooting The Expendables 2 [...]

Can wages be garnished for old debt?

Editor's note: This column is a continuation of the column that ran Feb. 2, "Young mother with old debt fears collectors." Dear Debt Adviser,Your article, "Old debts won't hurt new loan," ...