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Activist Wants White House to Hang Impeach Bush Ornament on Christmas Tree

By Leslie Warren
Washington, DC at Christmas is not so jolly for some.  Want to hang an Impeach Bush Ornament on the White House Christmas tree?  It might be tough as 'tis the season but not for Seattle area artist Deborah...

Credit Card Limits Cut, Accounts Closed: Industry May Cut $2 Trillion Off Lines

By Jess Snow
Will your credit card limits be cut and will you face an interest rate hike?  A report from the Boston Globe paints a gloomy picture for the credit card industry and cites an analyst that believes the industry will reduce...

Briefs: A $200,000 Truffle and a Free Internet Proposal From the FCC

By Susan Hatch
How much would you pay for a truffle?  Perhaps if you have the FCC offering you a shot a free Internet you might just have the cash.  When you read this just remember, at least it was for charity.  Jon Shanks notes...

Stunner: $200,000 Truffle (Photo) Sold, Big Money Dessert Sale

By Jon Shanks
What recession? Someone apparently paid $200,000 for what some describe as an "underground mushroom" according to a report from ABC 15 from Phoenix.  The white truffle was up for auction on the Internet...

Shock Bust: Sex at the NCAA Basketball Game and a Looted Matisse Returns

By Tim Morgan
The crime wires were busy this weekend.  In Minnesota at an NCAA basketball game a couple was busted having sex in the bathroom stall while others cheered on.  The woman claims she was drugged.  Across the globe...

Black Friday Ads & Thanksgiving Online Sales: Circuit City, Target, Walmart and Best Buy Doorbusters

By Gene Byrd
Can't wait for Black Friday to get an early start on your Christmas shopping?  You don't have to as the Thanksgiving online sales are already published on the World Wide Web and anxious retailers have cut some serious...

Chicago Defies the Second Amendment

By Steve Chapman
Since the Supreme Court upheld the individual right to own guns last summer, one municipality after another with handgun bans has faced reality. Washington, D.C., which lost the case, changed its law...