March 21 & 22, 2009 - Weekend Edition

Schwarzenegger says federal government should consider higher gas tax

Beyond Thunder Dome: Investigation finds sanctioned cage match violence at Dallas High School
3 Oakland cops killed, 1 critically injured; parolee slain in gunbattles

Wall Streeters Face Bitterness—And Shock

Madoff Victims' Letters Beg for 'Real' Jail, 'No Leniency'

Feds Shut 3 More Banks, 20 in 2009

US regulators seized control on Friday of U.S. Central Federal Credit Union, a huge wholesale credit union with $34bn in assets that provides services to nearly every other credit union

Its Population Falling, Russia Beckons Its Children Home

Keep the Change: Augie, the Bad Doggie, defecates $160 dollars of the $400 he ate

The Problem With Flogging AIG

AIG Bonus Figure Balloons to $218 Million, AG Says

Obamas to Plant Vegetable Garden at White House

World leaders not focused on preventing a Global Depression

High on sugar: more pre-packaged food sellers say good-bye to high fructose corn syrup and welcome back "natural" sugar

Where the jobs are: Rhode Island strip club to host job fair

Cut your spending by $500 a month

March 20, 2009 - Friday

Oil prices rally above $51 a barrel

Democrats blame each other on the AIG bonuses

$750 billion "green" investment could revive economy: U.N.

Half of U.S. auto suppliers face bankruptcy: study

Sony stocks its shelves with Google eBooks

Microsoft has announced that Internet Explorer 8 has been released and can be downloaded now for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008

Record numbers join anti-Sarkozy protests



Nuns Give $800,000 to Couple Claiming to Be Refugees

NBC boss: Jon Stewart's criticism absurd, unfair

After Natasha Richardson's death, debate over the need for ski helmets heats up again

Obama administration sides with women workers suing Wal-mart for discrimination

Obama's photographer realizes now he caught Putin posing as a tourist in Moscow asking questions of former President Reagan when he toured Moscow

GOP pressed on healthcare
Earthquake off Tonga registers 7.9 on the Richter Scale

Tsunami warning issued for South Pacific islands near Tonga