October 20, 2009 - Be sure to click on the "A1A News" header at top of the page to see all of the past 24 to 48 hours of recent news

The 2008 Bailout vs. Other Large Government Projects (click on image above to enlarge)

Bankruptcy filings rise 51% in last 9 months

32 planets discovered outside our Solar System

20 wardrobe mistakes you do not want to make on a job interview

American healthcare on parade . . . Attorney: CA nurse assistant in vegetative state denied care after being attacked at hospital

Microcosm of America: Virginia's Governor Race

PM Gordon Brown says world leaders have 50 days to save world from Globabl Warming

Man stabbed son over clogged toilet

The Big Picture Blog looks at "Saturn at the Equinox"

ABC News-Washington Post Poll: 57 Percent Support Public Option

Public Option gets new life in the Senate

The Internal Revenue Service is examining more than 100,000 suspicious claims for the first-time home-buyer tax break

China's auto output sets record as more than 10 million cars have been manufactured this year already

S.C. GOP chairmen: Sen. DeMint like a ‘Jew’ who is ‘watching our nation’s pennies’

Mexican Police find 9 dismembered bodies

New word in the lexicon . . . "sideshow" . . . means dangerous driving practices resulting in 3 deaths and 3 injuries in Oakland this past Saturday

Financial Armageddon in Alabama Proves Parable for Local U.S. Governments

Gold at $2,000 Becomes Inflation-Adjusted Bullseye for ‘80 High


WSJ: Photos for the Day - 19 Oct 09

Peter Schiff: "Ignorance Is Bliss"

What happens if the dollar crashes?

Five technologies which could change it all

State Tax Revenues Falling Off a Cliff

Gates Says ‘Encouraged’ by Pakistan’s Campaign Against Taliban

Foreclosures Force Ex-Homeowners to Turn to Shelters

Oil up for 9th day, moves above $80 a barrel and hits 1-year high on weak dollar

Singing the Home Builders Blues

Elizabeth Warren, Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel, Says Housing Market is Getting Worse

From health-care reform to Afghanistan, Joe Biden has bucked Obama—as only a good Veep can

WSJ: Photos for the Week, Oct. 12 - 17, 2009

How Evangelical Christianity is wreaking havoc on innocent children in Africa: Churches are involved in torture, murder of thousands of African children denounced as witches

Newsweek looks at the 6 myths about China in "Everything You Know About China Is Wrong"

Op-Ed in the NYT by Bono of U2: "Rebranding America"

For a healthy retirement, keep working

Basic Medicare premium to rise 15% next year

NASA: Largest airborne study of Antarctic ice cap melt is taking place now

Which is worse, nuclear waste or climate change?

Is Jay Leno ripping off Howard Stern?

3 risk factors for going blind

For 3 months CBS News investigated former Tennessee Titans Steve McNair's death. They have discovered many mistakes by Law Enforcement detectives