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Judge voids Wisconsin collective bargaining law Associated Press Scott Bauer And Todd Richmond, Associated Press – Thu May 26, 5:41 pm ET MADISON, Wis. – The fight over stripping collective bargaining rights from Wisconsin's public workers will move into the state Supreme Court, and possibly...

Troubled home market creates generation of renters By DEREK KRAVITZ, AP Real Estate Writer Derek Kravitz, Ap Real Estate Writer – 1 hr 59 mins ago WASHINGTON – A growing number of Americans can't afford a home or don't want to own one, a trend that's spawning a generation of renters and a...

Obama connects with Irish roots Obamas arrive in Ireland By NANCY BENAC, Associated Press Nancy Benac, Associated Press – 11 mins ago MONEYGALL, Ireland – President Barack Obama paid a joyful visit Monday to the small Irish village where his great-great-great grandfather once lived and...

There was a Rabbi who went to the Catholic Priest at the church and asked "How do you get the money to make your church so beautiful?". Father said "We hear confessions; observe while I demonstrate". So the priest gets in the center compartment, the Rabbi on one side and in walks the first...

A Chinese man and his Jewish friend were walking along one day when the Jewish man whirled and slugged the Chinese man and knocked him down. "What was that for?" the Chinese man asked. "That was for Pearl Harbor!" the Jewish man said. "Pearl Harbor? That was the Japanese. I'm Chinese."...

New book says USSR was behind Roswell UFO By Claudine Zap Is truth stranger than conspiracy-theory fiction? A new book on Area 51 that's already generating a ton of buzz says there was no alien spacecraft that crashed in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. Instead, Stalin did it--maybe...

I'm suprised EnglishLady hasn't posted this yet. :rolleyes: Queen Elizabeth becomes UK's second-longest reigning monarch ShareretweetEmailPrint– 1 hr 56 mins ago LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth surpassed George III on Thursday to become the second-longest reigning British...

Hopes killed with Detroit landlord Residents mourn death as symbol of dying community George Hunter / / The Detroit News Detroit — For Florida Benton, the hopes of a city were embodied in her two-story apartment complex, a place she said was a "rat trap" until her landlord, Australian-born...

by Ilyce Glink, CBSMoney Watch Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Isn't this partially what contributed to the burst of the housing bubble in 2007? The latest Florida mortgage deal carries a potential taxpayer burden that could leave you wondering what happened to the last four years. Earlier...

By Rick Hampson, USA TODAY KENT, Ohio — Forty springs ago, on the day the Vietnam War came home as it never had before, Mary Ann Vecchio was there. She's the girl in the haunting photo — crying, kneeling over the student's body. That was Kent State University, May 4, 1970, a few days after...

It's not just a beverage anymore. :cool: Nine surprising uses for beer - Yahoo! News

Britain withdraws Syria’s wedding invite By Danny Kemp, AFP Thu, Apr 28, 2011 2:03 PM GMT+00:00 Britain on Thursday withdrew the Syrian ambassador's invitation on the eve of the royal wedding, while it emerged that Kate Middleton will not promise to obey Prince William in her marriage vows...

This is from 1969 - A must watch. Red Skelton's Pledge of Allegiance

ACLU files brief supporting Terry Jones Christine Ferretti / The Detroit News Dearborn— The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan has weighed in on the Terry Jones saga, filing a brief supporting the controversial pastor's right to protest this afternoon in front of a mosque. In the...

Happy Passover to our Jewish friends.

No One in Vietnam Wants to See Bob Dylan Perform Despite being one of the greatest and most influential American rockers of all time, Bob Dylan just can't get the respect he deserves in his first ever tour of east Asia. Last week, a prominent Shanghai newspaper confused Dylan for Willie...

House votes to kill main Obama foreclosure aid By Corbett B. Daly 2 hrs 57 mins ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to kill President Barack Obama's signature program to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure. A bill to terminate the program...

I'm not saying I agree or disagree with the writer, I just wanted to share this with all of you. How Dumb Are We? NEW YORK – NEWSWEEK gave 1,000 Americans the U.S. Citizenship Test—38 percent failed. The country's future is imperiled by our ignorance. In this week’s issue, Andrew...

A man walks into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich behind him. The waitress asks them for their orders. The man says, "A hamburger, fries and a coke," and turns to the ostrich, "What's yours?" "I'll have the same," says the ostrich. A short time...