Second Belgian bank gets bail-out

A second Belgian bank has had to be rescued by a coalition of the Luxembourg, Belgium and Netherlands governments. The announcement that Dexia will be bailed out comes one day after the countries announced they...

Leading American Insurer AIG close to bankruptcy

Leading American Insurance company  American International Group Inc. is in the bad shape and likely to file for bankruptcy. However they have been allowed to use $20 billion of assets held by its...

When music barely pays the bills

Once upon a time $75,000-$100,000 was considered an amazing living in America, but now in the big cities it barely gets you by.I've been a part time musician for the last decade, and every year it gets tougher and...

The Bush administration fails to stop al-Qaida in Pakistan - By Arthur Delan...

" The New York Times leads with a big story on the growth of al-Qaida in Pakistan and the Bush administration's waffling over plans to give commandos greater latitude to operate in the country's tribal areas. The Washington Post leads locally with the surprise death of a...

Who can afford $1-million houses?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe only ones who can truly afford Million dollar homes are well, Millionaires.  Unfortunately for the most of us who purchase what is considered a 1,400 square...

Forest Hills Lantern Festival

This Boston event got very little press, but I came across some gorgeous photographs of a beautiful and haunting memorial ceremony set in one of Boston's historic cemeteries."This breathtaking, Buddhist-inspired...

U.S. Navy -- 34 sailors killed & 171 sailors injured

No event can be classified as "ancient history" while there are people ancient enough to remember it happening.

Token Booth Closings Start in April

The first nine of the 164 token booths scheduled for closing will be shut down in April. The Daily News says the first retired booths will include ones in Union Square and Penn Station, and then the remaining booths will close weekly until October. Then, 600 of the clerks...

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