CLEARLY, there are worse jobs than working on a show that sends up Hollywood excess. On location in Malibu recently, cast and crew of the new USA series " The Starter Wife " worked happily, as stars Debra Messing, David Alan Basche and Hart Bochner ...

GM, Ford say not considering bankruptcy - USA Today

DETROIT — General Motors (GM) and Ford Motor (F) both ruled out Friday seeking bankruptcy protection at a time when slow auto sales and the credit crunch have rattled investors and sent their shares plunging. GM shares have fallen close to a 60 ...

Friday Burn: Starring Obsession, by Greg Oden - Oregonian

On OregonLive.com affiliate MLive.com (that's in Michigan) It's Just Sports blog today, one proud Midwesterner confesses his love (obsession) with Greg Oden (via Ball Don'e Lie ): My obsession with Oden goes so far that I actually caught myself ...

Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart's Earmarks Raise Eyebrows - HispanicBusiness.com

Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart has procured millions in federal funding to benefit a small Miami-Dade defense-contracting group that has donated tens of thousands of dollars to his political campaign and that of his brother, fellow U.S. Rep. Mario ...

U.S. September job losses steepest in 5-1/2 years - Forbes

WASHINGTON(Reuters) - U.S. employers cut 159,000 jobs last month, a ninth straight monthly reduction and the deepest in 5-1/2 years, the government said in a report Friday that suggested the economy may be in recession. The Labor Department report ...