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...worry is that we are in a long recession, where GDP could be negative for several years, that this is not a normal cycle where the recession lasts 18 months. It's already lasted 18 months, and it looks like it's getting worse. So until you see the prospect of real GDP turning positive, people are going to be very defensive. (See pictures of the top 10 scared traders...
...Trevor Melde of Rutgers to earn a spot in the decisive bout. Jantzen wrestled hard in the finals as well, but came up on the short end of a 4-3 decision against No. 20 Seth Ciasulli of Lehigh. Regardless, Weiss was pleased with Jantzen’s prospect for a healthy end to the season.“[Jantzen]’s ankle is fine and knock wood he didn’t have a problem all weekend,” Weiss said. “He missed a lot of matches this year and getting into match...
Given the GOP's precarious position, it's a threat that not even McConnell can afford to take lightly, and the war may be entering a truce. Few figures in the state have publicly taken sides, and Williams has been silent about his intentions. But the prospect of war between Bunning's camp and McConnell's has kept party activists in Kentucky fretting. "Everyone is focused on winning," said Republican strategist Scott Jennings of Louisville, a member of the state party's executive committee and a former Bush White House aide. "No one doubts Jim Bunning's conservative positions...
...victim and the villain in this case were the same child. But just in the past year, more than a dozen states have followed suit, arresting kids as young as 13 for sending or receiving smutty pictures on their phones. For parents, these cases have suddenly raised the prospect of retirement savings melted down to pay legal bills, college dreams deferred, scholarships lost--all because their kids were caught doing what kids do, and were prosecuted aggressively in hopes that others would notice and clean up their act. (See pictures of a diverse group of American teens...
Still, serving lattes for minimum wage plus tips is a painful prospect to the average college student, who graduates with $21,000 in the red. Tuition costs could also explain why graduate schools, traditionally a refuge in tough economic times, have seen uneven application numbers this year. Lance Choy, director of the career development center at Stanford, notes that grad schools were a popular backup a few years ago during the dotcom bust, but applications are flat this year. "Who needs more debt when the job market is looking rather grim?" he says. (Read "Finding a Dream Job: A Little...