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A lot more Americans are feeling stressed out by debt this holiday season, raising the glum likelihood they'll behave like Scrooge rather than Santa. Complete Story...
The Associated Press-GfK Poll on debt, stress and holiday spending was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from Nov. 5-9, 2009. It was based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,006 adults. Interviews were conducted with 806 respondents on landline telephones and 200 on cellular phones.
The Bills have a new starting quarterback in Ryan Fitzpatrick. They practiced in pads on a Wednesday for the first time that anyone can remember.
Former evangelical pastor Ted Haggard says a well-attended prayer meeting at his home wasn't the start of a new church, but a sign of his resurrection three years after he was forced to resign amid a sex scandal.
Former pastor Ted Haggard says his decision to hold prayer meetings in his Colorado Springs living room has attracted great interest from the media.
It's about to become official: The recession is over — but not the pain.
North Carolina State quarterback Russell Wilson's NCAA record of consecutive passes without an interception ended at 379 attempts in Saturday's 30-24 loss to Wake Forest.
Some have started businesses selling such things as used clothing or customized hunting knives. Others have gone back to school, studying to be medical assistants, furnace repairmen and X-ray machine technicians.
President Barack Obama confronts a tortuous September — and it's not just the divisive political fight over health care.
On July 22, 1969, barely 48 hours after a human being first stepped onto the moon's surface, a community in Pittsburgh's western suburbs called Moon Township had a parade, as suburban communities do.
The Associated Press-GfK Poll on debt and stress was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from May 28 to June 1, 2009. It is based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,000 adults, including 671 adults with credit cards and 942 adults with debt. Interviews were conducted with 800 respondents on landline telephones and 200 on cellular phones.
The stock market's nosedive Monday abruptly ended the Dow's brief foray into positive territory for 2009, leaving stock-watchers to ponder whether an unexpectedly strong spring rally will survive into summer.
A rookie police officer has been suspended for seven days for running over a woman sunbathing on a north Florida beach. An internal affairs investigation released Wednesday by the Jacksonville Beach Police Department concluded that Officer Lewis Keller was negligent and at fault for the May 1 accident.
The Federal Aviation Administration turned down a U.S. Navy request to fly a patrol aircraft past Manhattan on Monday, two weeks after a nerve-racking Air Force photo shoot over the Statue of Liberty caused a brief panic.
And just like that, the greatest regular season in San Jose Sharks history is an unspoken memory.
The pastor of a western Pennsylvania church says a retired priest is in a state of shock and in need of prayers after police and witnesses said he drove into a group of churchgoers following a Good Friday service, killing an elderly woman and injuring four other people.
In the good old days of a very recent past, construction worker Antonio Montoya could afford two cars and a nice duplex for his family of six, with a sunny patio and pet canaries singing away.
Bode Miller won't ski again this season but has yet to decide on retirement.
The best we can say is that writer-director Wayne Kramer means well with "Crossing Over" — he means to put a human face on the unwieldy and divisive topic of illegal immigration.
After the flub heard around the world, President Barack Obama has taken the oath of office. Again. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the oath to Obama on Wednesday night at the White House — a rare do-over. The surprise moment came in response to Tuesday's much-noticed stumble, when Roberts got the words of the oath a little off, which prompted Obama to do so, too.
No matter how people remember President Bush's time in office, let there be no doubt about how he wants to end it: gracefully.
Camp Justice, erected six months ago for the first U.S. war-crimes trials in a half-century, already feels like a ghost town.
A Texas jury acquitted a man accused of killing a boy who broke into his home looking for a snack — a case that sparked outrage in this border city, where many thought the man should not have even been charged.
This is a bad time to be a purveyor of $1,800 pens. Or a seller of champagne, sports cars or big bouquets of flowers.
The root cause of the crash is the excessive inflation of bank credit. An entire nation cannot borrow for 50 years and then expect that all will be fine when the pay back time arrives. FED policies have inflated bank credit for decades. When we borrow, banks create new money.
Elderly Woman Test-drives Car Over Edge of Cliff "The woman, who is in her 80s, pressed the accelerator instead of the brake." The incident occurred on Sunday, October 18, 2009.
