30 years sought for William Jefferson

Found guilty of bribery, fraud, money laundering, and violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Representative William Jefferson, faces 30 years in the big house if federal prosecutors have their...

President of Worldwide Financial Resources charged $11m for fraud

David Findel, President of Worldwide Financial Resourses, had made a real estate crisis last October by bidding $400,000 for 50-yard-line season tickets to watch the Jets play in the new Meadowlands stadium. Findel...

Merkel Lashes Out at Central Banks

Below article is from today’s The Independent newspaper.I watched her speech yesterday and finally was relieved that someone in power and head of state has got it right. The feds should listen to Angela Merkel...

Bear market trap

The terms bull market and bear market respectively describe upward and downward movements of a market over a prolonged period of time in which prices rise or fall faster than normal. The expressions "bullish" and...

Bubble Economy

The last quarter century the economic model created more mistakes than miracles. It encouraged people to spend, borrow, and speculate. And each time Mr. Market made a correction, the authorities came along with...

Recovery Yet?

Tent cities in the United States of America, one million new houses unsold in Spain, another one million unfinished or second-hand on sale as a result of foreclosure, or from busted real estate developers from...

How Did Feds Listen in on Blagojevich?

"Court records from the investigation into Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich are filled with recorded conversations of the governor allegedly offering to sell an appointment to President-elect Barack Obama's former U.S. Senate seat. How did the government find out...

The secret to buying a home

The Secret To Buying A HomeThe key to a successful home purchase is in the dictionary!By: Bill HitchcockThis article is for the folks who want to buy a home. And I am relying on my 1966 Funk & Wagnalls Dictionary and my 1966 Random House Dictionary to explain the keys to...

Feds plan to sell drilling rights off Va. coast

I don't know if this is good or not. I have close friends that are commercial fisherman. This will be very very bad for them. 50 miles off shore is not that far and they fish there. What will it do to the waters...

BREAKING: Massive explosion levels home in Las Cruces, New Mexico

"LAS CRUCES - An early morning explosion leveled a home near "A" Mountain Thursday. No injuries are reported, but the home is a total loss and federal investigators have been called in.The Dona Ana County...

Internists Tell Feds to Lighten Up on Marijuana

"February 15, 2008, 1:24 pm Internists Tell Feds to Lighten Up on Marijuana Posted by Shirley S. Wang Ease off on marijuana, a national doctor group is telling the feds. The American College of Physicians, 124,000 members strong, has issued a 13-page...

Feds Want Rockies Wolves Back on Endangered List

Federal wildlife officials have asked a judge to put endangered gray wolves in the Northern Rockies back on the endangered species list, which goes against the government's previous ruling that the animals were...

Feds use fear and intimidation to Close Santa Barbara Medical Cannabis Coops

" DEA Targets City-Regulated Facitilites: Dep't of Republican Justice? Cal. NORML Release - Sept 18, 2008 In response to federal...

Palin Hackers could skate because of DOJ policy

The Department of Justice does not like a court decision over emails, and that policy could allow the Palin hackers a backdoor out of prosecution."Though federal law prohibits the unauthorized access of someone's...

Calling B.S. on the Idea of 'Marijuana Addiction'

"It's laughable that the Feds are pushing the concept of pot addiction when science shows that withdrawal symptoms from caffeine are far worse.The U.S. government believes that America is going to pot -- literally.Earlier this month, the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse...

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