Recession? Knockoffs Go Downmarket
Criminals are discovering there is money to be made in faking the more ordinary — like $295 Kooba bags and $140 Ugg boots.
Ethics Inquiry on Waters Is Tied to OneUnited Bank
An ethics trial of Representative Maxine Waters will involve communication she had with federal officials that touched on OneUnited bank, in which her husband owned stock.
Optimism That Cement Will Shut Down Gulf Oil Well
An effort known as a static kill is part of a two-pronged strategy to kill the well in the Gulf of Mexico by cementing it shut twice, from above and below.
Turbines Too Loud? Here, Take $5,000
In Oregon, a company is offering checks to residents if they promise not to complain about noise from turbines.
Police Rescue 2 Mexican Journalists
Javier Canales and Alejandro Hernández, both camera operators, had been kidnapped earlier in the week by suspected drug traffickers seeking to silence the media.
Noticed: Don’t Be So Fast to Start the Weekend
The tradition of sneaking out early on a summer Friday is alive and well, but the recession is casting its shadow over some of the city’s early release programs.
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