*** A man in Amman: Obama has arrived in Jordan, beginning the post-Afghanistan/Iraq part of his overseas trip. Per NBC/NJ s Athena Jones, Obama will hold a press conference at the Amman Citadel with Chuck Hagel and Jack Reed, who accompanied the Continue Reading
One of the bedrooms of the old apartment where the students slept. Their three-bedroom apartment on East Church Street housed 10 students. In late 2007, Oxana Sviridova responded to Steven Isemann’s online advertisement to travel and work in Continue Reading
Total budget: $1.36 billion. General fund budget: $747 million. Property tax rate: $7.63 per $1,000 of taxable value. Tax bill for $175,000 home with $25,000 homestead exemption: $1,145. Tax change from this year: Increase of Continue Reading
Barack Obama’s change of heart on a number of high profile issues in recent weeks has tarnished his heretofore saintly image among many of his hard-core supporters , much to the delight of his opposition. For example, in addition to alienating the Continue Reading
College students are now trading planned vacations for more unpredictable destinations. Adventure travel is one of the fastest-growing types of vacation in the industry, according to the AAA travel agency in Gainesville. Continue Reading
That’s it. NPR has declared Ohio a disaster area. Things are so bad. NPR gravely warns, that folks in the Buckeye state can’t even afford to buy meat for their dinner tables anymore. It’s the end of civilization as we know it. Doom and gloom. Oh the Continue Reading
Barack Obama made a major gaffe yesterday in an interview with ABC’s Terry Moran, saying that despite the obvious success of the surge he still would not support it if he were able to cast his vote again. Why? Obama told Moran that he wanted to Continue Reading
Author and fellow Globe columnist Richard Florida’s new book, Who’s Your City, challenges the marketing prowess of rural entrepreneurs. Florida takes issue with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman’s notion that “the world is flat” that under Continue Reading
