Thursday - December 18, 2008 - NFL/Redskin's Great Sammy Baugh Passes One Last Time, Fran Drescher to Take Her Hot Legs to the Senate?

HUD Chief says the Loan Modification program to help homeowners save their homes is a failure

Mish: Giant California Pension fund loses 103% on its residential "investments"


55% of So Cal home sales last month were foreclosures

Alan Taylor's Big Picture Blog shows us what the riots in Greece look like from the frontlines


Banks still constipated with bailout cash despite the Fed's latest desperate Hail Mary

Ex-defense contractor gets 2 1/2 years in prison for his part in bribing ex-Representative "Duke" Cunningham

Afghan women fear return to the "Dark Days"

More snow coming for areas of Northeast where power is still not back on from last week's ice storm

Charred, smoking body of Boston area teen found in 10 feet deep hole

World Coal Reserves Could Be a Fraction of Previous Estimates

Hotels deflate during Hard Times: nosedive in business pits chain against chain in lower rates, upgrades, freebies

Humiliate robber leaves cashless: A San Antonio fast-food restaurant cashier laughed at a robbery suspect and told him to get a job

Stephanie Pomboy of Macro Mavens interviewed: It's going to be a long cold winter

Borrowers rushing to refinance loans after new historic rate drop




First State Bank of the great Conch Republic buys ship to be made into reef near Key West

7 kids honored as heroes for saving puppy's life

Little 'Adolf Hitler' Denied Birthday Cake at New Jersey Grocery Store

A former Bond girl was murdered after grappling with an intruder whom she caught in her home in Dublin Monday.

Police: Clues Keep Coming to Suggest Dead Child Is Caylee Anthony, Stretching Search


"How corrupt is America?"


35 Iraqis, including two Generals on American Invaders deck of Most Wanted cards, arrested in coup plot

Holes in Earth's magnetic cloak let the sun in

Study: Young People Watch Less TV

President-elect Obama set to name seasoned regulator Mary Schapiro to head the Securities and Exchange Commission today as he considers a major overhaul of the heavily criticized agency

Former Indiana University standout thinks drugs caused rifts on last season's team

Dollar wipes out months of gains after Bernanke lowered rates Tuesday. In turn, gold's rise was robust



Snowstorm dumps the most snow in Las Vegas in decades, closing airports, schools and roads

General Mills Inc. and ConAgra Foods Inc. each reported sales gains driven by price increases, a sign that food makers are still grappling with high commodity costs

Microsoft patches critical IE bug with emergency update: go get it!

Nanny star Fran Drescher eyes Hillary Clinton's Senate seat

Tidal waves displace 75,000 in Papua, New Guinea

Musicians win one against the bean counters: U2's move to cash in stock guranteed to be worth $25 after lock up date, hammers Live Nation Corporation into the ropes

New US Mortality Map shows where you are more likely to be zapped by a force of nature


Berlin veterinarian authorities clean out 1,500 parakeets from a two room apartment

Bahrain arrests 15 people suspected of plotting to blow up exploses during a series of Shia Muslim services

Human sized heart found at a Paw Paw, Michigan car wash will be examined by Hospital to determine the species

Meltdown 101: Why OPEC moves aren't sending prices higher


Hail to the Redskin's "Slingin'"Sammy Baugh (1914-2008) - the first great passing quarterback of the NFL

Obama picks Republican Congressman Ray LaHood as Transportation Secretary who may help break transportation gridlock

Obama promises details of aides' contacts with Blagojevich next week. He says the delay is frustrating but is because of a request from the U.S. attorney.

After yesterday's rescue of Chinese sailors and their ship, China joins international naval forces to fight piracy off coast of Somalia

Cleveland Clinic Doctors discuss landmark 22 hour surgery to transplant a face onto a woman

Fairfield Greenwich Group Hedge Funds lost $7.5 Billion investing in Bernie Madoff's Ponzi Scheme. Fairfield plans to sue their accountants Price Waterhouse for not detecting the fraud

Do you have credit card debt? Has your credit card company screwed you on fees, changing rates on debt, etc? Feds hope to push new rule to crack down on crooked credit card rates and other usury should start tomorrow.