The Financial Argument for Gay Marriage

  With several key November wins in Maine, Maryland and Washington State, advocates for gay marriage have been achieving a lot of national success lately. Feeding on this momentum, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota and Rhode Island are looking to recognize equality for the LGBT community. Arguments for legalizing gay marriage ...

Thousands Rally in Paris for Marriage Equality

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Obama Administration Working to Predict Arctic Changes

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Man Sentenced in $9M Renewable Energy Fraud Scheme

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Man Convicted of Trafficking Adult Women and Minors

The testimony of five women who had been trafficked and repeatedly sexually assaulted landed a 37 year old pimp from Chicago in prison earlier this February.  Carl Campbell was convicted of multiple sex trafficking offenses in federal court in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, after jury deliberations of less than four hours. A sentencing ...

CNBC to Purchase “Nightly Business Report”

“Nightly Business Report,” the inventive public television series that has come into financial troubles in recent years, attracted a new deep-pocketed commercial owner, the 24-hour news and business cable channel CNBC, an element of Comcast’s NBC Universal. CNBC announced the deal this afternoon, claiming it ...

Google Launches Touchscreen Chromebook

Google on Thursday introduced a high-resolution Chrome OS portable computer equipped with a touchscreen. The new gadget, called Pixel, represents a shift that blurs the boundaries between the traditional key-board oriented laptops and the touch-oriented tablets. Moreover, the invention also distorts the company’s Web-centric operating ...

Throng of Hundreds of Thousands March in Puerto Rico against Gay Rights

  Roughly 200,000 religious Christians marched to voice their anti-gay sentiment in Puerto Rico on Monday afternoon. The march is considered the largest anti-gay demonstration in the commonwealth’s history.   Forming around San Juan’s Capitol building, hundreds of thousands religious Puerto Ricans halted ...

Jobless Benefits May be Cut by 10%

  Forced federal budget cuts initiated by Congress could cost the jobless up to 10% in their unemployment benefits. This proposal would take place March 1st if the budget proposal passes.   Aside from unemployment benefits, many other safety net programs, including Medicaid and food stamps, are protected from the $85 ...

Office Depot Announces Merger with Rival OfficeMax

  Office Depot just announced a deal to merge with smaller rival OfficeMax in an all-stock transaction worth approximately $1.2 billion. Details on the prospective deal; however remain limited.    The companies claim they expect to save approximately $400 to $600 million annually from the merger, but there were ...

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