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It could take years for the nation to fully bounce back from the recession, according to new projections by the Federal Reserve, who indicated even once the economy starts expanding again, it will be an "unusually gradual and prolonged" rec
A terrible mismatch may be shaping up in the Congo. Thousands of teenage boys and their farmer fathers are grabbing machetes, slingshots, axes and ragtag shotguns, wading into the bush to confront a band of experienced killers.
In the hush-hush world of Swiss banking, the unthinkable is happening: secrets are spilling into the open. UBS, the largest bank in Switzerland, agreed on Wednesday to divulge the names of well-heeled Americans whom the authorities suspect of using o
When Beltway insider Jack Valenti died two years ago at age 85, he was playing the role of intermediary between Washington and Hollywood as the theatrical, snowy-haired president of the Motion Picture Association of America.
The German cabinet approved a law letting it nationalize banks, setting aside a reluctance to seize private property in the latest government intervention worldwide to tackle the financial crisis.
For the first time, some airline passengers will skip metal detectors and instead be screened by body scanning machines that look through clothing for hidden weapons, the Transportation Security Administration said.
A 14-year-old Wisconsin girl who refused to stop texting during a high school math class was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct...after she ignored a teacher's demand that she cease texting. The girl was frisked by a female cop.
A Pennsylvania dog groomer has been ordered to stand trial on animal cruelty charges for selling "gothic kittens" with ear, neck and tail piercings. Her home was raided after the county Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals got a
A Broward County judge denied bond to a woman spotted by a Publix shopper pouring an unspecified black liquid into jars of baby food inside the grocery store on the evening of Feb. 12.
I try to be as eco-conscious as possible when it comes to me. But lately I've been worrying about what to do when I become waste. What's the greenest thing I can do with my remains when I shuffle off this mortal coil?
Two former U.S. Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a fleeing drug smuggler were released from prison Tuesday and allowed to return to their homes in El Paso. Jose Compean, 32, and Ignacio Ramos, 40, served roughly two years of their respec
Texas financier R. Allen Stanford is accused of cheating 50,000 customers out of $8 billion dollars but despite raids of his financial empire in Houston, Memphis, and Tupelo, Miss., federal authorities say they do not know the current whereabouts of
Congress members skirt calls from Raw; Stanford Financial PAC gave $128,000 in 2008
California’s Senate remained deadlocked over a plan to raise taxes to help close the state’s $42 billion budget shortfall as Republicans replaced their leader who sought to build support for the plan.
Alan Greenspan had some explaining to do. In 2000, The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward published a biography of the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board entitled “Maestro,” with the cover image portraying Greenspan in full oracle mode: testifying
If Army General David McKiernan, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, gets his way, the total increase over the coming year will be 30,000. McKiernan has said he needs to beef up U.S. forces in Afghanistan to roll back a growing Taliban insurgency, esp
A handful of Republican governors are considering turning down some money from the federal stimulus package, a move opponents say puts conservative ideology ahead of the needs of constituents struggling with record foreclosures and soaring unemployme
The Obama agenda isn’t about saving the American economy. Rather, it is about putting Big Brother in control of our lives. It’s about the Nanny State — big government intrusion into every aspect of our lives
A cartoon likening the author of the stimulus bill, perhaps President Hussein Obama, with a rabid chimpanzee graced the pages of the New York Post on Wednesday.
The Arizona Daily Star sued a local punk rock band for copyright infringement because it used a slain police officer's photo to illustrate its album. The band, Awful Truth, used the photo to promote its album, "Kill a Cop for God."
The protesters, about 500 to 600 strong and growing, began arriving as ticket holders walked in. Mesa police set up a free speech area. They held their signs up high: "Don't tread on me," "Spend all you want, I'll pick up the t
A "Ley Line" is believed by the Illuminati to have some sort of special powers. They are lines of longitude. This video explores the 104th Ley Line and its significance to the Stimulus being signed there. the MORE INFO section has links de
I just uploaded over a hundred stills of this morning's activities in Mesa. I will be writing an Editorial Review of what I observed, and will post it when completed. We were had... but I expected it.
Perth - Householders would be charged for each flush under a radical new toilet tax designed to help beat the drought.
We need to start demanding that our elected officials are here to serve us and to protect America. We need to remind them that America is our country and, we are in charge.
Assume that this couple are late 20s/early 30s, and are making decent — but not 6 figure — salaries. Can they afford that starter house? If not, then the entire real estate chain is frozen.
Is FACEBOOK a Department of Defense data mining scheme run by the CIA and D.A.R.P.A.?
Although we are now moving to get out of the oil business which well we should, how much oil do we really have that is recoverable? Because of this price shock and the flap over global warming which is a direct challenge to take all fossil fuels of l
How many people will become unwitting interest slaves for the rest of their lives by signing up for one of these "loan modifications"? That is likely to happen if non-recourse loans become recourse loans.
