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  • Improving economy alters political landscape

    FILE - In this May 15, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The economy is clearly, if slowly, recovering on Obama s watch and robbing Republicans of a central argument against Democrats. But the alleged misbehavior by the Internal Revenue ...

  • Fears that Detroit will sell off jewels to pay debts

    Detroit Institute of Arts , sparking fears in artistic and philanthropic circles that he means to auction off the city's artistic jewels. Orr was appointed in March by Michigan's Republican Governor Rick Snyder to tackle the shrinking city's long-term debt problem, which the emergency manager estimated at $15 billion in a recent report on the state of Detroit. Orr's ...

  • NFL team gets more than it bargained for

    As for the speed part of that height/weight/speed equation well, Brown's still working on that. At his pro day, he ran the 40-yard dash in 5.80 and 5.88 seconds, but it was his raw measurements that set NFL teams off. Brown measured in with 38-inch arms and a 92 3/8-inch wingspan, far above the norm, even by NFL standards. That said, if he makes the Rams' roster, Brown would not ...

  • How Canadas housing downturn threatens to shake up real estate commissions

    The power of the Internet was going to shatter the grip that realtors have on house sales in Canada, driving down commissions and empowering consumers.The Internet failed.The Competition Bureau waded in to overcome the industry's stasis, attempting to create a market where consumers pick which services they want and data are more widely ...

  • Lawsuit alleging racy Brett Favre texts settled

    View Photo FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2008, file photo, New York Jets quarterback Brett Favre reacts to a missed pass during the second half on an NFL football game against ...


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Antwone Fisher

Antwone Fisher

Antwone Fisher, which tells the story of a man who survived abuse, neglect, racism, and other horrors, is a generically uplifting movie, filled with the kind of bluntly life-affirming feel-goodness you expect to see on a Sunday-night TV movie. This doesnt make it bad in any particular way, merely unsurprising. Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington, in his directorial debut, has crafted a n ... ...

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  • 401 balances soar but theyre still not enough

    hit a new record high of nearly $81,000 in the first quarter of 2013. That's a 75% jump from the scary-low levels of March 2009, when the stock market bottomed out. Older workers are in considerably better shape. The average 401(k) balance for people 55 and over who are still working rose to $255,000, Fidelity says. That's a 95% jump from the dark days of early 2009, when workers ...

  • Deerfield discusses a new kind of tax for retail property owners

    While retail property owners are desperate to fill vacancies, and are likely to ink leases with tenants who produce little or no sales tax revenue, Deerfield officials are looking for new ways to make up those lost tax dollars.Look no further than the former Borders bookstore, said Deerfield Village Manager Kent Street. After it closed, the sales tax-lucrative location eventually became a ...

  • What Chris Christie said to Snooki

    Twitter-feuding twosome met after taping separate appearances on the Today Show to celebrate the re-opening of the Seaside Heights boardwalk destroyed last fall by Hurricane Sandy. "I just wanted to meet you, and just, hope you start to like us," Snooki ...

  • Mysterious outbreak in Alabama solved

    Alabama closed their investigation Thursday after determining the illnesses were unrelated and no new bacteria or viruses were involved. The investigation involved 10 people who became sick and were admitted to hospitals in Dothan and Luverne ...

  • Mom coaches Glee cheerio Naya Rivera in two real estate deals

    Actress Naya Rivera buys a house in Los Feliz for $2.6 million and a sale is in the works on her home in the 90210 Zip Code. Her mother is her real estate ...

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