Home

Recent News

20-11-2008 04:15 - Campbell Brown: Safe haven law a wake-up call

Right now in the state of Nebraska, the governor is literally begging people not to bring their teenage children there to dump them, so that the state then has to care for them. But it’s happening. It’s happening a lot.

20-11-2008 04:07 - Auto CEOs flew private jets to seek bailout

Lawmakers lashed out at the CEOs of the Big Three auto companies for flying private jets to Washington to request taxpayer bailout money. “It’s almost like seeing a guy show up at the soup kitchen in high hat and tuxedo,” one lawmaker said.

20-11-2008 03:12 - Attendant helped land jet after co-pilot sedated

Read full story for latest details.

19-11-2008 21:09 - Long-lost Furby look-alike is found

Scientists have found a wide-eyed primate — a clawed fur ball that fits snugly in one hand — in the first live sighting in more than 80 years of a creature that some thought was extinct.

19-11-2008 21:01 - End of extinction? Woolly mammoth points way

A team of scientists at Penn State University could be one step closer to bringing extinct species back to life. Using groundbreaking DNA-reading techniques, scientists have uncovered much of the genetic code of the woolly mammoth, a prehistoric species of elephant.The achievement could help scientists study why some species go extinct but others do not.

19-11-2008 20:53 - Prostitute to Spitzer’s wife: ‘I’m sorry’

Read full story for latest details.

19-11-2008 20:31 - Obama’s Cabinet grows by two, sources say

President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Sen. Tom Daschle to be secretary of Health and Human Services, and Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as top choice for secretary of homeland security, multiple Democratic sources close to the transition told CNN. Daschle — not White House staffers — will be writing the health care plan that Obama submits to Congress, sources indicate.

19-11-2008 17:38 - eHarmony settles, plans same-sex service

Online dating site eHarmony will create a service for same-sex matching in a settlement of a 1995 complaint that the company’s failure to offer such a service was discriminatory.

19-11-2008 17:38 - Scientists map DNA of prehistoric animal

A team of scientists at Penn State University could be one step closer to bringing extinct species back to life.

19-11-2008 13:19 - Coming to a store near you: chainless bicycles

Read full story for latest details.

19-11-2008 13:19 - Boy accused in dad’s killing gets holiday break

An 8-year-old suspected of killing his father and another man will be allowed to leave a juvenile jail for 48 hours to spend Thanksgiving with his mother, a judge ruled. Police said the boy confessed to shooting the men, and a tape of the interrogation was released. Legal analysts who spoke with CNN said the questioning was improper and that any incriminating statements shouldn’t stand up in court.

19-11-2008 10:11 - Beware of free financial advice

Question: My wife and I are looking into getting some financial advice. Our bank says they offer free services through their financial adviser. This worries my wife because she thinks that the adviser will push the bank’s agenda. Is it safer to go with an individual adviser, or is going with one with a bank just as easy? The Mole’s Answer: I’m going to go with your wife on this one. But this doesn’t mean that the individual unaffiliated adviser is going to do anything different. Every adviser, including yours truly, has an agenda to push.

19-11-2008 10:10 - Sharp decline seen in holiday shoppers

The volume of shoppers is expected to decline sharply during the 2008 holidays due to such factors as the financial market meltdown and a shorter season, according to a retail industry survey released Wednesday.

19-11-2008 03:15 - Scientists discover long-lost Furby look-alike

Scientists have found a wide-eyed primate — a clawed fur ball that fits snugly in one hand — in the first live sighting in more than 80 years of a creature that some thought was extinct.

18-11-2008 22:07 - Sources: Obama chooses attorney general

Former Clinton Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder is President-elect Barack Obama’s choice for the position of attorney general, according to two prominent Democrats involved in transition matters.

18-11-2008 19:51 - Auto execs face sharp scrutiny

Skeptical senators grilled auto executives at a hearing today, calling them short sighted and unimaginative, as they seek a $25 billion taxpayer-funded bailout to ward off looming bankruptcy, CNNMoney reports. “Their board rooms in my view have been devoid of vision,” said Sen. Chris Dodd.

18-11-2008 19:02 - Sources: Obama makes pick for attorney general

Former Clinton Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder is President-elect Barack Obama’s choice for the position of attorney general, according to two prominent Democrats involved in transition matters. If confirmed, Holder would be the first African-American to lead the Justice Department.

18-11-2008 18:33 - Rare gorillas threatened by rebels

The survival of several hundred rare gorillas is threatened by rebel fighters who have taken over the animals’ sanctuary, a spokeswoman for the Virunga National Park said Tuesday.

18-11-2008 18:33 - Brown: Too many wrong turns for Big Three

The heads of Detroit’s car companies — Ford, Chrysler, GM — bumper to bumper, are begging Congress for a bailout. Let’s start by cutting through the bull and look at how the automobile companies got into this mess.

18-11-2008 18:10 - Senators rip auto industry

Skeptical senators grilled auto executives at a hearing today, calling them short sighted and unimaginative, as they seek a $25 billion taxpayer-funded bailout to ward off looming bankruptcy, CNNMoney reports. “Their board rooms in my view have been devoid of vision,” said Sen. Chris Dodd.