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This week's Carnival of Personal Finance is up at Quest for Four Pillars.

Prevent Identity Theft - Military Finance Network

Identity theft is a serious crime that can destroy your finances and ruin your life. Identity theft can ruin your credit score, destroy your ability to take out a loan, or even get you arrested for crimes you did not commit.

There are three methods to protect against identity theft and the damages it can do to your finances and your freedom

ING Electric Orange Check Experiment - The Happy Rock

I have been using the ING Electric Orange checking account for almost a year now and I have been very pleased. One downfall to being able to earn 2.25% on your checking account balance is that they don’t offer a regular paper check book, but you can fill out an electronic check form and they will mail out a check for you.

MMA Rates are Falling, What are You Going to Do? - Dividends4Life

Let me state the obvious: Since year-end, money market rates have been in a free fall. At the end of the year my best money market account (MMA) was earning 5.11% APY. That same account still has my highest rate, but it is now earning a measly 3.75%. So what's a guy to do? Here are a couple of actions that I have taken