TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran has sentenced five people to death over the unrest that followed the country’s disputed June presidential election, state television reported Tuesday.
At least three others caught up in the turmoil have received death sentences previously.
Iran began a mass trial in August of prominent opposition figures and activists, accusing them of a [...]
If you’re having a difficult time finding your “WHO” this Holiday Season, Best-selling Beaudine has the remedy. Bob Beaudine visits with Kurt Schemers.
ST. LOUIS COUNTY • Six people arrested in August outside a raucous town hall meeting in south St. Louis County have been charged with misdemeanor ordinance violations.
The six, including a Post-Dispatch reporter, had attended a demonstration outside an Aug. 6 forum called by U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-St. Louis, at Bernard Middle School in Mehlville [...]
As Americans we face higher taxes, greater spending, and greater debt. Find out if we’re at a critical crossroad as our elected officials have few realistic solutions — William Baker visits with Kurt Schemers to discuss this topic and more.
By: Jeff Cox
CNBC.com
As experts debate the potential speed of the US recovery, one figure looms large but is often overlooked: nearly 1 in 5 Americans is either out of work or under-employed.
According to the government’s broadest measure of unemployment, some 17.5 percent are either without a job entirely or underemployed. The so-called U-6 number [...]
A House bill still being drafted aims to raise $150 billion each year to pay for new jobs. Under a bill being drafted by Democratic Reps. Peter DeFazio (Ore.) and Ed Perlmutter (Colo.), the sale and purchase of financial instruments such as stocks, options, derivatives and futures would face a 0.25 percent tax.
Nov 22, 12:01 PM (ET)
By TOM RAUM
WASHINGTON (AP) – Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody’s punching bag.Strip the Fed of its bank regulation powers, some in Congress are demanding. Get probing audits of its behind-the-scenes operations, others say.
The chairman of the Federal Reserve Board is always fair game for criticism and second-guessing, usually [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold has long been favored by a fringe of the investment world, but this year some of the world’s leading hedge-fund managers have loaded up on the precious metal amid concern government efforts to avoid another Great Depression that could undermine major currencies and fuel rampant inflation.
“I have never been a [...]
For those of you who go to sleep early on Saturday nights, or who are out late having a good time, Saturday Night Live had a great opening skit of a press conference between the leader of China and President Obama.
In it, the questions are raised as to how China is going to be [...]
Calling the Senate health care bill a package that Ponzi schemer “Bernie Madoff would really envy,” Republican Sen. Jon Kyl said Sunday that the legislation to be debated in December is long on promises but short on accounting.
“When they claim a savings … in the first 10 years, that’s because they [...]