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Credit Card Companies Start ‘Playing Ball’: Slashing Card Balances
The banks were bailed out last fall, the automobile companies last winter. For Edward McClelland, a writer in Chicago, deliverance finally arrived a few days ago.
Mr. McClelland’scredit card company was calling yet again, wondering when it could expect the next installment on his delinquent account. He proposed paying half of his $5,486 balance and calling [...]
Binge Drinking Is Now A Major Problem At U.S. Colleges
Binge drinking among American college students is on the rise, along with its consequences of drunk driving and drinking-related deaths, U.S. health officials report.
In fact, drinking-related deaths among students aged 18 to 24 years have increased steadily from 1,440 a year in 1998 to 1,825 in 2005, according to a report from the U.S. National [...]
Memorial Day: Honoring Those Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice For Our Freedom
Abts, Richard. Adamski, Walter. Ahlman, Enoch.
The names are whisked away by the hot, gusting wind as soon as they are spoken, forgotten in the stream of the next name and the next name and the next name.
Fuller, Addison. Fuller, Mary. Furlong, John.
The story of America could be told through these names, tales of bravery and [...]
The Obama Administration Moves To Control Executive Pay Of Banking Industry
The Obama administration has begun serious talks about how it can change compensation practices across the financial-services industry, including at companies that did not receive federal bailout money, according to people familiar with the matter.
The initiative, which is in its early stages, is part of an ambitious and likely controversial effort to broadly address the [...]
Jimmy Carter/Op-Ed: What Happened To The Ban On Assault Weapons?
Atlanta:Â The evolution in public policy concerning the manufacture, sale and possession of semiautomatic assault weapons like AK-47s, AR-15s and Uzis has been very disturbing. Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and I all supported a ban on these formidable firearms, and one was finally passed in 1994.
When the 10-year ban was set [...]
Obama Calls For Direct Loans To College Students
President Barack Obama on Friday renewed his call for the government to stop backing private loans to college students and replace them with direct financial aid to young people. Obama said the surest test for success in the challenging economy is a college degree or other training, yet access to higher education continues to shrink [...]
Pope Benedict XVI Delivers Easter ‘Message Of Hope’
Pope Benedict XVI said today that reconciliation was the only way to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, adding that the entire world needed to rediscover hope to end wars, poverty and financial turmoil.
In his Easter Sunday message, delivered from the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, Benedict noted that he plans to travel to the Holy [...]
Jihadi And Baath Militants Showing New Strength In Iraq
As the American military prepares to withdraw from Iraqi cities, Iraqi and American security officials say that jihadi and Baath militants are rejoining the fight in areas that are largely quiet now, regrouping as a smaller but still lethal insurgency.
There is much debate as to whether any new insurgency, at a time of relative calm [...]
Dismal Mess Of Massachusetts’s Health-Care Program Offers Preview of Why Barack’s Health Care Will Fail
Praise Mitt Romney. Three years ago, the former Massachusetts Governor had the inadvertent good sense to create the “universal” health-care program that the White House and Congress now want to inflict on the entire country. It is proving to be instructive, as Mr. Romney’s foresight previews what President Obama, Max Baucus, Ted Kennedy and Pete [...]
Vital Signs – Vitamin D Pills May Prevent Fractures in Older Adults – NYTimes.com
Vitamin D supplements may help prevent fractures in people over 65, provided they take enough of the right kind. A new review of clinical trials appears to show a strong dose-dependent effect for vitamin D in lowering the risk for nonvertebral fractures in the elderly.
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