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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 11, 2008 11:56:18 GMT -5
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday. The husband, 42-year-old Moeun Sarim, has taken away with him all the bits and pieces of his half a house, said his 35-year-old wife, Vat Navy. "Very strange, but this is what my husband wanted," she said by phone from a village about 62 miles east of Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh. She said they ended their marriage last month. "He brought his relatives and used saws to cut the house in half," she said, adding that she now owns the other half that is still standing. The house is made from wood with a tile roof and propped up on wooden pillars, a typical style for a Cambodian country home. She said her estranged husband and his relatives, after ripping apart half of the house, carried all the debris to his parents' house nearby. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_fe_st/as_odd_cambodia_unique_divorce;_ylt=AiiT.yLki2AjxHt.JT7jCmkDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 11, 2008 11:55:26 GMT -5
DEAR MARGO: I am a 23-year-old woman who is dating a 47-year-old man. Age never has been an issue with us. We get along wonderfully and share so many things. About three months into our relationship (we've been together for one and a half years) I told him I was in love with him. He said he "loved me, but would never be in love with me." He has been hurt in the past and still feels bitter about his last girlfriend, a woman he describes as a "manipulative user." I feel at this point he is "in love" with me but doesn't want to admit it to himself. Is it too much for me to expect to hear the words from his mouth? Or should I just leave it alone? news.yahoo.com/s/dear_margo/20081010/en_dm/margo_howard20081010;_ylt=Arnu9nO3BzxCoQOIK3Jqr8EDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 11, 2008 11:53:51 GMT -5
DETROIT – General Motors Corp., Chrysler LLC and Cerberus Capital Management LP have held preliminary talks about a merger or an acquisition of Chrysler by GM, according to a person familiar with the talks. Chrysler, which is 80.1 percent owned by Cerberus, already has a joint venture with GM making a hybrid gas-electric powertrain, and has discussed a full merger or acquisition with GM, said the person, who did not want to be identified because the talks have not been made public. The Wall Street Journal, citing people it described as familiar with the discussions, reported that Cerberus, a private equity firm that also owns 51 percent of GMAC Financial Services, proposed trading Chrysler's automotive operations to GM in exchange for GM's remaining 49 percent stake in GMAC. The New York Times, also citing people familiar with the talks, reported that the automakers were discussing a merger. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081011/ap_on_bi_ge/gm_chrysler_merger_talks;_ylt=At8JJlhP2HKBvODMkYwe52ADW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 11, 2008 11:53:18 GMT -5
George Patten and J.T. McDaniel are the latest entries in the City Council race. Mr. Patten, who lives in Hixson, picked up papers for District 3. Pam Ladd announced earlier she was running for the seat being vacated by Dan Page. Mr. McDaniel, who owns several businesses and has served on the Planning Commission, picked up for District 9. Debbie Gaines is not seeking re-election. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136865.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 11, 2008 11:52:41 GMT -5
Chattanooga Police said a prostitution sting on Friday in the East Lake and Highland Park areas resulted in the arrests of 19 women and two men dressed as women. The Special Investigations Unit and officers from the patrol division jointly conducted the vice operation targeting suspected street prostitutes. Undercover officers were used to pose as “johns” to be solicited for sex for money from suspected street prostitutes. Those arrested were charged with prostitution and some with narcotics charges. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136896.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 11, 2008 11:51:50 GMT -5
Five local plants in just over a week announce they're calling it quits. Nearly a thousand people will be out of a job. It's a disturbing trend that a local economist expects to continue for now. But he says there's light at the end of the tunnel. Robin Johnson, Laid Off Worker, "It's gong to be a big impact on Sequatchie county." After six years at Dunlap's Tecumseh engine assembly plant Robin Johnson got laid off. Then just weeks before she expected to be re-hired, there's news the plant will close for good. wdef.com/news/in_just_over_a_week_five_local_plants_announce_theyre_closing/10/2008
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 10, 2008 7:07:18 GMT -5
