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Students demand YOU pay their tuition, debt

Emboldened by the victory of protesters at the University of Missouri, college students around the country are beginning to organize nationwide behind a set of outrageous demands. Students at the University of California, Berkeley and more than a hundred other colleges and universities staged marches Thursday. They want tax payers… Read More

US stocks PLUMMET after…

Stocks are heading lower in early trading, weighed down by weakness in mining and energy companies. Prices for copper, oil and other commodities were falling early Thursday. Freeport-McMoRan sank 6 percent and Chesapeake Energy fell 4 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average gave up 145 points, or 0.8 percent, to… Read More

“Goodfellas” mobster goes free

An aging mobster threw his hands into the air and shouted “Free,” grinning as he walked out of a courthouse following his surprising acquittal on charges he helped plan the legendary 1978 Lufthansa heist retold in the hit Mafia film “Goodfellas.” A federal jury reached the verdict Thursday at a… Read More

Strong sales is the toy story

To infinity, and beyond! The U.S. toy industry is expected to have its strongest year in at least a decade after several years of kids choosing videogames and mobile apps over Barbie and stuffed bears. Annual toy sales are projected to rise 6.2 percent to $19.9 billion in 2015, according… Read More

Desperate, VW offers customers… cash!?

Volkswagen is offering $1,000 in gift cards and vouchers as a goodwill gesture to owners of small diesel-powered cars involved in an emissions cheating scandal. The offer announced Monday goes to owners of 482,000 cars in the U.S., many who are angry at the company because they paid extra for… Read More

Mystery surrounds $1 billion “start-up”

The luxury electric car market may be small, but it’s lucrative enough to get another jolt — this time from a mysterious startup that says it wants to re-imagine how people interact with their autos. The startup’s name is Faraday Future, and it has been hunting for a place to… Read More

October job report by the numbers

The job market boomed in October. Employers added 271,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate fell to 5 percent, the lowest level in seven years. The flurry of hiring is likely to give the Federal Reserve confidence to go ahead with a long-anticipated increase in short-term interest rates in December. Here’s… Read More

It’s official: Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline

The Obama administration rejected a Canadian energy giant’s application to build the Keystone XL pipeline on Friday, three individuals familiar with the decision said, capping a seven-year saga that became an environmental flashpoint in Barack Obama’s presidency. Obama was to announce the decision at the White House after meeting with… Read More

Details leak out about secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership

Details of a sweeping Pacific Rim trade deal released Thursday set the stage for a raucous debate in the U.S. Congress. The text of the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement between the U.S. and 11 other countries including Japan and Mexico runs to 30 chapters and hundreds of pages. It is… Read More

Salute! The world leader in wine making is now THIS country…

Buone notizie for the land of pasta and Lamborghini – Italy is also now the biggest wine producer in the world after a bumper harvest this year, pushing France back into second place. Spain has been hit by drought and further saw its output drop. The European Union’s farm federation… Read More