You can minimize the cost of things that eat away at your bottom line by registering for membership sites and rewards programs, applying discount codes, comparison shopping, and simply watching your spending.

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Most of these sites charge a membership fee, allowing subscribers to play a variety of games against each other, offer reviews of new games and provide opportunities for game-chat.

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Membership is up dramatically on subscription sites like Match.com and PerfectMatch.com, increasing 17 and 60 percent, respectively, compared to the same time last year.

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Correspondents say Unesco membership would allow Palestinians to apply to classify their monuments as World Heritage Sites at a time when the heritage of much of the region is under dispute.

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On social networking sites, dozens of action groups have formed in the past week and their membership has snowballed due to word of mouth and group emails.

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