Posted by Kevin Huffman
Entertainment, General, Headlines
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

According to her father, Lindsay Lohan has been forced to relocate to a new rehabilitation center over security fears. Lohan’s star has fallen quite precipitously in the last couple of years, as the teen actress, once famous for her roles in generational classics like Mean Girls, has lately been associated with everything from sexual experimentation [...]
Posted by Joseph Mattingly
General, Headlines, Politics
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

Wolfgang Kubicki, Chairman of Germany’s Free Democratic Party in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, recently made comments comparing his political party’s current situation to that of East Germany in its final days. The party has been trying to downplay those remarks ever since, with Economic Minister Rainer Bruederle today weighing in on the comments [...]
Posted by Joseph Mattingly
General, Headlines, Politics
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

US President Barack Obama signaled a major shift in direction this week by agreeing to compromise with Republicans on extending the Bush tax cuts. Obama agreed to go along with extensions for all Americans, and Republicans agreed to go along with an extension of unemployment benefits. The agreement also touches on changes in Social Security [...]
Posted by Joseph Mattingly
General, Headlines, Sports
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Brett Favre’s record of consecutive starts is in serious jeopardy this week in the NFL. On last Sunday’s first play, Favre sprained his throwing shoulder so badly he had to be removed from the game immediately. The Vikings have found new life since Brad Childress was let go earlier in the season and replaced with [...]
Posted by Kevin Huffman
Financial, General, Headlines, Politics
Monday, December 6th, 2010

Unemployment in the United States still nears 10 percent and shows little or no significant improvement from a year ago. The only recession America has faced since 1948 that took the country longer to recover from was the 2001 recession, and then the total percentage of jobs lost hit only two percent, as opposed to [...]
Posted by Kevin Huffman
General, Headlines, Politics
Monday, December 6th, 2010

The European financial community got behind a compromise on sovereign bailouts put forth by France and Germany. The new compromise backs off Angela Merkel’s previous call for investors to assume losses along with taxpayers. The proposal is meant to fix the problem posed by so-called “collective action clauses” found in debt instruments to be issued [...]
Posted by Kevin Huffman
Education, General, Headlines
Friday, December 3rd, 2010

A South Carolina bill that would display all public university expenditures online has the approval of both people at the forefront of higher education and top House of Representatives politicians. Bobby Harrell, the Speaker of the House, played host to many university heads, such as Clemson’s Jim Barker and Harris Pastides from the University of [...]