Each inquiry hurts credit score (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Taking the bait of promotional credit card offers can harm your credit score, says Dr. Don.

House Questions Use of Credit Score in Setting Insurance Premiums (E-Commerce Times)
The practice of insurers basing auto insurance premiums on a customer's credit rating was questioned at a House hearing Tuesday, with critics asking whether it disproportionately hurts young people and minorities. "If I got my credit score up, would that make me a better driver?" asked Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., chairman of the House Financial Services oversight subcommittee.

Seven Ways to Keep Your Credit Score in the Pink (Fox News)
Credit scores are used to determine how much you pay for everything from your car loan, to your cell phone and your home loan. Here are seven ways to boost your score.

Seven tips to boost your credit score (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
1/83/8 NEW YORK | If you've been ignoring your credit score, it's time to get your head out of the sand. That three-digit number may seem like an airy abstraction, but it has a very real effect on your life: Credit scores are used to determine how much you pay for everything from your car loan to your cell phone and your home loan.

Credit lockdown privileges spread (USA Today)
Amid growing concern about identity theft, Experian has joined the nation's two other major credit bureaus in allowing consumers to freeze access to their credit files.