“Dear friends, for over 25 years both my situation and my country have not progressed. Things are getting harder; more corpses than I can count are laying around as a result of economic regression. People are numb to hunger for the longest time now; it doesn’t scare us anymore.”
That’s what Haitian Renald Deraz, 27, e-mailed Beloiter Debbie Fischer after his brother starved to death. Continue reading »
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Four Hightower students being investigated after scores were changed for 60
Four high school students are being investigated on suspicion of breaking into the Fort Bend Independent School District’s computer network and changing the grades of at least 60 students, according to court documents and school officials. Continue reading »
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Mars agrees to buy gum maker Wrigley for about $23B with financing help from Warren Buffett CHICAGO (AP) — The Oracle of Omaha is betting that the country’s candy jar is recession-proof. With financing from Warren Buffett, candy maker Mars Inc. on Monday said it is buying confectioner Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. for an estimated $23 billion in cash. The deal would marry brands that sweet-toothed Americans have munched on for decades: Mars owns Snickers and M&Ms; Wrigley’s gum brands include Juicy Fruit, Orbit, Extra and Big Red. Continue reading »
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Americans don’t like to lose wars—which makes sense, since we have so little practice with it. Of course, a lot depends on how you define just what a war is. There are shooting wars—the kind that test our mettle and our patriotism and our resourcefulness and our courage—and those are the kind at which we excel. But other struggles test those qualities too. What else was the Great Depression or the space race or the construction of the railroads or the eradication of polio but a massive, often frightening challenge that we decided as a culture we ought to rise up and face? If we indulge in a bit of chest-thumping and flag-waving when the job is done, well, we earned it. Continue reading »
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LOS ANGELES - David Hasselhoff has agreed to pay $25,000 a month to support his ex-wife and children. Court documents released Thursday show the former “Baywatch” star’s divorce settlement calls for him to pay $21,000 a month to ex-wife Pamela Bach and another $4,000 to support their daughters, 17-year-old Taylor and 15-year-old Hayley. Continue reading »
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