NEWCASTLE // Arsenal threw away a four-goal lead to draw 4-4 with Newcastle in an astonishing Premier League game on Saturday.
The Gunners were 3-0 ahead inside 10 minutes thanks to goals from Theo Walcott, Johan Djourou and Robin van Persie.
The Dutch striker Van Persie headed in the fourth before half time, but Abou Diaby's push on Joey Barton left Arsenal to play out the final 40 minutes with 10 men and Newcastle seized its chance.
Barton scored twice from the spot either side of a goal by Leon Best before Cheik Tiote completed the comeback with three minutes remaining.
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Everton 5-3 Blackpool
Louis Saha scored four times Saturday to lead Everton to a 5-3 win, taking his tally to eight goals in his past six games.
Blackpool had come from 2-1 down to lead 3-2 at Goodison Park before Saha's third goal leveled the match. He struck again in the 84th minute, four minutes after teammate Jermaine Beckford had given the hosts the lead with a superb volley.
Saha also scored in the 20th and 47th minutes – either side of a goal from Alex Baptiste for Blackpool – but Jason Puncheon and Charlie Adam then found the net for the visitors to take the lead.
Man City 3-0 West Brom
Carlos Tevez scored a 19-minute first-half hat trick on his 27th birthday to help Manchester City record a comfortable 3-0 victory over West Bromwich Albion at the City of Manchester Stadium.
Tevez hit the post after only three minutes but made no mistake from a 16th minute penalty, awarded for a trip by Steven Reid on Aleksandar Kolarov.
His second goal came five minutes later and followed a clever one-two with teammate David Silva which allowed Tevez to advance and comfortably beat Albion goalkeeper Boaz Myhill.
After Kolarov had struck the crossbar, Tevez completed his hat trick 10 minutes before the interval – taking his season tally to 20 goals – with another penalty after Jerome Thomas had handled in the West Brom area.
Aston Villa 2-2 Fulham
Clint Dempsey's 10th goal of the season earned Fulham a 2-2 Premier League draw at Aston Villa on Saturday.
Villa led twice through John Pantsil's own-goal and a first ever league goal for the on-loan Kyle Walker, but Andy Johnson and then Dempsey equalised.
Villa dominated the first half with winger Stewart Downing linking up well with fullback Walker down the right but Dempsey completed the London side's comeback with a smart header from Danny Murphy's 78th-minute corner.
Tottenham 2-1 Bolton
Tottenham substitute Niko Kranjcar scored in injury time Saturday for a 2-1 win over visiting Bolton and three vital points in the chase for a second straight top-four Premier League finish.
The Croatia midfielder's 25-meter (yard) shot sealed victory for a Spurs side that also had a goal disallowed.
Rafael van der Vaart put Tottenham ahead with a sixth-minute penalty and converted another a minute later, only for it to be chalked off because of encroachment by other players. Jussi Jaaskelainen saved the retaken kick.
Tottenham's Jermain Defoe was only denied another penalty because of a late offside decision against Peter Crouch before on-loan Chelsea striker Dean Sturridge equalized in the 55th.
Wigan 4-3 Blackburn
James McCarthy scored twice Saturday to end Wigan's eight-game winless streak with a 4-3 win over Blackburn that lifted the side out of the Premier League relegation zone.
Blackburn deservedly led through Jason Roberts but McCarthy equalized 10 minutes before halftime.
Hugo Rodallega and McCarthy then put the Latics two goals ahead before Christopher Samba pulled one back and Wigan's Ben Watson and Blackburn's David Dunn completed the scoring with a penalty each.
Stoke 3-2 Sunderland
Central defender Robert Huth scored two goals in the last eight minutes Saturday to give Stoke a 3-2 Premier League win over Sunderland, which had led for more than an hour of the match.
Kieran Richardson had put Sunderland ahead in the second minute and, although John Carew equalized 30 minutes later, Asamoah Gyan's ninth goal of the season put the visitors 2-1 up early in the second half.
But Huth equalised from close range in the 83rd seven minutes and then slid in to touch in an injury-time free kick to put Stoke ahead for the first time in the match.
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Multitasking pays off for money goals
Tackling money goals one at a time cost financial literacy expert Barbara O'Neill at least $1 million.
That's how much Ms O'Neill, a distinguished professor at Rutgers University in the US, figures she lost by starting saving for retirement only after she had created an emergency fund, bought a car with cash and purchased a home.
"I tell students that eventually, 30 years later, I hit the million-dollar mark, but I could've had $2 million," Ms O'Neill says.
Too often, financial experts say, people want to attack their money goals one at a time: "As soon as I pay off my credit card debt, then I'll start saving for a home," or, "As soon as I pay off my student loan debt, then I'll start saving for retirement"."
People do not realise how costly the words "as soon as" can be. Paying off debt is a worthy goal, but it should not come at the expense of other goals, particularly saving for retirement. The sooner money is contributed, the longer it can benefit from compounded returns. Compounded returns are when your investment gains earn their own gains, which can dramatically increase your balances over time.
"By putting off saving for the future, you are really inhibiting yourself from benefiting from that wonderful magic," says Kimberly Zimmerman Rand , an accredited financial counsellor and principal at Dragonfly Financial Solutions in Boston. "If you can start saving today ... you are going to have a lot more five years from now than if you decide to pay off debt for three years and start saving in year four."
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Dirham Stretcher tips for having a baby in the UAE
Selma Abdelhamid, the group's moderator, offers her guide to guide the cost of having a young family:
• Buy second hand stuff
They grow so fast. Don't get a second hand car seat though, unless you 100 per cent know it's not expired and hasn't been in an accident.
• Get a health card and vaccinate your child for free at government health centres
Ms Ma says she discovered this after spending thousands on vaccinations at private clinics.
• Join mum and baby coffee mornings provided by clinics, babysitting companies or nurseries.
Before joining baby classes ask for a free trial session. This way you will know if it's for you or not. You'll be surprised how great some classes are and how bad others are.
• Once baby is ready for solids, cook at home
Take the food with you in reusable pouches or jars. You'll save a fortune and you'll know exactly what you're feeding your child.