When times are tough and consumers are “trading down” to buy more inexpensive goods, you’d think that a discount retailer like Target would flourish. After all, it’s the place you go for quality clothes at affordable prices — cheap-chic designer Isaac Mizrahi offers a line — low-cost home accessories, and perhaps a grocery item or two
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Shoe-thrower fans unite online
They’ve sung his praises on social networking pages, calling him a "hero," "the greatest man of our time," "a legend." They’ve said he deserves to be knighted and should be decorated with medals. They’ve cried out for his amnesty and have even proposed serving time for him.
Transcript: ‘This is your victory,’ says Obama
Sen. Barack Obama spoke at a rally in Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, after winning the race for the White House Tuesday night. The following is an exact transcript of his speech
The Trouble with Obama’s New Deal
President Barack Obama faces a daunting political reality: the world he envisioned in the spring and summer of 2008, when he was formulating his political strategy and building his political alliances, has been replaced by a world in economic danger. His $3.5 trillion budget might make sense if these were normal times, with a newly elected, very liberal Administration wanting to focus on reshaping America and redistributing wealth. However, these are not normal times
Could Rising Seas Swallow California’s Coast?
Imagine San Francisco Airport under water, or Long Beach Harbor in Los Angeles, home to the second busiest port in America, washed away. Picture Orange County’s Newport Beach completely submerged under the encroaching ocean. That’s the soggy future that could be in place for California at the end of this century, if climate change continues unabated.
Report Says 1 in 50 U.S. Kids Are Homeless
Even before the financial and home foreclosure crisis hit full stride, the number of homeless children in America had reached an alarming level. The National Center on Family Homelessness released a report today that estimates that one in every 50 American children was homeless between 2005 and 2006. That totals roughly 1.5 million kids.
Gitmo prisoners defend ‘blessed’ 9/11 attack
Five Guantanamo prisoners accused in the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on the U.S.
Church shooting suspect planned ‘day of death,’ prosecutor says
The suspect accused of killing a minister at an Illinois church had marked the day of the attack as a "day of death" or "death day" in a planning book, a prosecutor said Tuesday. There were “words to those effect,” written in a day planner belonging to Terry J.
Talking with the Taliban: Obama Idea Draws Skepticism
Seeking alliances with more moderate Taliban elements against al-Qaeda is not a new idea in the Afghanistan-Pakistan context, but until now it is one that has typically drawn a skeptical response — from U.S. officials who have regularly cast doubt on the wisdom of Pakistan pursuing such agreements
The Last Shopping Mall? New Jersey Awaits Xanadu
It rises out of the tidal murk near the Meadowlands — the sports complex built on top of polluted northern–New Jersey wetlands some 33 years ago — like a garish species from a monster movie. What is that swamp thing