(Reuters) - Warren Buffett has overtaken Bill Gates to become the richest American in the Forbes 400 list, Bloomberg said, citing a recalculated list to be published later this month. The magazine, in its October 27 issue, recalculates the effect of September's financial news on the wealthiest Americans, those who make up its Forbes 400 list, the agency said. The Berkshire Hathaway Inc chairman added $8 billion to his net worth in a 33-day period, August 29 to October 1, to reach $58 billion, the agency said, citing the magazine. Buffett overtook the Microsoft Corp co-founder, whose net worth declined $1.5 billion to $55.5 billion during the 33-day period, the agency said. tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20081010/tc_nm/us_buffett_forbes
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 10, 2008 7:06:26 GMT -5
LONDON – Oil prices plummeted to a one-year low below $83 a barrel Friday in European trading as investor fears of a severe global economic downturn caused by the crisis in credit markets sparked a panicked sell-off of both crude and equities. Light, sweet crude for November delivery was down $3.85 to $82.74 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange by midmorning in Europe, the lowest since October 2007. The contract fell $1.81 overnight to settle at $86.62. "The whole market has lost confidence in everything," said Mark Pervan, senior commodity strategist with ANZ Bank in Melbourne. "Everyone is worried about global growth, and oil is the front line commodity for that. There's just a lot of panic and fear in the market." Investors have been unimpressed by interest rate cuts by the U.S. and other leading central banks this week to help unclog the credit markets and promote lending. A credit crisis that began last year in U.S. sub-prime mortgages has spread across the globe, forcing governments to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to bail out banks, brokerages and insurance companies, and fears are growing it will sink the wider economy. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_bi_ge/as_oil_prices;_ylt=AllhED6PDZEAuRzbZkFWB1ms0NUE
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 10, 2008 7:06:07 GMT -5
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans may like to make fun of girls who are good at math, but this attitude is robbing the country of some of its best talent, researchers reported on Friday. They found that while girls can be just as talented as boys at mathematics, some are driven from the field because they are teased, ostracized or simply neglected. "The U.S. culture that is discouraging girls is also discouraging boys," Janet Mertz, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor who led the study said in a statement. "The situation is becoming urgent. The data show that a majority of the top young mathematicians in this country were not born here." Writing in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society, Mertz and colleagues described their analysis of data from international math competitions going back to 1974. They also looked at surveys of U.S. students. news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081010/lf_nm_life/us_math_usa;_ylt=Ain7CnO7mZZ7LM7Dih027LQDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 10, 2008 7:05:32 GMT -5
There will be 440 jobs lost in Dade County, Ga., as Shaw Industries closes its spun yarn plant at Trenton. Shaw officials said Thursday morning, "In response to decreased market demand for certain flooring products, Shaw Industries Group, Inc. will close Plant 76, a spun yarn facility in Trenton, Ga. The closing impacts about 440 employees and plant production will cease around the second or third week of November." Hal Long, executive vice president of operations, said the company is experiencing over-capacity in certain segments of the business. He said, "The widely-publicized downturn in the housing market has caused consumer demand to fluctuate and shift. Changing customer preferences in the market necessitate that the company respond to emerging purchasing trends and decrease its production in areas experiencing significant declines. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136774.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 10, 2008 7:05:05 GMT -5
The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that 56,652 laid-off workers filed first-time claims for unemployment insurance benefits in September, an increase of 76.3 percent from September of 2007. During the first nine months of this year, 466,756 initial claims for unemployment insurance have been filed, an increase of 38.8 percent over the 336,286 initial claims filed during the same period last year. The metropolitan areas with the highest percentage of increase in claims are Gainesville, Dalton, and Rome. The areas with the smallest increase in claims are Athens, Valdosta, and Augusta. "For the second consecutive month, initial claims have risen by more than 70 percent over the year," said State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond. "Georgia is in the midst of a challenging economic environment. The Georgia Department of Labor has shifted to 10-hour work days, so that we can more effectively serve job seekers and employers. I want to reaffirm our commitment to do everything we can to assist jobless Georgians who're looking for work." www.newschannel9.com/news/claims_972214___article.html/year_georgia.html
