Protecting Your Credit Score From the Medical Bill Maze

IF there is one place where your health and your finances collide, it is on your credit report. That is something Darryle Watson learned the hard way.Click for more...

Study on arsenic-based life trounced in blogosphere

Two weeks after the release of a major study about the possibility of arsenic-based life in California's Mono Lake, a torrent of criticism in the blogosphere has turned a widely reported scientific triumph into a scientific football - with much-discussed implications for how research will be evaluated and presented in the future.Click for more...

Following Maps, and Finding a ‘Lost World’

In the forest camp, the concept of time evolves: hours, days and weeks lose their hold on the mind and are forced to sit this trip out. In the unpredictable Makay, it is better to set your watch to just show the month: “Hey, does anyone know what month it is?” The only time that we still let into daily discussion is “tomorrow,” as in, “We can try to finish this tomorrow if the rain stops.” Click for more...

Tax Cut Package Can Be a Boon for Heirs

ALMOST no one will have to worry about paying the estate tax under the tax legislation just approved by Congress.Click for more...

Congress Sends $801 Billion Tax Cut Bill to Obama

WASHINGTON — Congress at midnight Thursday approved an $801 billion package of tax cuts and $57 billion for extended unemployment insurance. The vote sealed the first major deal between President Obama and Congressional Republicans as Democrats put aside their objections and bowed to the realignment of power brought about by their crushing election losses.Click for more...

Records Show Concerns About Another BP Rig

WASHINGTON — Months before the BP disaster, some Congressional officials were pressing federal regulators behind the scenes about numerous safety concerns related to offshore drilling, potential oil spills and BP itself, but they complained that they were rebuffed, previously undisclosed documents show.Click for more...

Typical Drug Case, Except for Ivy League Address

One of the people accused of being a supplier was a 30-year-old Brooklyn man, possibly better known to some as a seller of ice cream from a Mister Softee truck. Whatever money he saved, he said in an interview, he would eventually squander on cocaine to use or, occasionally, sell.Click here for more...

Obama signs bill to extend Bush-era tax cuts for two more years

President Obama signed into law the most significant tax bill in nearly a decade Friday, a day after overcoming liberal resistance in Congress to continue for two more years tax breaks enacted under president George W. Bush and to provide a fresh federal boost for the tepid economic recovery. Click for more...

Yahoo May Shut Down Some Services

As part of its effort to streamline its beleaguered Web business, Yahoo may shut down several well-known Web products, including Delicious, a social bookmarking tool, and Upcoming, a social calendar.
The news surfaced online Thursday through what appears to be a leaked snapshot of a Yahoo presentation that shows several Yahoo services the company is apparently thinking about shuttering or merging with other services. The picture was first posted online by Eric Marcoullier, co-founder of MyBlogLog, a social network for bloggers that was acquired by Yahoo in 2007. Mr. Marcoullier no longer works at Yahoo and said on Twitter that he had found the slide on the Web. Click here for more...

Pakistani Role Is Suspected in Revealing U.S. Spy’s Name

WASHINGTON — The Central Intelligence Agency’s top clandestine officer in Islamabad was pulled from the country on Thursday amid an escalating war of recriminations between American and Pakistani spies, with some American officials convinced that the officer’s cover was deliberately blown by Pakistan’s military intelligence agency.Click here for more...

For President Obama, signing tax-cut bill makes for a good day after a bad election

A month ago President Obama was the big loser of 2010, the leader whose party had given up historic losses in the House and who was facing questions about his future. On Friday, with the stroke of his pen on a compromise tax bill, he reminded his adversaries of the essential resilience of the occupant of the Oval Office. Click here for more

Republicans and tax cuts? Now that's rich.

One of the great enduring mysteries of American politics is why Republicans attach so much importance to cutting taxes for the rich. More...

Obama signs bill to extend Bush-era tax cuts for two more years

President Obama signed into law the most significant tax bill in nearly a decade Friday, a day after overcoming liberal resistance in Congress to continue for two more years tax breaks enacted under president George W. Bush and to provide a fresh federal boost for the tepid economic recovery. More...

Polícia do Rio encontra passagem subterrânea em casa na Mangueira

Operação tinha o objetivo de cumprir 30 mandados de prisão.
Onze suspeitos foram presos e um menor foi detido.Leia mais...

Em novembro, desemprego fica em 5,7%, o menor desde 2002, diz IBGE

Esse é o quarto recorde seguido, segundo o IBGE.
Salário médio caiu em relação a outubro, mas cresceu 5,7% sobre 2009. Leia mais...

Fundador afirma que WikiLeaks sofre 'investigação agressiva' dos EUA

Julian Assange afirmou que não sabe quem vazou documentos diplomáticos.
Ele cumpre liberdade condicional em mansão em Suffolk. Leia mais...

Suspeito de encomendar morte de italiano pertence a máfia, diz delegado

Turista foi encontrado morto em novembro, em Marechal Deodoro (AL).
Na quinta-feira (16), três suspeitos de envolvimento no crime foram detidos. Leia mais...

Dez são presos em operação contra as drogas em Teófilo Otoni, MG

Dois menores foram apreendidos.
Operação contou com um helicóptero, 25 viaturas e 110 policiais. Leia mais...

Miss Universo 2011 ocorrerá em São Paulo

Grande final está marcada para 12 de setembro.
Candidata brasileira deve ser escolhida entre maio e agosto. Leia mais...