Skipper Beck Killed in Plane Crash in Rock Hill South Carolina

Skipper Beck, owner of a Mercedes-Benz dealership in Charlotte was killed in a plane crash this morning in Rock Hill South Carolina. He was piloting a single-engine Cirrus Cloud SR22, which crashed at about 7:15am...

Nuggets of News Cause Blogger to Pause

Surfing through the morning news headlines, I found some nuggets of news that caused me to pause for a moment and thought they might have a similar effect on you: NO CHRYSLER DEALERS LEFT IN DETROIT:  Last week, Lochmoor Chrysler Jeep on Detroit’s East Side stopped...

Alt-A Reality and the Subprime Rescue Mission

The United States of Real Estate continues to suffer from subprime mortgage sickness. Now spreading into Alt-A territory. Until recently the risk to Alt-A was pooh poohed. Financial institutions with Alt-A exposure declared it a step up from subprime. Now seers say watch...

Newspaper Photographer Fired for Doctoring Picture

"NEW YORK Editor Rick Thames personally apologized to readers today in an editorial in his paper, The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, for an Observer photographer’s breach of accuracy standards. Thames cited the work...

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