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Atlanta knows how to save a buck or two, according to a new study from Coupons.com. In a survey released today identifying the most frugal cities in the United States, the Big Peach is the best at not spending a lot.

These are complicated economic times and people are looking for whatever break they can get when it comes to parting ways with their hard-earned money. “Across the country, more Americans than ever before are turning to digital coupons to help them save their hard-earned cash,” said Jeanette Pavini, Coupons.com household savings expert. “The South and Midwest dominate the list of most frugal U.S. cities, out-saving other regions including the West and Northeast.”

Joining Atlanta in some good old southern frugality were Tampa (#2), Raleigh (#4), and Nashville (#10). However, the distinction of the most frugal region in the country belongs to the Midwest, where nine cities rank among the top 25 most frugal cities.

See below for the full list of the most frugal cities in the country. Oddly, what’s going on east of the Mississippi that’s got everybody couponing so much?

You may have noticed that Ohio has three cities in that list, two of which are in the top ten. Those three coupon-clipping cities have given Ohio the distinction of most frugal state in the United States.

People in Atlanta aren’t just printing off coupons and zipping out to stores, either. The city was the most “on-the-go” frugal city, as well, due to the high number of people using their mobile devices in order to cash in their coupons.

Anybody in these cities (or beyond) an unabashed couponer? What’s your favorite way to save? Share with the rest of us below in the comments.

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f04473/digital_health_now) has announced the addition of the "Digital Health NOW Spotlight Report: Cool Technologies in Healthcare ICT" report to their offering.

As challenges facing Canadian healthcare intensify, the focus on leveraging technology for greater efficiencies in healthcare has intensified. As a result, innovation in healthcare technologies continues to remain cutting edge with several new technologies being introduced into the market on a regular basis. Branham defines a "cool technology" as one that is innovative, is recent in its application and expected to find increased application in coming years.

Undoubtedly the hottest trend in digital Health, borne out by the breadth of its adoption over the past two years, is the move towards wireless and mobile infrastructure and applications. The digital health market is evolving rapidly. Once characterised by small scale, single applications, it is increasingly dominated by larger multi-functional systems. The type of organisation that is building and hosting eHealth services is also changing, with incumbent healthcare providers ceding market share to the next generation of providers or changing themselves to offer next generation solutions. This evolution, in part, is being driven by the growing use of both local and wide area wireless networking and mobile applications. The value of wireless technology is seen in improving service productivity, efficiency and profitability. Though healthcare organisations in Canada and elsewhere have been slow to embrace wireless technology, more and more organisations are finding that they can save time and money and improve care with this technology and as it eliminates the need for wired connections, it increases mobility of their patients and healthcare professionals and ultimately improves treatment outcomes.

Key Topics Covered:

Global Healthcare Expenditures

How Does Canada Compare

Healthcare Expenditures Resources in the Health Sector Health Status and Risk Factors

The Role of Information and Communications Technology

Country Briefs

Vendor Happenings in the EU

Final Thoughts

Countries covered in this report:

Denmark Germany France Netherlands Sweden

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f04473/digital_health_now

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It was the Nick Emery and TJ Haws show Tuesday night in Highland as Lone Peak (18-3, 9-1) dispatched Bingham (8-13, 0-0) with a late barrage of 3-point baskets to win decisively, 70-43.

While not quite as notorious, Emery and Haws are every bit as intimidating to opposing teams as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Haws typically plays the role of Sundance, but his school-record-tying eight 3-point baskets and career-high 31 points earned "The Kid" top billing on senior night.

The two teams started out thuggish, combing for eight fouls in the first eight minutes as they were locked in a 3-3 stalemate halfway through the first quarter. Emery and Haws connected on three treys and accounted for all of the Knights' 11 points. Senior Brody Berry was the first player not named Nick or TJ to record a basket, nearly four minutes into the second period.