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 10, 2008 7:04:36 GMT -5
Congressman Zach Wamp told the Chattanooga Rotary Club on Thursday as far as Congress was concerned, the bailout bill was never about the stock market - it was about the credit market. Rep. Wamp said Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson came to Congress with a three-page explanation of the problem and a request for $700 billion, and it was Sec. Paulson who used the terms “Wall Street” and “bailout” in the same sentence. Congress must protect the interest of the American people and the first bill, the Monday bill that he voted “No” on, did not protect those interests, Rep. Wamp said. On the Monday vote, Rep. Wamp said, Congress was sending a signal to Wall Street that this situation was totally unacceptable and Congress was demanding accountability. He said he knew there would, most likely, be a second vote and therefore they had time to make this a better product. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136786.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 10, 2008 7:04:01 GMT -5
Longtime Magistrate Bob Meeks on Thursday morning withdrew his application for re-appointment after several County Commission members said they had questions about whether he had violated a prohibition against practicing criminal law. County Commissioner Larry Henry said he told Magistrate Meeks "if it was up to me I would withdraw my application." He said he did so after checking into his actions in a case in which a 23-month-old East Brainerd girl died of blunt force injuries. Magistrate Meeks is a longtime friend and attorney for the family of the girl and was at the hospital after the girl was brought there. Commissioner Henry said the commission will now readvertise for new magistrate candidates. There had been nine applicants for four positions, but two dropped out earlier. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136756.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 9, 2008 11:51:20 GMT -5
It was 2 a.m. and we were in the middle of a stepped-up patrol presence on the street, responding to a series of gang-related shootings. The shootings had become so common the media had stopped running stories about local government denying their existence because, to the media’s dismay, local law enforcement kept referring to them as “gang-related shootings.” This eliminated the air of drama and made them only “regular shootings,” which have a lifespan of an initial report and maybe a follow-up and therefore annoyed the media to no end. But that is an entirely different story. I was across the street from the scene of the most recent tragedy and spoke with a young man who was more than happy to be there, if not possibly seeking an audience to explain why. Fortunately for him, I am the talkative type. Surveying the scene, the young man was proud to say that that we were “gangsta.” That this was “hood life,” and that it was “real” in Chattanooga, touting the valor of the battle that took place on this spot. I listened, then told him, “Really? I was here that night. This guy was shot in the back. He was unarmed. I heard it was over a girl.” My young general looked confused. I said, “That’s not gangsta. That’s a coward. That’s dogshit, pal.” “Naw, naw…that was REAL,” he said, but he now lacked conviction. I continued, “Shot him in the face when he was already down. Over a girl. Is that hardcore? You got a long way to go, kid. Life means something, man. That wasn’t gangsta. That’s not taking care of your kids, your parents, defending folks. That was pathetic. Now he’s going to jail, the other guy is dead, the families are a wreck. Some gangsta. He’s not a hero. He’s a fool.” It was actually the lightest I’d ever gone—I wasn’t even waving my hands around—but my young veteran lacked a response. And lacking answers, he just walked away, unable to avoid the truth any more than he could the remaining crime-scene tape streaming from the street signs in the cool night air, or the spot where the fire department had bleached the blood off the road, leaving a rare clean spot on the East Chattanooga streets. I’ve had many lessons in fact versus fiction, more than my young student had that night, I suspect. I didn’t lead his life, and I certainly wasn’t any better than him, but I’d experienced some fairly graphic examples. Another “gang-related” shooting came to mind, one that resulted not in revenge, but in the death of an infant in its own home, the one bullet of more than 40 that found an unintended target through a bedroom wall and into its undeveloped skull. “Gangsta.” The driver of the offending vehicle met a similar fate behind the wheel some years down the road, but the damage was already done. “Gangsta.” A dead baby was an honorable result of—what? Nothing. How embarrassing to have to explain this to anyone. To anything. www.chattanoogapulse.com/columns/on-the-beat/44-on-the-beat/243-cowards-are-heroes
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 9, 2008 6:14:10 GMT -5
