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Personal finance from around the Web:

-   In today's real estate market, unsurprisingly, some sellers are stretching -- or hiding -- the truth about their home's pluses and minuses. Check out this guide to [the lies that a potential homebuyer will most commonly hear](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748703535104574646600132632292.html?mod=WSJ_HomeAndGarden_sections_RealEstate). \[The Wall Street Journal\]

-   ["Tax" really is a dirty word](http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/01/just-dont-call-it-carbon-tax?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+motherjones%2FTheBlueMarble+\(Mother+Jones+|+The+Blue+Marble\)). A new study by Columbia University found that Republican and Independent participants would support a surcharge labeled a "carbon offset" but not an identical charge labeled a "carbon tax." Democrats support it either way. \[Mother Jones\]

-   Banks seem to be looking for [excuses to deny home loan modifications](http://www.propublica.org/ion/bailout/item/homeowners-say-banks-not-following-rules-for-loan-modifications). And some violate the rules of the Treasury Department's loan modification program. \[ProPublica\]

-   You may already know that you can use [social media to save money](http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/), but ex-New York Governor Eliot Spitzer thinks you might also be able to use it to be a [more powerful shareholder](http://www.slate.com/id/2241191/). \[Consumerism Commentary, Slate\]

-   Start filling out that 2010 calendar with financial to-dos. Here's a [month-by-month guide](http://http//news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=321967&pgid=rss#page=0&part=1) to get you started. \[Morningstar\]

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