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California careens toward budget cliff

January 20, 2009

As California’s budget continued to careen headlong toward the cliff of insolvency, Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last week delivered a state-of-the-state address shorn of the bold pronouncements that marked his five previous addresses. Calling the state’s...

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial slideshow

January 20, 2009

Hugs, happy faces and families were the main portraits at the “We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial.” Photographers couldn't miss any number of great shots.

40,000 at whistlestop cheer Obama on way to capital

January 19, 2009

BALTIMORE — Over 40,000 people braved bitter cold last Saturday afternoon to give Barack Obama a warm greeting as he passed through Charm City on his way to the capital to be sworn in as the...

Wanda Sykes on the bailout — lol

January 17, 2009

This is comedienne Wanda Sykes on the $700 billion bailout. Truth and hilarity all in one:

The cost of living

January 17, 2009

During a recent shopping trip to Macy’s I made a simple, but possibly profound, discovery: shit costs too much, way too much. I’m serious. I keep reading about big discounts offered by retailers due to the...