The kudzu-munching goats of Natural Land Clearing are coming next to the west side of the McCallie Tunnel. The goats are scheduled to work on both the west and east sides of the tunnel this month and then go to the Bragg Reservation. The goats are now on an annual contract for the city, which allows the goats to be used in other city areas. Goliath and his helper, Annie the Great Pyrenees mountain dogs, will accompany the goats to the west side of the ridge sometime between now and Monday. Goliath is getting extra help because of the track record of the west side, officials said. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136683.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 9, 2008 6:13:25 GMT -5
Marti Rutherford, who stepped down from her District 6 City Council seat last October after a flap over her residency, said Wednesday she plans to again seek the post. Asked if she planned to run in the city election in March, Ms. Rutherford said, "Of course, I am. I have already picked up the qualifying papers." She said she plans to return the papers after the Nov. 4 election. Ms. Rutherford said she is renting an upstairs apartment in District 6 at 408 Sweetbriar. She said the owners live downstairs. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136674.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 8, 2008 7:17:13 GMT -5
Tickets for Chattanooga Downtown Partnership's Breakfast with Santa are on sale now. Breakfast with Santa will be held on Saturday, Nov. 29, at The Chattanoogan. There are two seatings available, the first from 8:30-9:45 a.m., and the second from 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Guests will enjoy a bountiful buffet with all the trimmings and a full menu of holiday fun featuring strolling entertainment and a delightful musical show by the famous singing Santa, officials said. Held in the grand ballroom at The Chattanoogan on Broad Street, this event costs $12 for children and $18 for adults. Goody bags filled with toys, candy and special discount coupons from area attractions will be given to each child in attendance. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136608.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 8, 2008 7:15:47 GMT -5
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US government's budget deficit has ballooned in fiscal 2008 to 438 billion dollars (322 billion euros), or 3.1 percent of GDP, as the economic downturn began to bite, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The estimate compares to the 162 billion dollar shortfall that represented 1.2 percent of GDP in fiscal 2007, said the CBO, which monitors federal spending on behalf of the Senate and House of Representatives. "That is about 31 billion dollars higher than the 407-billion-dollar deficit CBO projected this summer, primarily due to lower-than-projected revenues and higher-than-expected spending for defense and deposit insurance," it said on Tuesday. In its Monthly Budget Review, the CBO said corporate income taxes fell by around 65 billion dollars during fiscal 2008, which ended September 30, a reflection of "weakness in corporate earnings throughout the fiscal year". news.yahoo.com/s/afp/useconomybudgetdeficitcongress;_ylt=Atr_iU1OJqFkdxFn5geVSCEDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 8, 2008 7:15:23 GMT -5
WASHINGTON – Americans' retirement plans have lost as much as $2 trillion in the past 15 months — about 20 percent of their value — Congress' top budget analyst estimated Tuesday as lawmakers began investigating how turmoil in the financial industry is whittling away workers' nest eggs. The upheaval that has engulfed financial firms and sent the stock market plummeting is also devastating people's savings, forcing families to hold off on major purchases and even delay retirement, Peter Orszag, the head of the Congressional Budget Office, told the House Education and Labor Committee. As Congress investigates the causes and effects of the meltdown, the panel pressed economists and other analysts on how the housing, credit and other financial troubles have battered pensions and other retirement funds, which are among the most common forms of savings in the United States. "Unlike Wall Street executives, America's families don't have a golden parachute to fall back on," said Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., the panel chairman. "It's clear that their retirement security may be one of the greatest casualties of this financial crisis." news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081007/ap_on_bi_ge/meltdown_retirement;_ylt=AuOXrYzG_A82Ym7crMt6mQwDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 8, 2008 7:14:53 GMT -5
REYKJAVIK, Iceland – This volcanic island near the Arctic Circle is on the brink of becoming the first "national bankruptcy" of the global financial meltdown. Home to just 320,000 people on a territory the size of Kentucky, Iceland has formidable international reach because of an outsized banking sector that set out with Viking confidence to conquer swaths of the British economy — from fashion retailers to top soccer teams. The strategy gave Icelanders one of the world's highest per capita incomes. But now they are watching helplessly as their economy implodes — their currency losing almost half its value, and their heavily exposed banks collapsing under the weight of debts incurred by lending in the boom times. "Everything is closed. We couldn't sell our stock or take money from the bank," said Johann Sigurdsson as he left a branch of Landsbanki in downtown Reykjavik. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081007/ap_on_re_eu/eu_iceland_meltdown;_ylt=ArB6mRxGz8_tKV3a8uzcRSYDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 8, 2008 7:14:12 GMT -5
