Poll on the economy: Americans gloomier, for now

"As people on Wall Street and Main Street hold their breath to see if a federal bailout of the nation's financial institutions will work, Americans are starting to speak — not whisper — the word "depression." In a sign that anxiety is growing, 33% of 1,011 adults surveyed...

Report makes a case for raising driving age

Seems report after report is recomending that the US should be more like Europe! Just two weeks after a group of college presidents called for lowering the drinking age to 18, a report released today is calling for the driving age in the US to be raised from 16 to 18.In...

World's Oldest Telephone Book Discovered

Considering the giant, 10lbs phone book that arrived on my doorstep the other day, the first known telephone book was only 20 pages long, and listed useful information to 391 subscribers in New Haven, Conn.It was published by Alexander Graham Bell, and had such helpful hints...

War Dead Identified

"The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of four U.S. servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military...

Feds Net 38 In Global Phishing Busts

Crime Ring steals Social Security, Credit Card Data From Internet Users"AP) Thirty-eight people were charged Monday with stealing names, Social Security numbers, credit card data and other personal information from unsuspecting Internet users as part of a global crime...

Spanish-Speaking Workers Challenge English-Only Policy at Sheet Metal Factory

"Spanish-Speaking Workers Challenge English-Only Policy at Sheet Metal Factory Monday, November 26, 2007 By Catherine Donaldson-EvansAfter a sheet metal plant in Connecticut ordered its employees to speak only English on the job because of safety concerns, five...

Girls & Concussions

Perhaps the following study will change how athletic trainers and physicians interact with female athletes. "According to a study to be published in the Journal of Athletic Training, in high school soccer, girls sustained concussions 68 percent more often than boys did....

Robber waits while victim breaks $10 bill

Yes, you read it right. The robber only wanted four dollars, so he waited for the exact change."A knife-wielding robber needed only $4, so he refused to take a $10 bill from his victim and waited while the man made change at a pizza parlor, police said. He then took the $4...

Greenwich police investigate child's drowning in mansion pool

"As the past Chairman (2003) of the APSP (Association of Pool & Spa Proffessionals. Our industry's heart goes out to the family of Zachary Cohen.It is tragities like this that re-inforce the need to adhere to our industry Standards. There are many states that have now...