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...Bush has maintained a ranch since 1999. Four years ago, there were some who wondered if the noise would ever stop. The President's five-week summer vacation at his ranch brought the turmoil over the Iraq war into every corner of Crawford. Led by Cindy Sheehan, a California mother who had lost her son in Iraq and swore she wouldn't leave Crawford until she met with the President, hundreds of activists flocked to the town. International camera crews and celebrities soon followed. As the antiwar crowds grew, pro-Bush protesters gathered in equal numbers...
...didn't get there on her own. The individual she refers to as "my K.T.," a.k.a. Kathy Travis, a 56-year-old former advertising executive and Orman's life partner, was key to her transformation into a financial self-help juggernaut. The two met when Travis moved to California after working for Ogilvy & Mather in Hong Kong. When they were introduced at a dinner party eight years ago, Travis explained that her expertise was in building brands, and Orman asked, "What can you do for mine...
...some measures, such unlikely spots are in even more danger than California, which is suffering a brutal real estate slump after years of speculative excess. That's because Midwesterners owe more on their properties than left coasters. The average loan-to-value ratio in California is 70%, while Nebraska and Iowa clock in at 75% and 76%, respectively. As the recession deepens and home prices continue to slide, there are fewer and fewer places to hide...
...East's gain is the West's loss. According to the Mountain Travel Research Program, through Jan. 31, occupancy was down 18% at the Western ski areas, while lodging rates dropped 8%. Vail Resorts, a public company that runs four ski areas in Colorado and one in California, reported a 5.8% drop in skier visits through early January and a 7.5% decline in lift-ticket revenue. The Aspen Skiing Company, which operates the Ajax Mountain, Highlands, Buttermilk and Snowmass ski areas, predicts skier visits will drop between 5% and 15% this year. (See the top 10 sports moments...
...let’s give credit where credit is due. One legislator has taken his fake responsibility to provide fake services to his fake constituents in California with unparalleled humility. According to the press release from his “office” Representative Jonathan Padilla D-California Winthrop has launched a website in order to “help inform my constituents about what I’m doing in Congress and how they can get involved in helping to make America a better place?...