Weekend Edition: November 7-8 2009

Ida gains strength in the Caribbean, could hit Gulf Coast of US next week

CEO of Goldman Sachs says, "I'm doing God's work!"

True unemployment rate in America is now at 17.5% (using the same methodology used during the Great Depression)

10 of the nuttiest statements elected officials have made in the healthcare debate

First time ever: women make up more of the workforce than men in the USA

Gold breaks the $1,100 per ounce barrier

Report: 237 millionaires in Congress

Regulators shut banks in 5 states; marks 120 US bank failures this year

Paul McCartney on why Decca Records passed on The Beatles

Latest humorous and OMG videos from Comedy Cosmos Blogspot

WSJ: Photos for the Week - Nov. 2-6, 2009

NY Times Magazine: Making Health Care Better

New Ways To Steal Music: MP3 format is being replaced by new "lossless" files such as FLAC and APE

Hunger Is Afghanistan's Biggest Killer

The Big Picture Blog looks at "Martian Landscapes"

A Not-So-Guilty Pleasure During This Recession

Ft. Hood Hero: She Ran to Gunfire, and Ended It

Plumes on Saturn's moon may be a sign of life

NJ jurors convict Fla. man in 'fat defense' trial

Rihanna gives painful details of the night Chris Brown beat her on 20/20

‘Going Rouge’ offers roguish reply to Palin book

WSJ Photo Journal: "Preserving the History of Haight Ashbury"

Going rogue? Palin bans gadgets, reporters from speech

Civil War In Corporate America: Banks Battling The Chamber On Accounting Rules

Drives, Files Seized at La. ACORN Offices

Orlando gunman asked why he shot up an engineering firm where he was fired two years ago responds, "Because they left me to rot."
Suspect in Orlando office shooting had money woes

Suspects' Mom Apologizes to Burned Boy

November 6, 2009

Texas court convicts Fundamentalist Mormon sect member (9 wives) on sexual assault of a minor (15 yr. old girl)

Obama's new number one challenge is double-digit unemployment

Coach Urban Meyer of University of Florida fined $30,000 for his comments about poor officiating at his team's last game

Toronto's Mt. Sinai staff calls for removal of their hospital's board, members of which jumped line on critical care workers for H1N1 shots

Canada Plans Afghan Withdrawal

'Breathalyzer' man charged with underage drinking and DUI

No progress made in Philly transit strike . . . union holds strong on demands

1 dead, 5 wounded in Orlando office shooting; suspect in custody

Man denied first-class seat on United for wearing track suit

October Jobless Rate Tops 10%

Two armed civilian police officers at Fort Hood credited with taking down the shooter who killed 12 soldiers and 1 civilian

Taking Earth’s Temperature With 30-Mile Thermometer

Insider-Trading Ring Acted Like Wall Street Version of the Mob

Casino Denies Man Jackpot: Hey Bill Seebeck, Give Us Our $166M Back

WSJ: Photos for the Day - 5 Nov 09

Business Week: Why This Real Estate Bust Is Different

Why Ugandans want to work in Iraq

A 22 yr. old kindergarten teacher in Texas could lose her job for refusing to be fingerprinted (state law requires it) because she claims " . . . it's the mark of the beast"

Gene Therapy Saves Two Boys From Rare Brain Disease

Secret copyright treaty leaks. It's bad. Very bad.

6 Signs Your Home Will Increase in Value

3 Factors That Reduce a Home's Value

This past Tuesday's elections were warning shots from The Angry Middle

What's Wrong With Your Phone's Wireless Network?

WSJ: Photos for the Day - 4 Nov 09

911 tape released in California gang rape

Men, grow your boobs: How to bench press better from Men's Health

Layoffs: GM to chop 10,000 jobs at Opel

U.S. Markets Wrap: Dow Rises Most Since July, Gold Advances

Alleged shooter's name prompts response from American Muslims
Fort Hood now on lockdown



At least 12 people dead at Fort Hood, 31 injured in mass shooting . . . one soldier/suspect shot and is still alive, two others held

November 5, 2009

Homebuyer Tax Credit: Congress Gives New Buyers A $6,500 Break

Fannie Mae: "Deed For Lease" Program Will Let Thousands Rent Out Homes To Avoid Foreclosure

Republicans finally release their alternative healthplan; plan not so good for the old and sick

Fla. baby missing for 5 days found alive under bed

Japan swells with pride for World Series MVP Hideki Matsui

Know What Google Knows About You with 'Dashboard'

Rihanna calls brief reconciliation with singer Chris Brown "embarrassing"

FBI raid Ft. Lauderdale law firm where investors say hundreds of millions of their investment dollars have disappeared

Nine more people have been arrested in the Galleon Group insider-trading scandal, bringing to 15 the number charged in the biggest hedge fund-related case in history

Obama to Native Americans: 'I understand what it means to be an outsider'

How Motorola's Droid And Google Voice Change The Communications Game

U.S. Economy: Worker Productivity Surges as Companies Cut Costs

Climate Bill Clears Senate Committee 10-1

Has Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Lost Its Edge?

