(CNN) — On newspaper racks Tuesday, 9/11 was markedly absent from the front pages of the New York Times and the New York Post. “The…
via BBC News Two former officers of the US Border Patrol have been found guilty of using their position to smuggle hundreds of illegal immigrants across the border from Mexico for personal gain. Raul Villarreal and his brother, Fidel, were also convicted of accepting bribes and conspiring to launder money. Before the case, Raul Villarreal […]
With the upcoming presidential election, more than ever people are focused on the government’s unemployment statistics. Last Friday, the Labor Department announced a slight increase…
Stop the presses: Jimmie Walker, the actor best known for his role as J.J. Evans on “Good Times,” is not a fan of President Barack…
When you put together everything Americans produce in a year, it adds up to some $16 trillion — an almost unimaginable amount of money. Now for the first time in its history, the United States owes its creditors that same amount. The $16 trillion of federal debt is as big as the nation’s entire economic […]
Scam artists are targeting older Americans more than ever. Over the last decade, both complaints and financial losses among baby boomers have skyrocketed, and the trend is expected to accelerate as they age, according to a recent report by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received more than […]
via BBC News The US economy created 227,000 jobs in February, while the unemployment rate stayed at 8.3%, the lowest level in nearly three years. The Labor Department report also showed that job-creation figures in December and January were even stronger than first estimated. President Barack Obama said the figures showed the economy “getting stronger”. […]
In the basement of Hill House, a community center just outside of this city’s bustling downtown, Brooklyn Davis clutches a plastic fork and stabs eagerly at a styrofoam plate piled high with waffles and syrup. He keeps a broad-billed, oversized New York Yankees baseball cap pulled low over his ears, and has a NASCAR jacket […]
In every state across the country, white men and women are outliving blacks, in some cases by a margin as wide as eight years, says a new life-expectancy study from theUniversity of California, Los Angeles. In America, a white male born today has a life expectancy of 74.8 years, while black males are expected to […]
In a lesson about Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, Mitchell’s first-grade teacher in Arizona asked students to list their dreams and she would write them on the chalkboard. Mitchell shared his dream that everybody would come to know God.
Consumer demand for PCs in the United States, Canada and Europe is slumping badly, but consumers in emerging markets can’t get enough of them, Intel said. Sales in China were up 12%, India 21%, Turkey 14% and Indonesia 23%. China has become the world’s No. 1 PC market, and fast-growing Brazil is now right behind […]
OHIO TALKING POINTS Since the 2004 election, Ohio has made exercising the right to vote for its citizens easier, more accessible and convenient. Now, a new law, pushed by Republican Governor Kasich and his allies, threatens to roll back that progress and make it more difficult and confusing for Ohioans to make their voice heard […]
