401(k) Hardship Withdrawals Spike
Aaron Smith CNN Hardship withdrawals from 401(k) retirement saving plans rose to the highest level in 10 years during the second quarter, Fidelity Investments said…
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Ex-patriot American Denounces Citizenship
Bloggers Must Pay $300 Privilege Tax in Philly
Got a blog that makes no money? The city wants $300, thank you very much. Valerie Rubinski Philadelphia City Paper For the past three years,…
“No Evidence Needed” — Surge in Britons exported for trial
The number of people in Britain seized under the controversial “no-evidence-needed” European Arrest Warrant rose by more than 50 per cent last year, figures obtained…
Are We Witnessing the Death of Our Planet?
Howard Beale Activist Post It seems that we are witnessing the death of our planet right before our very eyes. The extreme weather, Gulf oil disaster…
How to be a Hobo
Brett & Kate McKay Am I the only boy who secretly dreamed of becoming a hobo? Riding the rails, traveling across the country, and carrying…
Dust Bowl Haunts Wheat Farmers
Kirk Johnson NY Times Wheat got a bad rap in the 1930s, and has been faulted in environmental retrospectives ever since as the crop that…
New guidelines could rule out many oil claims
Curt Anderson Associated Press A flower shop in Florida that saw a drop-off in weddings this summer is probably out of luck. So is a restaurant in Idaho that had to…
High-tech carts will tell on Cleveland residents who don’t recycle … and they face $100 fine
Mark Gillespie The Plain Dealer It would be a stretch to say that Big Brother will hang out in Clevelanders’ trash cans, but the city…
Nearly 50 percent leave Obama mortgage-aid program
Martin Crutsinger Breitbart Nearly half of the 1.3 million homeowners who enrolled in the Obama administration’s flagship mortgage-relief program have fallen out. The program is…
Bombshell! Feds admit to not testing seafood in oiled water, what have they tested for?
The Intel Hub The FDA is now openly admitting that they AREN’T testing seafood in areas that have been impacted by oil. This is absolutely…
Beyond City Limits: The Age of Nations is Over
Parag Khanna Foreign Policy The 21st century will not be dominated by America or China, Brazil or India, but by the city. In an age…
‘The Invasion of Iraq was Wrong, Unjust and Damaging’
Spiegel Online Has American credibility been severely damaged by the Iraq War? One day after the last US combat unit left the country, some in…
Prescription drug overdoses on the rise in the U.S.
David Gutierrez Natural News Both accidental and intentional prescription drug overdoses are on the rise in the United States, according to a study conducted by…