One daughter's secret revealed, ultimately too late

Senator Dodd now wants to start up a new Federal Agency to oversee banks

Beer with extra buzz on tap up to 16%

Saudi man faces beheading and crucifixion

Threat made to police nine days before Seattle officer killed

The Big Picture Blog looks at "Pushkar Mela"

Rape victim: Violence 'always the wrong choice'

Fears of a New Bubble as Cash Pours In

Is AARP about to back the Healthcare Bill in the House?

Rolling Stone: "The Generals' Revolt"

Commercial pigs in Ind. test positive for H1N1

Family Values Gone Wild: Ex-Ms. California, Carrie Prejean, drops lawsuit against beauty pageant after graphic sex tape of her surfaces

ADP Says U.S. Companies Cut Estimated 203,000 Jobs in October . . . Smallest Drop In A Year

Oil Rises Above $80 After Unexpected Decline in U.S. Supplies

NY Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo Sues Intel Over Unfair Practices

Toxin Use Stops! Carbaryl Use In Flea Collars to Cease by September, 2010

Real Estate Price Plunge Makes U.S. Homeownership Perilous Path

If the economy's stagnant, why are stocks up? The answer is disturbing

How American foreign policy has gone wrong hiring private contractors

NY Magazine: "Car Thief" . . . when your elderly father won't give you the car keys

Fat, Dumb & Dishonest: 75% of American Youth Unfit to Join the US Army

November 4, 2009

WSJ: Photos for the Day - 3 Nov 09

Dowd: "Who are you calling a Narcissist, Rush?"

Property Values Set to Fall 43% from Current Depressed Levels

Cramer urged viewers four weeks ago to buy CIT at the top (note: CIT has just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy)

Whistling Past the Depression

Gold breaches new record above $1,084 an ounce

J&J CEO Weldon Bought $8.45M Waterfront Lot as He Planned 8,100 Layoffs

Layoffs: Johnson & Johnson to do away with up to 8,190 jobs

Layoffs: Nokia Siemens may cut nearly 6,000 jobs

Layoffs: 2 More NASCAR Racing Teams to close down after Nov. 22

Layoffs: Mercedes Benz to cut 1,000 jobs in Germany

New Science Findings From Messenger's Third Mercury Flyby

100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do (Part 1)

Christie and McDonnell won by shushing the Republican base, while Palin was the kiss of death in a rock-red House district

Giant jellyfish sink 10-ton Japanese ship

5 British soldiers slain by man in Afghan police uniform

Breckenridge Votes Overwhelmingly To Legalize Marijuana

Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle

Celebrity Foreclosures

Police: 4 more bodies found at rapist's Ohio home; total now 10

3 Missing N. Dakota Students Found Dead

Saudi court upholds child rapist crucifixion ruling

The Big Picture Blog: "Days of the Dead"

Jim Kunstler: "Thinking the Unthinkable"

Banks Discover Consumer Protection Too Big to Fail

Man Attempts To Rob Taco Bell, Then Asks For A Job Application

Most national papers in America are faring better than metropolitan ones
Swedish politician dies of swine flu

Afghanistan: Too Big to Fail?

WSJ: Pictures of the Week: Oct. 24-30

Australians may have to leave coastal areas as rising sea levels threaten homes

Dr. Doom warns of the next impending financial crisis

CBC looks at American healthcare in "Dying for Healthcare"

Is American media going light on the honor killing of an Arizona student by her Muslim father?

Ottawa's failure to monitor immigration program leaves live-in caregivers and other temporary foreign workers open to abuse, Auditor-General says

Hunting for tuna: the environmental peril grows

Bear 2, Afghan militants 0

Ford surprises investors with $1 billion profit

November 3, 2009

Crude oil drops below $78

More walk away from homes, mortgages

Republicans Are Poised for Gains in Key Elections

Leno says he'd return to 'Tonight' if NBC asked

Scientists Say Kissing Was Invented to Spread Germs

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a complete software stack called Open Data Kit that turns an Android cell phone into a portable data collection device that works even in the absence of a network infrastructure

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway to buy Burlington Northern Railroad for $34 billion

British break up several bailed-out banks

Gamma-Ray Mystery Traced to Star-Birth Frenzy

Half of US Children Will Get Food Stamps

Three North Dakota College Students Vanish After Frantic Call

Our Produce-or-Die Culture Is Killing Us -- And We're Idiotically Grinning and Bearing It