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Monday, January 26, 2009

Monday - January 26, 2009 - Pfizer to Buy Wyeth for $68 Billion, What You Need to Know About Gold, Who Needs Economists?

Layoffs: GM to lay off 2,000 workers, cut production


Wintry weather is dumping snow across the Plains and Midwest

Google's Rumored GDrive May 'Kill' the PC

Casey Anthony's Attorney Wants More Information on Ex-Boyfriend

2 dead, 8 injured by gunman at teen nightclub in Portland, OR

New York Knick's Eddie Curry's ex-girlfriend and her 9 month old son are murdered by gunshots in Chicago

Gatehouse Media vs. New York Times' Boston Globe in case which could affect the way newsites, bloggers (such as A1A News), etc., use headlines and links to cut to an original story

Equestrian culture fading into the sunset?

Republicans step up criticism of Obama



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Who Needs Economists When We Have the Home Builders?

Stone Age Animal Art

Why women should feel good naked

In a survey released today, leading Economists say the Recession will become worse with more job layoffs and worsening economic conditions

Jim Rogers predicts the Euro won't be around in 20 years

GE Rattles Investors

Slide show of metro areas with the biggest rent drops

Intel embraces Linux, develops new mobile chips, going after Apple and Microsoft in the mobile market




Monster truck promoter who spoke earlier about his great safety record of 16 years, is run over and killed at his show

Veteran cop on the phone with gas company about the smell of gas is gravely injured when his house explodes to smithereens

Al Jazeera - The Violence Network

Rising revenue at Barclay's, despite $11 Billion in 2008 writedowns, means it will not have to borrow from the UK government

Layoffs: Harley-Davidson sees 60% drop in profits in fourth quarter of 2008; fires 1,100 (10% of workforce)
Layoffs: John Deere lets go 700 workers
Layoffs: Large Bahamas resort lays off 1/5th (181) of its workers, due to downturn in tourism
Layoffs: Starbucks to say good-bye to possibly 1,000 at its headquarters
Layoffs: 50 Abercrombie HQ office workers laid off
Layoffs: Phillips halts buyback of stock, cuts 6,000 jobs after big loss in 4th quarter

Home prices and housing starts continue to fall at record pace



WSJ Editorial: Money spent on Obama's stimulus will take too long to turn around the economy . . . would be bettter to reduce corporate taxes

Barron's Alan Abelson: "Woe Is Us"

Scientists discover just one brain cell can hold "memories"

Avalanches in Turkey and Scotland kill 13

Nigerian police hold robber goat which a vigilante group says was once a man thief who used witchcraft to change shape

California going for $6 Billion in budget cuts as they've already gone for broke

Gasoline prices have been steadily rising for the past two weeks

Florida prison guards break up rec yard brawl by firing their guns

Pfizer agreed to buy Wyeth for $68 Billion yesterday to form the world's largest drug company

People are no longer focusing on jobs that pay more; now they are searching for jobs which will last

Drinking coffee can lower your risks of dementia as you grow older

Obama will probably tighten up on auto emissions and fuel efficiency standards today

Humor from Motley Fool poster AlphaWolf

Senators Kerry and Conrad in the WSJ: "Congress Needs to Help the Economy Fast"

U.S. unemployment rate would now be 17.5% if calculated like it was 80 years ago



Karmic comeback: At 2-5 in the Pac-10, Arizona itself might be a bit of a doormat, but that doesn't make it OK to just go around and wipe your feet on Chase Budinger's face. Arizona went on to win 96-90 in overtime, despite the fact that Houston led 63-51 at the time of the face-stomping.

NCAA Basketball scores, schedules and standings

Hockey doesn't need fighting, never did

NHL scores, schedules and standings

NBA scores, schedules and standings

Super Bowl and NFL News

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Sunday - January 25, 2009 - Bright Spot in the Housing Crash: Cheaper Rents, Home Values Shrink . . . Tax Bases Melt Away in California

Serial arsonist in Philadelphia may be responsible for 14 fires in one month

Market braces for horrible news from the "E" in P/E


KKK Starts Recruitment Effort in Virginia Town Days After Obama’s Inauguration

Woman arrested for not returning library book on time

Icelandic government heads brought down by Financial Crisis

Have Americans Given Up on the Economy?

Father of the week: Man started having sex with relative when she was 13, four children born and sealed in coolers, buried on farm

Bright Spot in the Housing Crash: Cheaper Rents
WSJ: "Finally, Renters Have Some Pull"
San Francisco Bay Area apartment rents fall 1st time in years
NYT: Time to Unravel the Knot of Credit-Default Swaps


Mariana Bridi Dies: Miss World Finalist Succumbs After Amputations

Because of budget defecits, the only two mental hospitals in Virginia for distubed children are scheduled for closure

HBO's "Flight of the Conchords", the quirky but smart musical comedy, is back for Season Two!

Home values shrink, tax bases melt away in California

What is causing the death rate of Pacific Northwest trees to double in only 17 years?

Most Seattle banks are not lending their bailout money, but stashing it for better times

Facebook and myspace posts can come back to haunt you when applying for a job

Like in the 1930s, small homeowners are organizing for the Foreclosure Fightback

Lower rate mortgages not available to everyone

Millions of Canadians are finding out their "employment insurance", on which they made payments for years at certain employers, has vaporized during this nasty Recession

Time: Why John Thain was ousted at Merrill Lynch

David Koresh's mom stabbed to death by aunt

WSJ: "Why Forecasts Keep Missing the Mark

U.S., Japan negotiate over new type of whale hunting



New app for Google's Android mobile platform lets listeners pick numerous internet radio stations from Last.fm

Recovered jet plane engine shows signs of "soft body damage"

Indiana student ill, but wins Miss America crown

NHL Scores, schedule, standings

NBA Scores, schedule, standings

NFL

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Saturday - January 24, 2009 - The Plot to Kill Google,

Apartment Rents, Occupancies Drop in U.S. as Job Losses Mount

Publisher Rethinks the Daily: It’s Free and Printed and Has Blogs All Over

What Turns Women On

No Snickering: That Road Sign Means Something Else

Pieces Coming Together for First Test Launch of NASA's New Spacecraft

Bad bike lanes can be frustrating — but these video exposés make them funny (open this link to see the two videos)

Bad News for Florida Mortgage Brokers and Realtors Trying to Fund and Sell Unaffordable Condos: New rules raise the bar for condo mortgages in Florida







With consumer credit falling and delinquency rates rising, losses are mounting for Capital One and other credit-card issuers

Mexican claims he dissolved 300 bodies for drug gangs

GE's Fading Blue-Chip Status

A former Forsyth County, Georgia sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty Friday to human trafficking charges involving a nanny from India

The U.S. and UK Are on the Brink of Debt Disaster

Disgraced ex-pastor of New Life Church, Ted Haggard, is now said to have had a long affair with young male intern

Obama's nod to atheists and agnostics during his Inaugural address upsets the religious fun bunch

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