A busload of activists representing working- and middle-class families paid visits Saturday to the lavish homes of American International Group executives to protest the tens of millions of dollars in bonuses awarded by the struggling insurance company after it received a massive federal bailout. ...more

March 21, 2009

The attorney general of Connecticut said Saturday that he is asking American International Group Inc. why documents appear to show the company paid $53 million more in bonuses to its financial products division than previously reported. ...more

March 21, 2009

It seems so long ago now, but for just a day or two last month Nadya Suleman was known as Miracle Mom, the amazing woman who did what had never been done before: gave birth to the longest-surviving set of octuplets. ...more

February 24, 2009

Police said Thursday they will investigate death threats against octuplet mother Nadya Suleman and advise her publicist on how to handle a torrent of other nasty messages that have flooded his office. ...more

February 12, 2009

Bush's recent presidency brings up an important question. Why do people having the best of intentions make mistakes? I'm sure Bush doesn't have a mean bone in his body, but he has made serious mistakes in judgment throughout his life. Giving up alcohol was his greatest achievement. But it didn't make him either wise or saintly. We all make mistakes in judgment. I believe this is because our negative fearful and angry reactions are not to be trusted. They make us believe we are doing the right thing, but in reality they are the cause of most of our deep-seated personal problems as well as our relationship problems. They also keep us in the dark as to the truth of our own actions. Killing the messenger has yet to go out of style. ...more

February 3, 2009

A federal inmate at the county jail claims staff deprived him of legal services and beat him when he made a formal complaint about it. ...more

November 11, 2008

A Florida school board voted late Monday night to keep the name of a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader at a majority black high school, despite opposition from a black board member who said the school's namesake was a "terrorist and racist." ...more

November 4, 2008

Word comes from Madison, Wis., that a telemarketer named Ted Zoromski quit his job this week over John McCain's message. ...more

October 25, 2008

Community organizing is much on America's mind these days. One major party candidate for president cites the experience as a proper springboard to the White House. The other side suggests the nation would be better served by the elevation of candidates who have dealt in "actual responsibility." ...more

September 10, 2008

A Lithia family says a cuddly, programmable Elmo doll revealed its dark side yesterday after fresh batteries were installed. Instead of singing songs or reciting the favorite color of its 2-year-old owner, James Bowman, the doll started making death threats, the family says. ...more

February 21, 2008