That will give you another t30 days to track the progress of your contributions from friends and relatives, who secretly hope your goal won't be reached so they won't have to fork over the money, read your book or see your film.

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Also, the tough economic times mean many don't have the money to fork out on pricey hotels and rental properties.

BBC: Newsbeat - The P Word - Students look to 'cash in' on Obama party

The most bizarre part to me isn't that Samsung is willing to fork out ungodly amounts of currency in order to sear the term "Galaxy" onto the brains of every human alive -- it's that the outfit's North American marketing partners are actually stellar.

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While municipal water utilities are required to provide public reports of test results, bottled-water makers are not. (On the other hand, well water, which is found in many rural areas, isn't regulated as water provided by towns and cities is.) So although you may fork over a pretty penny for bottled water, that doesn't mean it's any better than what's coming out of your faucet.

CNN: Is your bottled water safe?

That can't happen as long as it has to fork over all its profits.

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Still, the plans aren't for everyone, in part because you must actually fork over cash to buy the stock.

WSJ: Getting Going: Buying Stock From the Boss

One fork piercing elicited a liquid chocolate so good I couldn't speak.

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And you can actually tweak as well - that's charming worms from a distance with a long-handled fork, in case you're a bit squeamish of the worms, you don't have to get too close.

NPR: The Tricks And Tools Of Worm Charmers

As you probably already know, we can't get enough of WiFi -- naturally we prefer the free variety, but have been known to fork over a few bucks from time to time to get our fix.

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