Obama eyes Medicare changes, tax increases
April 13, 2011
President Barack Obama, two years into a presidency marked by increased spending on a weak economy, is turning his attention to the nation’s crushing debt
The Trump Doctrine?
April 13, 2011
Call it the Trump Doctrine. The next time America is called upon to act as global policeman, expect a bill from Uncle Sam. Property developer,
GOP supports Democratic Medicare cuts
April 13, 2011
In a postelection reversal, House Republicans are supporting nearly $450 billion in Medicare cuts that they criticized vigorously last fall when Democrats and President Barack
Budget cuts: Will anyone really notice?
April 13, 2011
It’s touted as the biggest one-time rollback of domestic spending ever, but most folks will be hard-pressed to notice. After all, it’s just 1 percent
A year later, BP spill damage lingers
April 13, 2011
The worst maritime oil spill in history began nearly a year ago with a drop in pressure in a poorly drilled well deep in the
Drop in defaults helps JPMorgan Chase
April 13, 2011
JPMorgan Chase & Co is expected to post an increase in first-quarter profit of more than 50 percent on Wednesday, as the bank weathers a
Wal-Mart cuts back on space for electronics
April 13, 2011
Wal-Mart Stores is cutting the size of its electronics department as popular gadgets shrink and making room to add back dropped items like fishing poles,
Pawlenty not running for President…yet
April 13, 2011
Former Minnesota Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty told a CNN interviewer on Tuesday he was “focusing on running for president” but was not ready to make
Who fired first shots of the Civil War?
April 13, 2011
A raid 150 years ago by Confederate sympathizers on a Union fort at what is now Pensacola Naval Air Station was likely little more than