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One-third of young U.S. adults have been arrested: study   By Genevra Pittman Reuters   NEW YORK- Close to one in three teens and young adults get arrested by age 23, suggests a new study that finds more of them are being booked now than in the 1960s.   Those arrests are for everything from […]

Six Waltons Have More Wealth Than the Bottom 30 % of Americans Tim Worstall, Contributor Forbes Different people will take this different ways, but Jeffrey Goldberg tells us that six members of the Walton family (the original owners of WalMart) have more wealth than the bottom 30 % of Americans. Here’s where he says it: […]

China wants Sudan oil deal by Christmas Reuters China wants Sudan and South Sudan to resolve a row over oil transit fees by Christmas in order to avoid any potential distruptions of crude supply from the new nation, the Asian country’s special envoy said on Wednesday. South Sudan seceded from Sudan in July under a […]

49ers stadium: San Francisco mayor has slim hopes Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee on Monday acknowledged that there’s very little time left on the clock to persuade the 49ers to stay in the city – and that Santa Clara is all but assured a win in the battle to claim […]

Did you know that the city of Los Angeles sits on top of the 3rd largest oil field in the country?    Oil rigs are still scattered covertly throughout the city in public view.    

Chicago news anchor Robin Robinson potentially confused some children when she announced during a nightly newscast that Santa Claus is not real.    

Researcher’s Video Shows Secret Software on Millions of Phones Logging Everything   By David Kravets WIRED   The Android developer who raised the ire of a mobile-phone monitoring company last week is on the attack again, producing a video of how the Carrier IQ software secretly installed on millions of mobile phones reports most everything […]

American Airlines, AMR file for bankruptcy By Kyle Peterson and Matt Daily Reuters American Airlines and its parent company AMR Corp filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday to cut costs and combat soaring fuel prices and dampened travel demand. American Airlines was once the largest U.S. carrier, but is now third behind United Airlines and Delta […]