U.S. House Prices Keep Climbing with a 1.2% Rise in June

Integrated Asset Services(www.iasreo.com) today released its IAS360 House Price Index (HPI). Based upon the timeliest and most granular data available in the industry, the index for national house prices moved ahead another 1.2% in June.   With June’s gains--the...

Letter Reveals How to Politely Decline Being Used

Andrew C. McCarthy sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday that’s receiving a lot of attention.  A polite “Thanks, but no thanks” means of declining an invitation to participate in a...

Huge Flying Turd (Excuse Me) Downs Powerline, Damages House

I am so not making this up! This Swiss exhibit by an American features a collection of inflatable ca-ca. And one big piece got loose in the wind. Imagine explaining that when you get home: honey, mom, dad (fill in the blanks), I'm late, we don't have power, I couldn't finish...

Similarities between 1929 and 2008 terrifying

"Watching Wall Street and the American real-estate market crumble over the past 10 months has not inspired great confidence in our wonderful free-market economy or the land pirates who run it. As someone who recently wrestled with the causes and consequences of the Great...

Teacher Says She Had Sex With Student In School Lot

This is nothing more than an epidemic in our schools. Is it a sign of the times. This teacher even sent pictures of herself naked. By the way we are looking for those pics. video"A High School physical education...

South Korea shortlists three candidate for coach

""His heart has been checked and there is not a big problem. There are no problems to stop him becoming coach," the source was quoted as saying.McCarthy managed Ireland and is currently the manager of Wolves in the second-tier of English football.Olsen, who led Ajax Amsterdam...

Rodgers Gets City's Top Civic Job

"Ulster Unionist Jim Rodgers has been elected as Belfast's new lord mayor. Mr Rodgers, a councillor for the Victoria Ward, was previously the city's civic head in 2001. He succeeds the SDLP's Pat McCarthy in the post. He pledged to do what was best for the city and its...

Why 'Sci-Fi' doesn't fly

The following is an excerpt from Jason Silverman's excellent piece about the label "Science-Fiction" and why the big wigs behind TV, film and books don't want the label applied to their work. His point is...

Today in history - Dec. 2

"Today is Saturday, Dec. 2, the 336th day of 2006. There are 29 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 2, 1954, the Senate voted to condemn Wisconsin Republican Joseph R. McCarthy for conduct that "tends to bring the Senate into disrepute." On this...

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

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