Would You Support Corporate Sponsorship of State License Plates?
A Nike swoosh or the Golden Arches might one day call to consumers from the back of your car. The legislation that could allow some companies to stamp their corporate logo on Florida license plates as a way to bring in some cash for the state – and save drivers some money – is likely [...]
Hanks and Spielburg Go From Europe to ‘The Pacific’
For all the fiction in which the world’s fate hangs in the balance, a real event – the Second World War – may be the most dramatic of all. “World War II was a crossroads that would spell the difference between freedom or oppression, probably forever,” Steven Spielberg says. “It’s not Hollywood hyperbole, just fact.” [...]
Early Election Results in Iraq: Too Close Too Call
BAGHDAD – Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is in a tight race to maintain his leadership over the Iraqi government, partial election results indicated on Thursday. The Independent High Electoral Commission reported that al-Maliki was well ahead in the southern provinces of Babil and Najaf, two largely Shiite areas where he had been projected to do [...]
Woman Bitten By Bear Was Drunk
MANITOWOC, Wis. – The woman whose fingers were bitten off by an Asiatic black bear at Lincoln Park Zoo on March 5 had a blood-alcohol content that was twice the legal limit, Manitowoc Police Capt. Scott Luchterhand said Thursday. Tracy Weiler, 47, of Manitowoc had a BAC of 0.16 percent, two times the legal limit [...]
Never Too Early to Open a Roth IRA
You’re young. You have a little extra cash this year, and you want to open a Roth retirement account. Go ahead, invest in a really risky mutual fund, your friends say. All the cool guys are doing it. You’ll feel 10 feet tall. Don’t listen to them. You should invest like an old fogey when [...]
Questions and Answers About the Census…
WASHINGTON – Every 10 years, the federal government counts the number of people living in the U.S., as required by the Constitution. Various groups get involved to try to make sure the count is fair and accurate. Other groups, even elected officials, criticize it. Question: Why does our government do this (other than it being [...]
Heaton Savors Vantage Point as Mom at ‘The Middle’
Been there. Done that. Won the Emmy. Twice. That was Patricia Heaton’s first reaction when the former “Everybody Loves Raymond” wife was offered the TV mom role on ABC’s “The Middle.” Then she met the show creators, DeAnn Heline from Ohio and Eileen Heisler from Illinois. “We’re all moms, and they get it,” says Heaton, [...]
U.S. Airlines Carry Fewer Passengers
U.S. airlines flew fewer passengers last year than at any time since 2004 and are likely to have a slower return to profitability than their peers in Asia and Latin America, according to two reports out Thursday. The number of domestic and international travelers ferried by U.S. carriers for all of 2009 dropped 5.3 percent [...]
‘Oracle of Omaha’ Still Has His Blinders On
Last week Warren Buffett, the man acclaimed the Oracle of Omaha and the savant who endorsed Barrack Obama in the 2008, weighed in on the Democrat health care “reform” plan and confirmed once again that he’s incapable of subordinating his progressive impulses to the dictates of common sense. To wit, his statement in a CNBC [...]
Vanessa Williams: Looking a White Gift House in the Mouth
On Sunday night, Sandra Bullock won Best Actress at the 82nd Academy Awards for her portrayal of gun-toting Republican Leigh Anne Tuohy in “The Blind Side.” “The Blind Side” is essentially a high-class, made-for-TV movie based on the true story of the Touhy family’s adoption of impoverished and abandoned black teenager Michael Oher, who would [...]
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