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Released: May 23, 2010

Documents you need to save or purge while getting organized

Source: Eileen Ambrose, Baltimore Sun (Free Registration)

Save it or toss it? It’s a question we face whenever confronted with canceled checks, utility bills, ATM and credit card receipts, 401(k) statements — that mound of paper taking over our homes.

If you’re like many, you err on the side of caution and keep each piece, letting the stack of papers grow, throwing them in an overstuffed drawer or stowing them in a box that won’t be reopened for months or years.

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