When religion is reduced to a collection of gimmicks, there is little to stop it falling victim to changing fashionsOn 18 October 2010, Southern California’s landmark Crystal Cathedral, the prototype of all late 20th Century American Megachurches, filed for bankruptcy. I drove up the following Sunday to get a look at the place while it [...]
The US has decided to pump $600bn into its economy, but even this amount is unlikely to get it out of the mirePerhaps it is a tolerance to very large numbers built up during the banking crisis and the ensuing bailouts, but it is hard to work up an enthusiasm over this week’s decision by [...]
Newly elected members of Congress will get a reminder Friday of the economic challenges they face in January: The jobs report for October is expected to show hiring weak and unemployment still high.
The white Southern Democrat _ endangered since the 1960s civil rights era _ is sliding nearer to extinction.
Longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Solomon Ortiz picked up seven votes after a bag of previously uncounted ballots was found in his South Texas district, but still trails Republican Blake Farenthold by 792.
As if Haitians living in tents and under scraps of plastic don’t have enough to grapple with as a tropical storm bears down and cholera spreads, the U.S. Congress has put up another obstacle to delivering the $1.15 billion in reconstruction money it…
Jury takes just four hours to throw out claims that Citigroup tricked Terra Firma boss over purchase of EMIGuy Hands, the private equity baron, was left humiliated last night after jurors took just over four hours to dismiss his fraud lawsuit against the US bank Citigroup.After the brief deliberations, Hands made no comment as he [...]
A civil court jury finds Harrah’s Laughlin liable for injuries suffered by bystanders when a deadly brawl broke out between rival biker gangs in 2002. Damages hearing starts Friday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc no longer faces a bias lawsuit by a former vice president who said the Wall Street bank put her on a “mommy track” and fired her while she was on maternity leave.
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – Gunmen have killed six U.S. citizens in separate attacks since Saturday in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, the U.S. consulate said on Thursday, as Mexico struggles to halt surging murders.
The world’s thirst for crude is leading oil exploration companies into ever deeper waters and ventures fraught with environmental and political peril.
Robert Rich, the 488th richest man in the world, has made an initial £30,000 investment into the non-league football clubThe linking of a wealthy American – the world’s 488th richest man – with non-league Bedlington Terriers has delighted fans of the Northumberland club.Investment by Robert Rich, whose £2bn fortune comes from his food corporation based [...]
A low-tax anti-European group taking on a corrupt Westminster elite could repeat the US experience – with the right leaderIt was never hard to explain the global fascination with the Tea Party. Angry Americans always make good copy, especially when they are fronted by suburban housewives with attitude. As of this week, though, this movement [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For-profit schools are opposing what they argue is a “retroactive” crackdown on student loan defaults, and said on Thursday that they may challenge the U.S. Education Department in court.
A Navy SEAL in California and men in Nevada and Colorado have been arrested and accused of smuggling machine guns from Iraq into the United States for resale on the black market, federal authorities said Thursday.