After playing tough at the outset, the Miners failed to capitalize on poor shooting and turnovers for Lone Peak and that is something no team can afford when playing a club the caliber of the Knights. Lone Peak took advantage of a chance to catch a second wind and came out firing in the second quarter as the Knights used a mini Emery burst to fuel a 14-2 run, pushing the lead to 25-8.

The Miners chipped away at the lead taking advantage of the Knights' aggressive play and getting to the line as they used a 9-0 run of their own to keep things close. They were able to keep within 10 points and striking distance but it was Sundance to the rescue for Lone Peak as Haws drained a 3 to end the quarter and extend the lead to 30-17.

Twelve of Lone Peak's 19 points in the third came off 3-point baskets by Emery and Haws. None were more impressive than Emery's buzzer-beater that gave the Knights a 49-32 lead. After a missed shot, Berry jumped over the baseline and saved the possession by tossing the ball well beyond the arc and Emery connected from way downtown on a fade-away 3-point basket with a hand in his face.

Haws took over in the fourth scoring three quick 3-pointers, taking a steal coast-to-coast finishing with a strong one handed dunk and knifing through the defense for another lay-up. Haws' 13-point fourth quarter sparked a 17-4 run that would end any and all hope for Bingham (8-13, 4-6), as he and the Knights would ride off into the sunset with a 27 point win.

Next up for Lone Peak (18-3, 9-1) is a trip to the state 5A tournament next week. The Knights tied American Fork for the top spot in Region 4, but the Knights lost the coin flip with the Cavemen and will enter the tournament as the No. 2 seed from the region. They will play at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday against the third-place team from Region 2.

BINGHAM (43): Morely 2, McKee 2, Benson 11, Williams 7, Schultz 3, Miles 4, Hannay 5, Bagley 2, Sandquist 2, Sanders 2, Turner 3. Totals 13 14-19 43.

LONE PEAK (70): Berry 4, Hansen 2, Toolson 7, Buck 4, Squires 2, Emery 20, Haws 31. Totals 26 9-10 70.

Bingham 6 11 15 11 -- 43

Lone Peak 11 19 19 21 -- 70

3-point goals: Bingham 3 (Benson 2, Turner), Lone Peak 13 (Toolson, Emery 4, Haws 8).

• American Fork 60, Pleasant Grove 49: At Pleasant Grove, Zac Hunter had 13 points to lead a balanced American Fork attack as the Cavemen (18-2, 9-1) ended the regular season tied for first in Region 4 after a win over Pleasant Grove (4-17, 1-9).

Quincy Bair added 12 points and Danny Beddes and Marcel Davis added 11 points apiece.

Alan Hamson led Pleasant Grove with 17 points.

The Cavement won the coin flip with Lone Peak and will enter the Class 5A tournament as the No. 1 seed from Region 4. They will play at 5:50 p.m. Tuesday at the Maverick Center against the No. 4 team from Region 2.

AMERICAN FORK (60): Beddes 11, Davis 11, Waddoups 9, Bair 12, Hunter 13, Andrus 4. Totals 20 17-25 60.

PLEASANT GROVE (49): Court 1, Anderson 2, Bischoff 5, S.Pincock 5, Jensen 6, F.Pincock 2, Banks 2, Hamson 17, Sampson 9. Totals 17 12-22 49.

American Fork 15 11 18 16 -- 60

Pleasant Grove 10 8 10 21 -- 49

3-point goals: American Fork 3 (Waddoups, Bair, Hunter), Pleasant Grove 3 (Jensen 2, Bischoff).

• Riverton 64, Lehi 43: At Riverton, the Silverwolves jumped out to a 20-10 lead and then went on a 17-10 run in the third quarter and Lehi never recovered as Riverton (11-10, 4-6) topped the Pioneers (11-10, 3-7) in Region 4.

Colton Colledge led Lehi with 12 points.

LEHI (43): Cleveringa 7, McGregor 6, Nerdin 4, Colledge 12, christofferson 3, Pittard 8, Christensen 3. Totals 15 10-14 43.

RIVERTON (64): Stone 9, McCleary 18, Worsham 18, Holm 12, Loamanu 5, Rindlisbacher 2. Totals 17 22-24 64.

