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  • Cherished piece of jewelry goes missing
  • The young couple needed a down payment for a new place and found it gathering dust on a shelf - a thick shiny, gold chain. But the dream to turn bling into bucks went bust until 7 On Your Side talked to their tarnished jeweler.
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  • sandy lot problems
  • A woman who lost so much when Superstorm Sandy hit, thought she would also lose the battle for her family's home.
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  • Contractor scams Bethpage Sandy victim
  • First cancer widowed her at 41, and recently Katherine Kartsonis got devastating news of her own - she was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. The diagnosis came after Sandy ripped the roof off of her Bethpage home, and a contractor took nearly four grand in cash, the mother of two could use for chemo.
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  • Affordable Care Act potential target for scam artists
  • The door is wide open for fraud because people are unsure of how the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, works.
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  • october best buys
  • Don't get scared away from saving in October, there are some deals if you know where to look, but a few bad apples in the bunch can spoil your budget.
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  • Credit cards that offer the best rewards
  • You may want free flights, hotel nights or straight up cash, and some credit cards can deliver if you have good credit.
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  • 7 things not to do with your credit
  • 1.5 billion credit cards are out there and experts say that's 1.5 billion ways we make dumb mistakes with our credit. Those mistakes can cost us money and make us victims of identity theft.
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  • drummer boy
  • It took 7 On Your Side to help Chris Severino get his money back after a drumming competition he had entered was cancelled.
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  • Widow fights for life insurance payout
  • Anguish and anger are what one Great Neck widow is grappling with.
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  • Some NYC schools missing working fire alarms after Sandy
  • But for thousands of students, their schools will be missing something: working fire alarms!
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  • How to save money on school supplies
  • The way to save is "to search" , for online coupons, promo codes and special student discounts.
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  • mattresses a good buy in september
  • Many stores tie in big sales with the Labor Day holiday. So what are the best buys to look for this weekend?
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  • 7 on your side mail vandals
  • Elderly and disabled residents had trouble getting vital checks and bills for months, because of a panel of broken mailboxes.
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  • Pamela and Bob Vazquez' house was ripped off its foundation with them hanging on for dear life inside of it.
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  • pool problem
  • No ground was ever broken on the planned pool, and now a refund promise has turned into 2 rubber checks and plenty of broken promises.
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  • It's August 1st, so it's time for Nina Pineda's suggestions on best buys as she hits on back to school items and lots of summer items (grills, patio furniture, apparel) that will be deeply discounted.
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  • life insurance
  • Money that was supposed to be paid to an elderly man from his wife's insurance agency was stolen by an identity thief.
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  • sandy flooding
  • It was the couple's first home, but last October Superstorm Sandy left it submerged.
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  • Half a billion dollars in relief money was raised in the weeks and months following Superstorm Sandy.
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  • garage crash
  • Truman Terrell has video of his car getting smacked by a parking lot attendant; an eyewitness, and a cracked bumper.
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  • air conditioner repairs
  • Some older A/C's don't need to be replaced, just given a little help around the house to make them run better.
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  • banker
  • It was a lose-lose situation, a wedding venue was washed away by Sandy, leaving dozens of couples counting on a beach wedding in the lurch.
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  • The landlord was a no-show in court, but Nina Pineda and 7 on your Side managed to catch up with a Wildwood landlord who was accused of running a rental rip-off scam.
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  • Extras, models and actors are used to waiting weeks for pay, but when months went by, one actor got 7 On Your Side to help.
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  • avon pavilion
  • An iconic fixture of the Jersey Shore that got washed away by Superstorm Sandy is now making a big comeback.
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  • counterfeit money
  • If you think all money you get from your bank is real, think again.
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  • nassau sting
  • Some of the arrested contractors are accused of ripping off survivors of Superstorm Sandy.
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  • Al Lakas is an air conditioner contractor who, when confronted by our camera, just can't stand the heat.
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  • mold juice
  • Many children drink them every day, but a Brooklyn family says their son got sick after drinking from a juice box.
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  • wedding refund
  • It was the perfect place to say "I do" until Superstorm Sandy washed the wedding hall away, leaving a Jersey shore couple with no reception venue.
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  • Two sisters have been fighting with their mortgage company to release insurance money to fix their Sandy-damaged home.
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  • donuts
  • June has the longest days of the year, which means more daylight to shop!
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  • house loan
  • A home equity loan that had been paid off showed up as an unresolved $20,000 debt against the home 20 years later.
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  • So many people taking care of aging parents and relatives know it's important to get power of attorney to handle matters for them.
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  • swimming safety
  • An important warning for parents this time of year as drowning poses one of the biggest dangers for kids.
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  • dumont tree
  • A New Jersey man bought a house and chopped a tree down he thought was on his property, but turns out it wasn't, and when the town saw it gone, sent him a whopper of a bill in the thousands for robbing residents of shade and oxygen.
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  • So many good ideas posted on our Facebook page, and a lot of the comments were tips about grocery shopping.
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  • auto repo
  • It truly was a beamer bummer. A Bronx man's BMW was gone in 60 seconds.
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  • 7 On Your Side reporter Nina Pineda confronts Camp Life Kingdom's directors about paying their youth counselors from last summer's work.
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  • If you're like some lottery players in the Bronx, it's not how, but where you buy your ticket that matters.
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  • outrageous fees
  • They're beyond irritating and they keep getting bigger: Frustrating Fees for what used to be free!
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  • bad landlord
  • A group of tenants was left shivering for more than a year without heat and hot water.
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  • may best buys
  • Along with warmer skies, the month of May brings savings, but you need to know where those best bets are.
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  • all american chimney
  • There's a warning for anyone with a fireplace and a chimney.
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  • This Sandy soaked homeowner lost everything but the clothes on her back, and now she says a cruise company's turned its back on her.
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  • boat in yard
  • A homeowner on Long Island had her house destroyed, and she had an added problem, someone else's boat shipwrecked on her deck!
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  • Anyone dealing with health insurance knows there's a huge price difference if you use an out-of-network provider.
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  • parking ticket
  • The Long Island car owner said he felt like David going up against Goliath fighting over a parking ticket.
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  • Some outraged folks on Staten Island are outraged today after they got warnings about debris left on their curb. Debris from Superstorm Sandy.
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  • 7 most common tax write-offs
  • Leaving money on the table at tax time is something many people do. That is deductions - not taken by us when we file our taxes. And it could mean the difference of get thousands in a return - or reaching for your checkbook to pay Uncle Sam.
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