Since the recession hit, many businesses have found themselves forced to cut back their operations or even close up shop. Add one more name to the list: the city of Chicago.
Chicago's CBS2 reports that, faced with an increasingly grim economic outlook, the city...
Jenny Sanford Explains Away Her Husband’s Affair
Filed under: Woman Up, Culture
After remaining relatively quiet on the subject of her husband's affair, Jenny Sanford offers an opinion on why her marriage unraveled in the pages of Vogue, as Bonnie Goldstein points out. I have to admit, though, seeing the fashion magazine label Sanford as an...Creator of Obama-as-Joker Picture Is Chicago College Student
Filed under: Barack Obama, Race, Woman Up, Culture
When posters depicting Barack Obama as Heath Ledger's Joker began appearing on the streets of Los Angeles and on the Internet earlier this summer, it's unlikely anyone attributed the image to a 20-year-old college...Tom Vilsack’s Farm-Country Tour: A Different Kind of Town Hall
Filed under: Economy, Energy, Obama Administration
Health care town-hall meetings are certainly stealing the spotlight these days -- but they're not the only game in town. Mostly unnoticed, a quieter series of town halls is taking place on a different crisis: Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has embarked on a...Tom Ridge: Bush Administration Tried to Inflate Terror Alerts During Election
Filed under: Bush Administration, Terror, National Security
As the former head of the Department of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge was once in charge of setting terror alerts to indicate to Americans the likelihood of an attack. Now reports say that in his new book, due out next month, Ridge claims...Switzerland Takes a Little Piece of Italy, Courtesy of Melting Glaciers
Filed under: Environment, Woman Up, International
Due to global warming, Switzerland may be losing huge swaths of the glaciers that have long covered the Alps, but as of Wednesday it's also gained approximately 150 meters of Italian territory.Bloomberg reports that, after the Swiss...
Health Care Reform Opponents’ Ads Target Obama’s Vineyard Vacation
Filed under: Barack Obama, Health Care, Obama Administration
The movement against health care reform has identified a new enemy -- Martha's Vineyard. ABC News reports that a new series of ads by Conservatives for Patients Rights is set to launch next week, criticizing President Obama's family vacation to the...Elizabeth Edwards Opens Furniture Store in N.C.
Filed under: Woman Up
Elizabeth Edwards is starting a new phase in her life: business owner. On Saturday, with husband John Edwards and their 11-year old daughter at her side, she cut the ribbon on her new venture, a furniture store she is calling Red Window. Elizabeth Edwards has been making plans for the...Who’s in the Kitchen with Julia Child?
Filed under: Woman Up
Rhode Island Plans 12 Days of Government Shutdowns
Rhode Island is taking a page from Chicago's handbook. Gov. Don Carcieri announced Monday that the state will schedule 12 days of government shutdowns, becoming the latest in a string of state and local jurisdictions to scale back during the recession. The closings will occur between the...
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