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The bad news about the economy just doesn’t stop. Home prices fell more in January and consumer confidence fell to a five year low. Yikes. It’s times like this that we just want to go back to our rented apartment and curl up by the space heater with a big bowl of comfort food. But can comfort food be TOO comforting? We sent Fair Game’s Matt Pack to find out.

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