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The NL Central may look to be decided, but baseball tickets in at least a few cities are going to be worth the effort to obtain as the season steams towards the finish line. The Cardinals are still on top of the standings, but the Reds are still within striking distance and can also clinch the Wild Card despite a miserable recent stretch of games. Louis Cardinals Currently: The Cardinals have held onto their lead, even though they didn t have a great month. The team went 15-13 over the past 30 days, but that was good enough to lengthen their lead given the struggles of the Reds. This team is all about Albert Pujols, who s having an historic season. Outlook: Keep Pujols healthy and Chris Carpenter moving along, and they ll cruise to the division title. Cincinnati Reds Currently: The Reds started the month well enough, but have crashed recently, losing nine of their last ten games. That s not how you make a run for the pennant, but the good news is that they re still in contention for the postseason if they can right the ship. Outlook: Keep Adam Dunn rolling and get the pitching figured out, as it s been torched lately. Houston Astros Currently: Not...

Bankruptcy should be seen as the last resort for people who have got themselves into too much debt. It may seem the answer to all your prayers but bankruptcy is only able to solve certain debt issues. Remember, if you have filed for bankruptcy you may find it difficult to obtain credit in the future unless your bankruptcy has been cleared, or discharged for a number of years. Bankruptcy is very good for wiping out credit card debt. Unless you have a special secured credit card, your credit card balance is an unsecured debt. That means that the credit card company has no hold on anything that belongs to you if you do not pay back your debt. This is specifically the kind of debt that bankruptcy is designed to remove. Apart from credit card debt, you may have other unsecured debts, and bankruptcy can eradicate these as well. However, bankruptcy will not discharge your obligations to some other kinds of debts, including child support, alimony, tax debts, student loans, and any secured debts. If you are reading this then the chances are that you are considering filing for bankruptcy. Your debts have got to the point where you cannot afford the monthly...

First Google reports another blowout quarter. Earlier the same day, Nielsen publishes search results for September 2006, and Google put the hammer to the competition there also. They garnered 50 search share which equates to 24 growth year over year YOY . Talk about impressive numbers the Google train obviously isn t slowing. How does this impact the major search game. Does this sound the warning siren to Microsoft that maybe they ought to reconsider buying out Yahoo. It makes perfect sense given the fact that Microsoft s search results continue to fall -12 YOY to a 9.23 share , and Yahoo isn t keeping Google within an eyeshot either although they still maintain a nice share of the search market 23.4 ; up 12 YOY . The two of them combined would give Google a little competition, and we, the consumer, would benefit from greater services and advancements in software along with online options as the companies battle it out in the marketplace. If not, Google is going to run off and hide. Perhaps Yahoo with a lot of cash to spare will buy some smaller niche companies to make themselves even more attractive to Microsoft, but I don t believe Microsoft will...