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  • Piggy for the uber-frugal
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    Kris Keller gets the Marketplace Piggy Award for making sacrifices to stay on budget.

  • A screenshot from DearLisaRudgers.com
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    A 22-year-old college grad dropped $11 on a domain name and poured all of her Web 2.0 talents into creating the ideal job application for a social media director position.

  • For penning a money-savvy rap

    This week's Piggy Award goes to a money-smart teen who practices what she raps.

  • The recipient of this week's piggy award: A Big Y supermarket clerk, who helped a Connecticut woman from falling victim to a scam.
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    A Big Y supermarket clerk helps a Connecticut woman from falling victim to a scam.

  • A piggy for Richard Chapel from Granger, Indiana.
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    Ten-year-old Richard Chapel mowed lawns for a whole summer for a new basketball hoop.

  • Jacqueline Byers' salary is in the low $40,000 range, but she budgets, tracks her spending and saves up for what she really loves -- travel.
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    Jacqueline Byers' salary is in the low $40,000 range, but she budgets, tracks her spending and saves up for what she really loves — travel.

  • Piggy for a frugal valentine
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    Our plastic porcine pal heads to Wisconsin this week, to the home of a man who cooked his way to his wife's heart on Valentine's Day.

  • For five years of love and fiscal responsibility
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    A marine declares his love for his wife of five years, who along with love diligently sent him burned copies of Marketplace Money every week through two tours of duty.

  • For saving, not splurging potential income
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    Listeners share what they would do if Congress were to pass legislation to make home refinancing easier — putting more money in homeowners' pockets.

  • For starting a ‘What happens next?’ Fund

    This week's winner thought ahead and created an emergency fund for her and her husband.