Flatulence, not turbulence forces plane landing in Nashville

"Flatulence brought 99 passengers on an American Airlines flight to an unscheduled visit to Nashville early Monday morning.  American Flight 1053, from Washington Reagan National Airport and bound for Dallas/Fort Worth, made an emergency landing here after passengers...

5 years later, WTC mail keeps coming

"It's the kind of holiday mail that might have been tossed aside, discarded like any other piece of junk mail: a special offer for a facial at a local spa. Only the address on the letter no longer exists. And the woman the letter is addressed to died more than five years ago...

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It was not my intent to politicize this week'€™s selection of WOTW, and frankly, given Tuesday's Republican meltdown, I haven'€™t wanted to spend a lot of time examining political angles, actions, and consequences. I just wanted to take a short break and relax, get some...

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American Civil Liberties Union Drops Lawsuit Over Patriot Act

"Citing improvements to the law, the American Civil Liberties Union today withdrew a three-year-old lawsuit over Section 215 of the Patriot Act, but said it is prepared to defend individuals who receive demands for information under the provision. Under the original Patriot...

Do You Still Want Pay Parity?

Last year, many federal employees received a 4.1% cost of living increase. It was the largest increase in more than a decade for the federal employees who may have moved to Florida, Arizona or some other area with relatively high costs and warm weather.

Using CSS to Style Text in Flash 8: A Tutorial

"If you’ve had the chance to work with Flash 8, one of the first things you’ve probably noticed is the change in rendering texts on the screen. Better than ever, working with text in Flash is no longer a chore in pixel checks, font size checks, scrolling hacks and...

Blanco aims to send out insurance checks (AP)

" BATON ROUGE, La. - Gov. Kathleen Blanco on Monday announced a plan to ease homeowners' post-hurricane insurance burden by sending them state checks next year with money raised by selling off what remains of the 1998 tobacco settlement. Blanco's plan would require approval...

Four Factors That Lenders Look At

"When it comes to applying for a mortgage or car loan, lenders want to see whether you've got what it takes. So they look at your credit report. But how do they interpret what they see? A history of on-time payments and credit card payoffs are diamonds. Lots of late payments...

Breaking the cycle of payday loan 'trap'

"Tellers at the North Carolina State Employees' Credit Union noticed a troubling change several years ago: The first people in line on payday were high-cost lenders, waiting to cash checks from credit union members. A glance at the records showed thousands of credit union...