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  College students face shorter Pell Grants

  Posted: December 16th, 2011, 10:55am MST

  Thousands of college students may soon feel a financial pinch and another 100,000 may not be able to complete degrees after Congress pushed ahead with changes to federal student aid, education experts said.
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  When you work for yourself, can you take time off?

  Posted: December 16th, 2011, 7:19am MST

  FORTUNE -- Not many job categories are growing in today's economy, but here's one that is: the number of workers calling themselves "free agents." According to temp staffing agency Kelly Services, more than four in 10 workers call themselves "free agents," feeling unattached, long term, to any employer. This is up from 26% in 2008. People flit between organizations and -- often -- spend significant time working for themselves. There are many upsides to calling yourself boss. The downside? Every year, around the holidays, entrepreneurs learn (and relearn, as the case may be) that it's tough to take even a week or two off, let alone a longer absence, like a maternity leave or sabbatical. While corporations dangle paid vacation as a perk, as James Sutton, a self-employed psychologist in Pleasanton, Texas puts it, "the self-employed person pays for their 'fun' twice: the cost of the time off, and the revenue lost from not working."
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  Last chance to buy paper savings bonds

  Posted: December 16th, 2011, 3:23am MST

  This holiday season is your last chance to stop by the bank and buy a paper savings bond, either for yourself or your loved ones.