Unemployment Extension Vote Will Decide Fate of Millions

Unemployment extension vote to come
The unemployment extension vote that took place Tuesday cleared the way for the unemployment extension bill to make its way through Congress. The House has passed the bill, which would allow unemployed workers to collect benefits for an additional 13 weeks beyond what is already allotted.
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Millions of Americans who cant find work could benefit from the unemploment extension vote.

ACORN Senate Vote 83-7 Against Funding Rotten Group

Senate says HUD cannot fund ACORN; Will House agree?
Is it any surprise? We’ve known for some time that ACORN is a questionable organization. The latest pimp and prostitute video is just the icing on the cake, comments the Hot Air blog. Now the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) [...]

The Senate says "no" to payday cash for ACORN (Photo: therealbarackobama.wordpress.com)

Apple Announcement: iPhones, Cameras and iTunes, Oh My!

Apple announcement about new products
As usual, Apple held its September Apple announcement, or “media event” as they like to call it (though Mashable points out there are usually more employees than media at the Apple announcement). People — and WIRED Magazine — have been speculating for weeks about what the [...]

Steve Jobs is all better! Image from wikimedia.

Cash for Clunker Cribs

Toys R Us is getting in on the clunker craze

If you’ve been wishing you could get a better crib, car seat, or stroller than the one you have now — without having to first go online and type “no fax payday loans no credit check” into your Google search [...]

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Robin Wright Penn Won’t Drag Divorce Through Court

Sean Penn and wife splitting up for good
Robin Wright Penn has finally gone and done it. She filed for divorce from Sean Penn on Aug. 12. For those of you who love a lengthy, ruthless court battle between two famous people who are insanely rich, like the show we got [...]

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Quick Cash for Your Town

The case for shopping near home
A few years ago, the city of Austin planned to extend about $2 million in incentives to a developer who wanted to build a new Borders bookstore on a prominent downtown corner. The deal did not go through, but it would have been an unwelcome [...]

Shopping locally preserves the unique character of your home town

CMT Awards 2009 Benefit Several Charities

CMT Awards 2009 on CMT Tonight
The CMT Awards 2009 are here. One great thing about the CMT Awards is that musical artists get recognized for their work. However, I think the best thing about the CMT Awards 2009 (and every other year, for that matter) is that they benefit several [...]

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Remembering Mary Cassatt

165 Years Ago in Pittsburgh (nee Allegheny City)

Mary Stevenson Cassatt was born in Pennsylvania on May 22, 1844.  She grew up in a privileged family of merchants, who were never concerned with easy loans and payday cash.  Even without hard money loans or instant cash, travel abroad was an integral [...]

Denver Boot Means You’re a Parking Deviant

Don’t buy boots in Denver
Americans love their automobiles. It’s an affliction that will never go away, as the parasite has burrowed its way too deep into our consciousness.  It’s latched on to bone.
I appreciate technological advances as much as the next guy, but automakers certainly knew what they were doing [...]

Popcorn Park Zoo Gets Financial Help from Local Businesses

Evolution of Popcorn Park Zoo
Popcorn Park Zoo in Lacey, N.J., isn’t your average Humane Society animal shelter. The facility opened in 1977 as “a refuge for wildlife that were sick, elderly, abandoned, abused or injured,” according to the Popcorn Park Zoo web site. Since then, the facility has evolved.
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Princess the camel lives at Popcorn Park Zoo.