| BOTH SIDES AGREE TO DEBT |
 COMPROMISE
Obama agrees to cuts in Medicare, Medicaid,
safety net programs and no new revenues;
Republicans agree to, um, nothing. |
|
| |
| WORLD NEWS |
 |
Moody's: Chinese Banking
System Concealing $500 Billion in
Problematic Real Estate Loans
Taps Goldman Sachs for bailout advice. |
|
McDonald's in France to
Start Selling Baguettes
And exhibiting more contempt for diners. |
| |
| PICTURE OF THE WEEK |
|
 EdgeWalk
Attraction on Top of Toronto's CN
Tower Opens to Tourists
For $50 you can take in the
breathtaking view attached to a
pole or, for $25, you can walk
around the perimeter untethered. |
|
|
| U. S. NEWS |
|
U. S. Median Family Wealth:
White, $113,149; Hispanic,
$6325; Black, $5677
But we're all created equal. |
|
Distillery to Make South
Carolina’s First Legal Moonshine
Still operators call it a
“job killer.” |
| |
| REMINDER |
| |
In a
worst-case scenario we'll
all be sent to work camps
in China. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Federal Airline Tax Expires,
But Airlines Don't Pass
Savings on to Passengers
Pass savings on to investors. |
| |
| HISTORY |
|
| Long Secret, Nixon's
Watergate Grand Jury Testimony Finally |
Released
Under oath, he says he ordered Rosemary
Woods to eat 18 1/2 minutes of tape. |
|
|
