SOUND OFF: Callers sound off on Waterford police layoffs, mosque, marijuanaThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 5:18AMI notice the (Waterford) police department is laying off 20-plus officers. I’m just wondering when the supervisor, elected officials and department heads are going to start taking a pay cut? And, when are they going to investigate the chief for his enormous, unnecessary spending habits?
Ontario Council opts to stay out of SB1070Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 1:33AMONTARIO - The City Council has decided to not get involved in the fiery debate over Arizona Senate Bill 1070.
Donna Edwards*Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 11:00PMAge: 52 Residence: Oxon Hill. Education: BA, English, Wake Forest University; JD, Franklin Pierce Law Center. United States - Government - US House of Representatives - Maryland - District 04
Federal panel investigates Nevada's financial crisisWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 7:54PMA congressional panel investigating our nation's financial crisis is taking that probe to the streets.
Scary Housing NumbersWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 5:45PMThese days, someone talking about a double-dip isn’t ordering ice cream. A double-dip is the dolorous possibility that the economy will slump again, after staging a very modest, government-goosed recovery from the worst downturn since the Great Depression.
Appraised value of 2 square miles inside Grand Teton National Park: $107MWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 5:12PMCHEYENNE, Wyo. - Turns out that a chunk of land inside a national park isn't priceless after all — not if you've got $107 million. That's the appraised value of two square miles of breathtakingly scenic land inside Grand Teton National Park.
Clinton says Mexican drug cartels look more like the insurgency seen in Columbia 20 years agoWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 4:57PMWASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says drug cartels in Mexico and Central America are looking more like insurgencies, and the threat they pose is growing.
Arizona education chief: Feds probing discrimination claims over teachers' English fluencyWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 2:57PMPHOENIX - Arizona's education chief says the federal government has launched an investigation into whether the state discriminates against teachers who are nonnative English speakers.
Letter from John Putnam: City can't spend its way through this depressionWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 8:21AMTuesday's WSJ article on current economics was depressing. Unfortunately, I believe that a severe depression is inevitable.