Local business owner Pam Ladd picked up qualifying papers Tuesday and announced her intention to run for the seat on the Chattanooga City Council being vacated by incumbent Dan Page. Ms. Ladd is a life-long Chattanoogan, a graduate of Hixson High School and holds a master’s degree in Industrial Organization from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She is an entrepreneur and has owned Custom Custodial for over 13 years and employs 50 fulltime employees. Ms. Ladd said, “With new industry coming to Chattanooga our city faces an exciting future; however, with the excitement comes challenges that must be met. I believe it is incumbent upon all of us to give great thought to the growth we will experience and to make sure that our entire city benefits from these opportunities. I want to be an active voice for District 3 in the conversation and will do all I can to represent constituents with the same level of dedication as Councilman Page.” www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136632.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 8, 2008 7:13:25 GMT -5
The City Council voted 6-2 with one abstention on Tuesday night to help the Trust For Public Land purchase 92 acres on Stringer's Ridge. The council voted to approve $150,000 from the current fiscal year and to consider another $350,000 next year for the project in North Chattanooga. In favor were Linda Bennett, Sally Robinson, Debbie Gaines, Manny Rico and Luther Shockley. Opposed were Jack Benson and Leamon Pierce. Dan Page abstained. Council members Benson and Page said they liked the project, but were concerned about the current financial turmoil. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136633.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 7, 2008 6:57:23 GMT -5
Defense attorney Bill Ortwein told a Federal Court jury on Monday that the death penalty should be reserved for "the worst of the worst", which he said does not include Rejon Taylor. Testimony began later in the morning in the case in which government prosecutors are asking the panel to sentence the 24-year-old Atlanta man to death by lethal injection. The only other option for the jury is life in prison without the possibility of parole after he was convicted earlier of the 2003 murder of Atlanta restaurant operator Guy Luck in Collegedale. Attorney Ortwein also told the jury that co-defendant Sir Jack Matthews is "equally guilty" and agreed earlier to a life sentence. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136543.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 7, 2008 6:56:49 GMT -5
Signal Mountain officials took another step toward annexing Windtree and Fox Run subdivisions Monday night, despite furious opposition from residents of the affected areas. They passed the measure unanimously on first reading. A second and final vote is scheduled to occur at the town council's November meeting. And in other action, council members listened to a series of residents who live near the Signal Mountain Golf and Country Club complain about the serious traffic hazards caused by the Leland Cyprus trees with which the club has lined its James Boulevard perimeter. Opponents of the annexation measure renewed their pleas for the council to rethink its decision before the final vote, pointing out that money is extremely tight right now for many people - including a substantial portion of the families who live in Fox Run and Windtree. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136567.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 7, 2008 6:56:06 GMT -5
BEIJING (Reuters) – The world's tallest man, China's Bao Xishun, became the world's tallest father this week with the birth of his first child, a boy whose initial height seems a compromise between his gigantic dad and average-sized mum. Bao's son measured 22 inches long at birth, the senior doctor at Zunhua Hospital in Hebei province told Reuters. Although slightly taller than average for newborn children, Bao's boy came up well short of the 29.5 inches (75 centimeters) claimed as a record birth length last year, also in China. "Bao is quite happy. The baby is healthy and a normal size," the hospital's senior doctor Zhang told Reuters. news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081006/od_nm/us_china_tall;_ylt=AhA4cPAZnDRagC3.5krtgIrMWM0F
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 7, 2008 6:53:04 GMT -5
