The Recession Generation: ‘Newsweek’
We all know the type of person who came of age in the Great Depression. They are the grandmothers and grandfathers who can’t use a tea bag too many times, yet are enjoying comfortable retirements in...
View ArticleCalifornia Earthquake: 6.5 Magnitude Earthquake Reported Near Eureka
An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.5 occurred about 25 miles southwest of Eureka, Calif., at 4:27 p.m. More on Natural Disasters
View Article6.5 Earthquake Strikes Off California Coast
FRESNO, Calif — A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California Saturday afternoon, shaking buildings south of the Oregon border and knocking out power in several coastal...
View ArticleStimulus Funds Aiding Companies Fined For Pollution, Accused Of Fraud
Large corporations working in California have reaped tens of millions of dollars in new federal stimulus funds, despite previous pollution violations, criminal probes, and allegations of fraud, a...
View ArticleCasey Johnson 911 Call Released
LOS ANGELES — Socialite Casey Johnson was already dead when an ambulance was called to her Los Angeles home, according to the woman who made the 911 call. A recording of the call was posted on TMZ.com...
View ArticleSaturday hate mail-apalooza
The crazies sure haven’t gone anywhere in 2010. Meet the latest crop below the fold.
View ArticleMidday open thread
Baby, it is cold outside: By the end of the weekend, 180 million Americans may shiver through record-setting cold. Sixty percent of Americans will see and feel temperatures 15 to 30 degrees below...
View ArticleMillions of Jobs Between Now and November. Or Else.
One of the chief responses to the continuing disaster that is America’s unemployment situation runs along the lines of: It’s a lot better than it was last year at this time. That depends on how you...
View ArticleObama accepts Reid apology for racial remarks
As many have heard by now, Politico reported earlier today on Harry Reid’s remarks–and subsequent apology–about then-candidate Barack Obama featured in a new book: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid...
View ArticleDr. Tiller’s Murderer Could Be Out in Five Years
Unbelievable. In a pretrial hearing Friday, Kansas Judge Warren Wilbert said he might allow the defense to present evidence that Mr. Roeder acted in defense of others — in this case, fetuses — whom he...
View ArticleWhite House Backing Away from Net Neutrality? Not So Much
An opinion column at CNET News suggests that the White House is backing away from the strong Net Neutrality position taken by FCC Chairman Genachowski. Larry Downes, “nonresident fellow at the Stanford...
View ArticleLate afternoon/early evening open thread
What’s coming up on Sunday Kos …. Dante Atkins will introduce himself and try to remind us of just how far we’ve come in his initial essay, (by way of reintroduction). With Ellen Malcolm, the president...
View ArticleTea Baggers to Picket Detroit Auto Show
What do you do if you’re upset that the government had to bail out the auto industry? If you’re a tea bagger, your first thought it to stamp your feet and whine about how the socialist government is...
View ArticleIf At First You Don’t Succeed, Lie, Lie Again
After a week that saw Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele come under fire for (warning: this will take awhile): Publicly wondering if Republicans were able to lead, Saying that he...
View ArticleMA-Sen: PPP Has Brown (R) Up One Point
Public Policy Polling (PDF) (1/7-9, likely voters, no trendlines): Martha Coakley (D): 47 Scott Brown (R): 48 Undecided: 6 (MoE: ±3.6%) Some findings from Tom Jensen: • As was the case in the...
View ArticleWanda’s $1 billion deal to buy Hollywood’s Dick Clark scrapped
(Reuters) – Eldridge Industries, the U.S. owner of Dick Clark Productions Inc, said on Friday that one of its affiliates terminated an agreement to sell off the TV production company to Chinese...
View ArticleCaterpillar says compliant with tax laws after IRS claim
(Reuters) – Caterpillar Inc said on Friday it was compliant with tax laws, a week after federal law enforcement officials raided three of the company’s buildings in connection with a probe into the...
View ArticleU.S. regulators reject Bitcoin ETF, digital currency plunges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday denied a request to list what would have been the first U.S. exchange-traded fund built to track bitcoin, the digital currency.
View ArticleExclusive: ‘Car vending machine’ firm Carvana hires banks for IPO – sources
(Reuters) – U.S. used-auto retailer Carvana LLC, which allows customers to pick up cars they buy on the internet from vending machine-like towers, has tapped investment banks for an initial public...
View ArticleHSBC set to nominate AIA’s Tucker as next chairman: sources
LONDON (Reuters) – HSBC Holdings Plc is lining up Mark Tucker, currently chief executive of insurer AIA Group Ltd, to be the next chairman of Europe’s biggest bank, sources with direct knowledge of the...
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