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There were many more signs and protesters down the avenue but also pockets of people in the crowd arguing about abortion, cutting taxes or simply about Bush stealing the election. One woman, drenched by the rain, said that her sign reading "Healing requires justice" had been snatched by a passerby...
Take, for instance, the seemingly hapless Minnesota Twins. The owner has deep pockets, he just chooses to keep his money where it is--in his pockets. If that organization is frustrated with its situation, they should take a look at themselves first before pointing a finger at the rest of...
Not just in rural Maine: OxyContin is quietly becoming a dangerously popular drug in other pockets of the nation. In the New Orleans suburb of St. Bernard Parish, police say OxyContin abuse is an "epidemic." Officers are making as many arrests for the "killers," as it is known there, as...
Bush's bearishness may also reflect the influence of his chief economic adviser Larry Lindsey. The former Federal Reserve governor has been sour for so long on the economy's prospects that he cashed out all his stocks in 1997, when the Dow Jones average was still at 8,500...
There are clearly some old-style brakes at work, including rising energy prices, interest rates and debt burdens, all of which take money out of consumers' pockets. But we're also seeing several new wrinkles, like the way the beaten-up NASDAQ appears to be pulling the economy down rather...