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Mom and Dad  (AP)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080322/ap_on_bi_ge/living_with_parents"&gt;&lt;img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080322/capt.nyol58003220907.living_with_parents_nyol580.jpg?x=130&amp;y=96&amp;q=85&amp;sig=0wskqDMF1Y2XVwekj_HC0Q--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Jo Ann Bauer is seen with her parents Bill and Shirley Smith in their home Wednesday, March 19, 2008, in Eden, Wis. Laid off from her job as a special events manager at an upscale resort, Bauer struggled for four years on her own until December, when she accepted her parents' offer to move into their central Wisconsin home. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - After being laid off from her job as an events planner at an upscale resort, Jo Ann Bauer &lt;a href=http://creditcards.apply-for-credit.org/Low-Interest-Credit-Cards.html&gt;Low Interest Credit Cards&lt;/a&gt; financially. 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