Obama Speaks at National Prayer Day Breakfast
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Please, please, everybody have a seat. Well, good morning, everybody. It is good to be with so many friends united in prayer. And I begin by giving all praise and honor...
View ArticleChina Raises Interest Rates on Fears of Inflation
COMBINED NEWS SERVICES Published: February 8, 2011 05:51PM. China’s central bank raised interest rates for the second time in just over a month in a bid to ease high inflation and guide blistering...
View ArticleMemo to Legislators: Butt Out of High School Sports
Politicians need to stay out of athletics By Doug Robinson Deseret News Published: Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011 12:49 a.m. MST Memo to state legislators: Butt out. Stay out of high school sports. Find...
View ArticleA New Paradigm: The Economics of Happiness
Published on Friday, January 14, 2011 by The Economics of Happiness – the Movie The Economics of Happiness Economic globalization has led to a massive expansion in the scale and power of big business...
View ArticleWords Matter! Let’s Not Pretend They Don’t
Published on Thursday, January 13, 2011 by YES! Magazine Words Matter: How Media Can Build Civility or Destroy It The media can, as we know, promote fear, hatred, and extremism. Can it also lead us to...
View ArticleForeclosure Nation! One Million in 2010; Going Up
Published on Thursday, January 13, 2011 by The Hill Foreclosures Exceed 1 Million Last Year, Expected to Grow in 2011 by Vicki Needham Foreclosures are expected to peak while prices bottom out in 2011...
View ArticleSEC Announces Large Insider Trading Case
Combined News Services Published: January 10, 2011 05:18PM Washington • Federal regulators on Monday charged the co-founder of a New York hedge fund and three other individuals with insider trading,...
View ArticleBribery Offer Turned Down, Man of Honor Exonerated by DNA After 30 Years in...
By JEFF CARLTON The Associated Press Published: January 4, 2011 09:19PM Dallas • A Texas man declared innocent Tuesday after 30 years in prison had at least two chances to make parole and be set free —...
View ArticleFour New Board Members Named to Federal Reserve
By Sewell Chan The New York Times Published: January 1, 2011 09:15PM Washington • As the Federal Reserve debates whether to scale back, continue or expand its $600 billion effort to nurse the economic...
View ArticleJudges Rule Christian Cross Korean War Memorial Unconstitutional in 20 Year...
By JULIE WATSON The Associated Press Published: January 4, 2011 09:19PM San Diego • A war memorial cross in a San Diego public park is unconstitutional because it conveys a message of government...
View ArticleWe’ve Been Duped On Almost All Recent Wars
(Tribune Editorial) Updated: January 3, 2011 12:00AM How many of the past generation’s wars would have been launched if we had known that each conflict would last for half a century or more? Just about...
View ArticleMencken’s Prejudices Series Makes Great Reading
By John Lippman Los Angeles Times Published: January 7, 2011 08:52AM There are writers whose books are stacked on my nightstand: G.K. Chesterton, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Babington Macaulay — writers...
View ArticleNot Much Economic Optimism in Japan for 2011
By MALCOLM FOSTER The Associated Press Published: January 1, 2011 09:15PM Tokyo • Japan has been overtaken by China as the world’s No. 2 economy. Its flagship company, Toyota, recalled more than 10...
View ArticleAudit Reveals Coding Concerns in Utah Medicaid
Medicaid review stirs up backlash By Kirsten Stewart The Salt Lake Tribune Updated: January 1, 2011 12:18AM A legislative probe that found evidence of waste and abuse in Medicaid may sharpen the...
View ArticleInsider Trading Probes Getting Bigger
By LARRY NEUMEISTER The Associated Press Published: November 26, 2010 04:24PM New York • An insider trading case last year that federal authorities said was the biggest ever is providing a recipe for...
View ArticleSupreme Court Takes Wal-Mart’s Appeal of Class Action Job Discrimination Case
By ADAM LIPTAK and STEVEN GREENHOUSE WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal in the biggest employment discrimination case in the nation’s history, one claiming that Wal-Mart...
View ArticleAnti-Big Government Utah Offers $1.1M Welfare to Anti-Big Government...
By LESLEY MITCHELL The Salt Lake Tribune Published: December 9, 2010 09:38PM Utah has offered online retailer Overstock.com an incentive worth as much as $1.1 million to expand its software-engineering...
View ArticleScientists Link Autism and Proximity of Freeways
More research is needed, but the report suggests air pollution could be a factor. December 16, 2010|By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times Children born to mothers who live close to freeways have twice the...
View ArticleSeattle Quashes Israel-Palestine Advertisements on Buses
Facing an outcry, city officials bar planned bus ads against ‘Israeli war crimes’ and retaliatory responses decrying ‘Palestinian war crimes.’ By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times December 25, 2010 Forget...
View ArticleMandatory Weight Limit Suggested for NFL Players
By Doug Robinson Deseret News Published: Friday, Dec. 24, 2010 5:45 p.m. MST The NFL should consider contraction. Not fewer teams; fewer pounds. Let’s face it, the NFL needs to go on a diet. Send the...
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