Lehi 10 10 10 13 -- 43

Riverton 20 7 17 20 -- 64

3-point goals: Lehi 1 (Christensen), Riverton 2 (Stone, Loamanu).

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At around 7 a.m. on Friday in the conference room of an Indianapolis hotel, an NFL representative will flip a specially minted coin with a Carolina Panthers logo on one side and a Miami Dolphins logo on the other.

The winner of that coin flip will pick No.8 in April’s NFL draft. The loser will pick No.9. No matter what happens, both teams will have a chance to get a very good player.

“I think anytime you’re in a coin flip or any kind of competitive situation, you’d rather come up first than second,” Panthers general manager Marty Hurney said. “But if you lose the coin flip, I don’t think there’s a lot of disappointment or panic or anything like that.”

The Panthers and Dolphins must do this because they both finished with the same 6-10 record and their strength of schedule also turned out to be exactly equal. But there’s no guarantee that the No.8 pick will turn out better than the No.9.

Two quick examples: In 2000, Plaxico Burress was picked No.8. Brian Urlacher was No.9. Both have had fine NFL careers. But Urlacher’s has been better even if you discount the fact that Urlacher never shot himself and served jail time on a gun charge, as Burress did.

In 1996, the Panthers picked running back Tshimanga Biakabutuka No.8 and Oakland picked tight end Rickey Dudley at No.9. Dudley ultimately lasted three more years in the league and scored 19 more TDs than the injury-plagued Biakabutuka.

Now it is true that winning the flip will give the Panthers a bit more leverage at No.8 if they ultimately trade the pick away. Sports Illustrated’s Peter King writes: “The difference in one spot on the draft trade value chart – the chart most teams use to divine value when making draft-day trades – between picks that high is 50 points. That’s roughly the equivalent of a mid- to low-fourth-round pick on the chart.”

This got me thinking about coin flips through the years. The Panthers won a big one with Jacksonville back in 1994 to obtain the No.1 pick in the 1995 NFL draft (which they later traded away, choosing Kerry Collins at No.5 overall).

There have been many more important coin flips through the years, in and out of sports. Here are five of my favorites.

5. Hakeem the dream: In 1984, the NBA conducted a coin flip between Houston and Portland to decide which team got the No.1 overall pick. Houston won and picked Hakeem Olajuwon. Portland lost and picked Sam Bowie. But Chicago, who wasn’t involved in the flip at all, really won by picking Michael Jordan at No.3.

4. That’s not quite what I meant: Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck once correctly called an overtime coin flip in a playoff game, then brashly declared, “We want the ball and we’re going to score!” Hasselbeck then threw an interception that Green Bay returned for a touchdown.

3. Heads-Tails: On Thanksgiving Day in 1998, Pittsburgh’s Jerome Bettis called “heads-tails” while the coin was in the air to decide whether the Steelers or Detroit would get the ball in overtime. The coin landed on “tails,” referee Phil Luckett declared Bettis had called “heads” and a controversy ensued. Detroit won the game. That flip led to the NFL rewriting its coin-flip rule – you now have to call the flip before the coin is tossed.

2. Tail of two cities: In 1851, two men founded a large city in Oregon together. One was from Maine and wanted to name it “Portland.” The other was from Massachusetts and wanted to name it “Boston.” A coin flip decided “Portland” as the winner.

1. The Wright stuff: In December 1903, the Wright brothers were oh-so-close to flying. Their aircraft had room for only the pilot, so Orville and Wilbur conducted a coin flip.

Wilbur won. But his attempt on Dec.14, 1903, stalled out, lasted barely over three seconds and wasn’t successful. Orville, the coin-flip loser, ended up going for 12 seconds and 120 feet in Kitty Hawk, N.C., three days later to begin the aviation era with the historic “first flight.”

Whether the Panthers win or lose the coin flip Friday, it won’t matter much. Because as Wilbur Wright could have told you, fate can be as fickle as a flying machine.

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