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Tips for minimum wage earners

The Federal minimum wage is increasing to $6.55 an hour today. But for most folks facing higher prices on everything from a gallon of milk to a gallon of gas, it's still getting harder to make ends meet. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_education?a=HcaN2n"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_education?i=HcaN2n" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_education?a=cDEm2J"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_education?i=cDEm2J" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_education?a=BbBXZJ"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_education?i=BbBXZJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_education?a=HxHkvj"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_education?i=HxHkvj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_education?a=snedYj"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_education?i=snedYj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_education?a=d8xXeJ"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_education?i=d8xXeJ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_education/~4/344957849" height="1" width="1"/>