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...only green shoots that many non-Wall Street types have seen lately are the weeds sprouting in the parking lots of abandoned malls. Unemployment is marching toward 10%, and house foreclosures are still rising. If you're a day late with your credit-card payment or overdrawn by a few bucks on your ATM card, the bank (which your tax money helped bail out) is still sticking you with obscene fees and charges. Hence the question that so many of us are asking: Where's my bailout? (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
...normal father. The younger bin Laden fled Afghanistan only when it become clear that Osama was planning a massive attack on the U.S., but he still couldn't accept that his father was responsible for 9/11 until months later, when he heard the familiar voice on audiotape claiming credit for the attacks. "That was the moment to set aside the dream I had indulged, feverishly hoping the world was wrong and it was not my father who brought about that horrible day," he writes. "This knowledge drives me into the blackest hole." (See pictures of the life of Osama...
...homeowner and found it staggering that just the mortgage-interest and property-tax deductions amount to $96 billion per year. The elimination of those two deductions alone would virtually pay for health-care reform. I recall the fear expressed when the removal of interest deductions for auto loans and credit cards was first discussed. The bottom did not fall out of those sectors. Nor will it fall out of the housing market...
...think a lot of the credit today—taking nothing away from the running backs—is that the offensive line played extremely well,” Murphy said. “I mean, we always say it’s what’s up front that counts on both sides of the ball, and if you control the line of scrimmage, you’re going to win a lot of games. And if you don’t—and we didn’t last week—then you?...
...cast of “Semele,” remarkably, is without a single weak link. Each member displays a mastery of his or her part, with almost flawless singing and acting. This is even more to their credit in light of the diversity of experience levels throughout, from debuting actress Guarino in a stand-out performance, to operatic veterans such as Gerlach and Taylor...