I was going though the article in Guradian.I can not say or use the word "surprised".My only contention of this posting is February 1 was Commitee deadline and how they evaluated a person's performance who assumed office on January 20.Can a person's achievement for which this ape …
What is human life worth - born or unborn?When I taught my course in "Problems and Ethics in the Progress of Science", esp. Medical Science, I made it clear that we need national, regional, and global population controls - but not through "conveyor belt abortions".
Mayweather pummels Marquez to win by decision in his returnOne snoozer of a fight that Marquez did not appear to have his heart in. I have watched many Marquez fights and I must say I wonder exactly what was going on in this one. Fixed?
Hijackers hold Mexican plane on runwayUPDATE: Mexican official: jetliner hijacking over, passengers and crew safe, several people arrested. ---------- Passengers have been freed from a hijacked airplane in Mexico City, but the crew remains aboard.
Fight erupts over black pudding - Times A cross-border row is sizzling over who invented the blood sausage in a battle to protect it
Man allegedly bites off love rival's ear lobe - Yahoo! News on Yahoo! NewsTalk about a three some gone bad. Americans trash.
The words of God do not justify cruelty to women | Jimmy Carter | Comment is free | The ObserverAs of midnight tonight (the 15th) I have to change my bio from a 52 year old male to a 53 year old male. 53 years ago on July 16th (at 5:56PM) I came, kicking and screaming, into this world.
No Guts, No Glory! The Best Way To Enjoy The 4th of July!In the Home of the Brave when will America recognize President George W. Bush for his courage? It was only a few years ago that most pundits and even the "Iraq Study Group" suggested a different course in Iraq when our country was the most vulnerable in the Middle East?
On Your Bike: Cyclists To Take Over UK Cities Main roads will close to traffic across London, Leicester, Manchester and Glasgow allowing thousands of people to take to the streets on their bikes.
Britons warned over rise in Greek holiday 'binge-drinking' rapesThe British consul in Crete is to hold urgent meetings with tour operators and local officials after two British tourists and a Dutch teenager were subjected to alleged gang rapes on the island and in another popular Greek party destination, the island of Kos.
The Brown Tree Snake on GuamThis snake has caused so many problems.. It makes you wonder how to be aware with the enviroment.
The Most Overpriced Cities in AmericaVexed by gang wars and rising real estate prices, late rapper Tupac Shakur mused in 1996 that the overall cost of living in Los Angeles was so high he would almost rather "live life in the pen[itentiary]."
'Guiding Light' canceled after 72 yearsThe venerable CBS soap opera "Guiding Light" will go dark in September after 72 years and 16,000 episodes, the network announced Wednesday.
In Defense of Ed HenryFor those twitterwits out there that thought Mr. Henry got shot down, lets do the math here. Hussein is a sitting President of the United States which pretty much makes him the most informed individual on the planet, what with his morning, noon and night briefings.
Repeating over and over 3 6-09 Peter Macdonald 465 Packersfalls rd Lee NH 03824 603-659-6217 I can not get it out of my head. People tell me that my letters keep repeating the same subject but it does not go away.
Fight over jeans ends in arrest in DeLand, FloridaDELAND -- A brothers' battle over a pair of jeans ended when the younger brother whacked his older brother in the back of the head with a tire iron, Volusia County sheriff's officials said Friday.
Armed robbery charges filed against man Muskego chef bopped with spoonWaukesha - A man who police say was thwarted in his attempt to rob a Muskego supper club by a spoon-wielding chef was charged Monday with armed robbery and drug possession. Joey N. Geraci, 39, of Muskego was ordered held on $50,000.
Woman embarrassed, angry over library book arrestINDEPENDENCE - UPDATE: An Independence woman charged with theft for failing to return a library book said Friday she is both embarrassed and angered by the arrest.
New Anthony Documents Confirm Tape On SkullORLANDO, Fla. -- A new set of documents in the Casey Anthony case was released Wednesday morning. The material includes confirmation from a forensic report that duct tape was found on the skull of Casey Anthony's daughter, Caylee.
ME releases cause of death in retirement home brawl---Previous article links on the story, in my comment section below.--- LEE COUNTY: The Medical Examiner's Office has released the cause of death of Chrisanto Beltran, who was killed in the Hidden Oaks Assisted Living facility in Fort Myers.
Blanket sparked retirement home brawlFORT MYERS, FL: A fight between two retirement home residents turned deadly Sunday and newly released police reports indicate the fight was over a blanket.
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