WASHINGTON – The now-bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers arranged millions in bonuses for fired executives as it pleaded for a federal lifeline, lawmakers learned Monday, as Congress began investigating what went so wrong on Wall Street to prompt a $700 billion government bailout. The first in a series of congressional hearings on the roots of the financial meltdown yielded few major revelations about Lehman's collapse, and none about why government officials, as they scrambled to avert economic catastrophe, declined to rescue the flagging company while injecting tens of billions of dollars into others. But it allowed lawmakers still smarting from a politically painful vote Friday for the largest federal market rescue in history to put a face on their outrage at corporate chieftains who took home hundreds of millions of dollars while betting on risky mortgage-backed investments that ultimately brought the financial system to its knees. That face was Richard S. Fuld Jr., the Lehman chief executive who sat for a two-hour-plus grilling before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee as the panel combed through his pay history, management practices and financial strategies. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081007/ap_on_go_co/meltdown_lehman;_ylt=Antz.riQDp_LiKtt0v8DvdMDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 7, 2008 6:52:20 GMT -5
District 3 City Councilman Dan Page said Monday he will not seek re-election. He is the second incumbent council member to choose not to run again. Debbie Gaines announced earlier she will not seek re-election. Councilman Page said, "It is with appreciation to the constituents of District 3 and with respect for the public office of City Council that I announce my decision not to seek re-election for a third term as City Councilman. I strongly believe in participatory government and would like to encourage interested persons in District 3 to consider running for councilperson for District 3. "I have enjoyed representing the residents of my area and the opportunity to have participated in the transformation of Chattanooga as we have become recognized as one of the greatest cities of the south. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136539.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 4, 2008 8:39:32 GMT -5
WASHINGTON – Jobs are vanishing at the fastest pace in more than five years with pink slips likely to keep stacking higher in the months ahead, an urgent signal the country may be careening toward a deep and painful recession just as Americans prepare to elect a new president. Whether that's Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain, one of them will be dealing with the weakest employment climate in years. Increasingly skittish employers dropped the ax even harder in September, chopping payrolls by 159,000 — more than double the cuts made just one month before. It was the ninth straight month of job losses. A staggering 760,000 jobs have disappeared so far this year. The Labor Department's report, released Friday, also showed that the nation's unemployment rate was 6.1 percent, up sharply from 4.7 percent a year ago. Over the last year, the number of unemployed people has risen by 2.2 million to 9.5 million. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081004/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 4, 2008 8:38:45 GMT -5
Everyone seems very excited about Red Robin, located at 2100 Hamilton Place Boulevard. They seemed to be packing people in, so a lot of people must really like it. We’ve been twice and my opinion is that it reminds me of a Chili’s or O’Charley’s, something along those lines (of course they don’t have steaks like Chili’s or O’Charley’s). The Red Robin menu focuses on burgers. There is a huge selection of Classic Gourmet Burgers, plus Chicken Burgers and Lighten-up Burgers. The burgers all sound quite hefty and delicious, but they also have a hefty price. Among the many to choose from is a Blackened Bayou Burger ($9.59) topped with roasted red peppers, Angry Onions(?), pepper jack cheese, Creole mustard sauce and cabbage-carrot mix served on a jalapeno-cornmeal Kaiser roll; or maybe a Monster Burger consisting of two huge beef patties, melted American cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, pickles, onions (I supposed these aren’t angry), mayonnaise and pickle relish ($10.29). It doesn’t mention that fries come with any of the gourmet burgers. Maybe they do. Complete review at scenic-city.com/review.htm
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 4, 2008 8:37:38 GMT -5
NEW YORK – Burger King Corp. said Thursday it is now cooking with trans fat free cooking oils at all of its restaurants nationwide. The No. 2 hamburger chain also said all of its menu ingredients, including its baked goods, will contain zero grams of trans fat by Nov. 1. Trans fats are partially hydrogenated vegetable oil. They can raise bad cholesterol and lower healthy cholesterol, increasing the risk of heart disease, according to doctors. Trans fats are used to increase the shelf life of foods and preserve flavor. Many of Burger King's restaurants have already been using trans fat free oil for months. Burger King first announced in July 2007 that it would switch to trans fat free oil in all of its U.S. restaurants by the end of 2008. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_on_bi_ge/burger_king_trans_fat
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