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WASHINGTON – The Hooters restaurant chain has a $200 check ready for FEMA, reimbursement for a bottle of Dom Perignon champagne bought with Hurricane Katrina relief money. FEMA will be happy to have the money back. The champagne, purchased in San Antonio, was among numerous examples of improper spending of …

WASHINGTON – Wielding government-issued credit cards, Homeland Security employees racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in unjustified expenses last year, including booties for rescue dogs, iPods, designer rain jackets and beer-making equipment, according to a congressional audit released Wednesday. Investigators also cited more than 100 missing laptop computers that …

How does a 20-something journalist of modest means travel in the second-most expensive city in the world without breaking the bank? Here are some tips I picked up along the way: Finding a Flight To find the cheapest flight, you really do have to work at it. There are endless …