Archive for March 31st, 2008

TSA To Change Body Piercing Procedures–AP headline

Monday, March 31st, 2008

 Does this mean a wheelchair bound elderly woman
will no longer be able to get tattoos at the small of her back?
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TSA to change body piercing procedures
Mon Mar 31, 9:36 AM ET
LOS ANGELES - The Transportation Security Administration said it will change they way its officers search passengers with body piercings after a Texas woman […]

Rich and Poor and Rich and Poor and Rich and Poor

Monday, March 31st, 2008

The Times
March 31, 2008
US credit crunch hits education as banks abandon student loans
Suzy Jagger in New York
One of America’s leading banking associations has given warning that the United States faces a growing educational apartheid as some lenders withdraw from student loans amid new evidence that the credit crisis has spread across all types of borrowing.
In […]

Hooray!! Baseball is here!

Monday, March 31st, 2008

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Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post

Is anyone keeping score?

Monday, March 31st, 2008

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson — who has come under widespread criticism for cronyism and corruption within his department — “is expected to announce his resignation Monday.” “The exact reasons for Mr. Jackson’s decision couldn’t be learned.”
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