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A Wisconsin priest is auctioning off his late mother's collection of old silver pieces to raise money for a homeless shelter.
Paul Karason, whose skin turned its remarkable color due to his ingesting colloidal silver as home remedy, is a slightly lighter hue than when he became a minor celebrity in early 2008 — but he’s still blue. “I’ve been anxious to try green,” he joked Thursday.
A strong force, perhaps as powerful in Congress as President Barack Obama, is keeping the drive for health care going even as lawmakers seem hopelessly at odds.
A husband and wife have been jailed for smuggling $2.1 million worth of scrap silver out of a western Pennsylvania plant in their lunch boxes. Fifty-two-year-old Pamela Shermenti and 57-year-old William Shermenti, of Loyalhanna Township, will begin serving their sentences July 6. A Westmoreland County judge on Monday sentenced the wife to one to two years in the county jail; her husband will serve nine to 23 months.
When the NBC affiliate in Philadelphia suggested that students in the area try giving up their cell phones, computers, iPods and video games for 10 days, David Silver didn’t think much of the idea. Live without text messages? He couldn’t do that for an hour, much less 10 days.
Fifteen states had adopted Silver Alert programs as of April 30, and legislatures in several others were considering it.
Broadway theaters will dim their lights Wednesday in honor of actor Ron Silver who died Sunday after a two-year battle with esophageal cancer.
Actor Ron Silver, who won a Tony Award as a take-no-prisoners Hollywood producer in David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow" and did a political about-face from loyal Democrat to Republican activist after the Sept. 11 attacks, died Sunday at the age of 62.
The upside to a housing slump is cheaper homes. But many prospective buyers don't see bargains yet, especially as stricter lending standards qualify only the cream of the credit crop.
Wis. priest auctions family silver for homelessA Wisconsin priest is auctioning off his late mother's collection of old silver pieces to raise money for a homeless shelter.
Silver Still World's #1 Car Color-9 years RunningFor the ninth consecutive year, the silver category, which includes charcoal and gray shades, has ranked as the most popular vehicle color in the world according to data from PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG - News), the world's leading manufacturer of transportation coatings.
Largest ever hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold found in EnglandA harvest of Anglo Saxon gold and silver so beautiful it brought tears to the eyes of one expert, has poured out of a Staffordshire field - the largest hoard of gold from the period ever found.
Don't Count Health Care Chickens YetThe smart, insider take these days seems to be that health care reform will almost certainly pass the Congress.
Lacking the Resources: The Drain in Real Assets & How to Profit From it | Personal Liberty Digest"The Golden Age of American capitalism is over… In the space of half a century it passed from gold, to silver, to paper, and now it is somewhere between plastic and naval lint." Bill Bonner and Addison Wiggin, The New Empire of Debt.
Silver in Tiny Doses Kills Bacteria, Helps Wounds HealIn a recent presentation before the annual American Chemical Society meeting held in Washington, D.C., scientist Ankit Agarwal revealed that he's come up with an approach to healing that can kill 99.9999 percent of bacteria in a wound using a natural substance -- silver.
Inflation is on Its WayThe noose is tightening. Keep only three months operating expenses in a bank, six months for businesses, and keep $5,000 or more at home in small bills for emergencies with your gold and silver coins. Let this be a lesson to you. They are preparing for currency controls.
Are European Central Banks Done Dumping their Gold?We know that Germany, Switzerland and a few other European countries have indicated that they are done selling gold. Austria issued a statement this week that it was done selling gold until 2014.
Silver Is the Future of JewelryIn several previous commentaries, I have alluded to the extremely bright future for silver jewelry as yet one more reason to be extremely bullish about silver. To my surprise, these remarks have drawn little response from readers.
The Dubious Monetizing Efforts Of The FedReal business news from Bob Chapman. Fed plans to monetize and cause inflation, Writing off debt no easy task, the big institutions should have been allowed to fail, unemployment and other metrics to move only sideways, trade friction between US and China,
My neighbor has her 25th birthday this week.
Stolen Mongolian crown found at police station after 20 years A decorative Mongolian silver crown stolen in 1984 from a Stockholm museum has been found on the premises of the Swedish Police Service, where it has spent more than twenty years in accidental storage.
Alains Newsletter: Foreign Aid Bill Pushes Abortion & Gay Agenda OverseasThis article is important to every American who isn't aware that Obama proposed "The Global Poverty Act" while a U.S. Senator in December 2007 with the approval of V.P.
Major Political Earthquake in AlbanyNo one saw this coming. Paterson never had control of the state and now Shelly Silver, Assembly majority leader and the real power in NYS politics, has taken a severe body blow. It doesn't get much better than this
Common Sense RevistedCOMMON SENSE, written by Thomas Paine, was published late in the month of January. It presented arguments to refute the divine birthright of kings.
Nintendo confirms Generation II remakesRemakes of Pokémon Gold and Silver, widely considered the best in the history of the Pokémon series, have been confirmed by Nintendo.
Major Pokémon game to be announced this month - Gold and Silver remakes?A major game? That means no spin off series such as ranger or mystery dungeon. Apparently the announced was accompanied by gold and silver balls. Could this be the long-awaited Gold and Silver remake? Only time will tell.
The A 'Copper Standard' for the world's currency system?But these stories about China are much more than the theoretical musings of a bunch of academic economists. There is a war going on, and certain reporters (not just Evans-Pritchard, perhaps) may be serving as foot-soldiers.
Former Liberal Democrat Turned Bush Supporter, Actor Ron Silver Dies at 62. Award-winning actor and activist Ron Silver, who was Emmy-nominated for his role on the hit U.S. television drama "The West Wing," died on Sunday of cancer. He was 62.
Just Over Half Pay to Play on Xbox LiveAccording to an internal Microsoft document reviewed by the Seattle P-I, about more than half of the Xbox 360 users who use the online service are actually gold members the rest have free silver accounts.
HMS Victory: why the sinking feeling? For centuries, Victory seemed destined to remain part of maritime legend as one of the great lost treasure ships – until last Monday, when a US underwater salvage firm announced that it had found Victory and had been secretly working on the wreck since May 2008.
The flip phone takes a dip in popularityClamshell-style phones remain popular although they're losing favor to slider-type cell phones with QWERTY keyboards and "slate" screen devices like the iPhone.
U.S. Dollar Dead Bounce Ends, Treasury Bond Bubble Begins to Dissipate Don't look now, but the USTreasury bubble has begun to burst. This should be an ongoing story throughout 2009. The entire sold story of a Flight to Safety is about as moronic and baseless as regarding the US stock and bond markets are regulated.
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