Economy

States looking to new tolls to pay for highways

WASHINGTON — Driving onto an Interstate highway? Crossing a bridge on the way into work? Taking a tunnel under a river or bay? Get ready to pay.

With Congress unwilling to contemplate an increase in the federal gas tax, motorists are likely to be paying ever more tolls as the ...

Moon chips from Vegas casino mogul sent to NASA

LAS VEGAS — It's been a long, strange trip for what appears to be several tiny chips of lunar rock that found their way into a casino mogul's hands after being collected by the first men on the moon.

If they're real, they were plucked from the lunar surface by ...

Iowa man with zebra, parrot in truck gets DUI

DUBUQUE, Iowa — An Iowa man stopped outside a Dubuque bar with a small zebra and a parrot in his truck has been charged with drunken driving.

KCRG-TV reports (http://bit.ly/KkBp1j) officers arrested Jerald Reiter, 56, of Cascade on Sunday in the parking lot of the Dog House bar, ...

U.S. sales of new homes rose 3.3 percent in April

WASHINGTON — Americans bought more new homes in April, the latest signal that the U.S. housing market is steadily improving.

The Commerce Department said Wednesday that sales increased 3.3 percent in April from March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 343,000.

Sales were up in all regions except the ...

Planet Infowars: Resistance, Powered by Infowarriors Worldwide

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Infowars.com | Planet Infowars: Awaken minds to connect, organize and form pockets of resistance worldwide against the New World Order's slow encroachment of total tyranny.

Indoctrinate the World: Gates Foundation Hijacks Education Policy

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Daniel Taylor | Foundations have always enjoyed a cozy relationship with government, but the Gates Foundation has taken the game to a whole other level.

Another Florida A&M drum major describes being beaten

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida A&M drum major who died after being hazed on a bus was known for his opposition to hazing but agreed to go through a brutal initiation ritual because it was seen as an honor, according to interviews with band mates released Wednesday.

Robert Champion, ...

Library of Congress taps 25 sounds for registry

WASHINGTON — From rare audio interviews of former slaves to recordings by Donna Summer and the Grateful Dead, 25 sounds that shaped the American cultural landscape are being inducted into the National Recording Registry.

Summer's 1977 hit "I Feel Love" is joining the Grateful Dead's famous 1977 Barton Hall concert ...

Astrodome fades, crumbles as Houston decides fate

 

HOUSTON (AP) — The Astrodome was once the envy of other cities, a fully air-conditioned facility with a translucent roof that kept out the heat and humidity, gave synthetic grass its name, made Houston a sports entertainment destination and sparked the imaginations of baseball lovers, concert-goers and some ...

Regulators probe bank's role in Facebook IPO

WASHINGTON (AP) — Regulators are examining whether Morgan Stanley, the investment bank that shepherded Facebook through its highly publicized stock offering last week, selectively informed clients of an analyst's negative report about the company before the stock started trading.

Rick Ketchum, the head of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the ...

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