Correction Appended May 22, 2009Peter Schiff is loud–a decibel or 12 above everybody else. And it’s hard to get him to stop talking.
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GM Cuts Deals and Sheds Dealers As Bankruptcy Draws Near
General Motors appears to be on a fast road to bankruptcy . Chief executive officer Fritz Henderson has already described a bankruptcy filing as ‘probable’ as the U.S
The Sacrifice Gap
In his Inaugural address, Barack Obama summoned Americans to a “new era of responsibility” and challenged us to end the politics of “standing pat … and putting off unpleasant decisions.” It could have happened. If there was ever a President sitting on a high enough mountain of political capital to lead the country through a series of very painful but necessary political decisions, it is Obama
Roadkill cook-off, Spam Jam lure bold foodies
Thousands of people converge on the small town of Marlinton, West Virginia, each fall for a feast whose main ingredients were unlucky enough to crawl, slither or lurk too close to a speeding car. It’s RoadKill Cook-Off time, where past years’ crowds have sampled dishes like Pothole Possum Stew, Fricasseed Wabbit Gumbo and Smeared Hog with Groundhog Gravy. Welcome to the world of unusual — dare we say weird — food festivals.
CIA says Pelosi knew about waterboarding; she says no
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is disputing a CIA account sent to Congress that raises questions about her insistence she was never told explicitly that waterboarding had been used on terrorist suspects. The CIA-prepared memo, provided to CNN by Republican sources, lists 40 briefings for members of Congress from September 2002 to March 2009. The first briefing on the list — on September 4, 2002 — was for then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Porter Goss and Pelosi, then the ranking Democrat on the committee
My $4,500 Lemon: Taking the Feds Up on Cash For Clunkers
It’s official: our minivan is a toxic asset. The “toxic” part I knew already.
Confirmed cases of H1N1 virus now at 787, WHO says
The number of H1N1 cases worldwide now stands at 787 with two additional deaths reported in Mexico, the World Health Organization announced early Sunday.
Nearly 300 at Hong Kong hotel placed under quarantine
Hundreds of guests and staff were under quarantine in China on Saturday after health officials determined that a hotel guest had contracted the H1N1 virus.
How to Deal with Swine Flu: Heeding the Mistakes of 1976
In February 1976, an outbreak of swine flu struck Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey, killing a 19-year-old private and infecting hundreds of soldiers. Concerned that the U.S
Mother charged in death of quadriplegic girl
An adoptive mother has been charged with murdering her 9-year-old quadriplegic daughter, prosecutors in Michigan said Friday. Lorrie Thomas was charged with second-degree murder and child abuse in the death of Shylea Myza Thomas, said John Potbury, an assistant prosecutor with the Genesee County Prosecutor’s Office in Flint, Michigan. Thomas is also charged with tampering with evidence