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Heavy Rain Threatening Coffee Crops, Prices Rising Quickly

Heavy Rain Threatening Coffee Crops, Prices Rising Quickly

Heavy rain in Central America has taken a large toll on the area's coffee growers which in turn has pushed up the price of Coffee futures. Coffee crops have been damaged by heavy rains and winds which ... Read >
Heart Attack Grill, With A Name Like That How Could They Not Go Out Of Business

Heart Attack Grill, With A Name Like That How Could They Not Go Out Of Business

When the Heart Attack Grill first opened in Dallas, Texas they placed a sign outside that read "Now Hiring Nurses" the sign was meant to bring in waitresses who wanted to work at a hospital themed restaurant ... Read >
Want A Higher Credit Score, Move To Colorado Springs [Study]

Want A Higher Credit Score, Move To Colorado Springs [Study]

Residents in Colorado Springs carry just as much debt as many American's in many parts of the country, in many cases they carry more debt than the national average but they also pay off their bills on ... Read >
Wife Conceives While Husband was Sleeping

Wife Conceives While Husband was Sleeping

Ryan and Dee Harris have been trying so hard to have a baby for the past 18 months. They did and actually conceived their now 16-month-old son Lincoln while Ryan was asleep. Ryan has a rare medical ... Read >
Two Alleged Jihad Jane Accomplices Arrested By U.S. Law Enforcement

Two Alleged Jihad Jane Accomplices Arrested By U.S. Law Enforcement

Two suspected accomplices of "Jihad Jane" have been arrested in Pennsylvania and Ireland over claims that they were working with others to receive military-style training in South Asia while plotting to wage a holy way across Europe. The ... Read >
Bill O’Reilly’s book makes better kindling than reading in Afghanistan

Bill O’Reilly’s book makes better kindling than reading in Afghanistan

Author's and publishers will go to great lengths to publicize their books, even to the point of shipping a box of them to soldiers in Afghanistan it seems, the problem is that sometimes those books aren't exactly what ... Read >
It is now illegal to use cash in Louisiana to buy second-hand goods

It is now illegal to use cash in Louisiana to buy second-hand goods

I've read about a lot of really stupid ideas in my time but this one from the halls of the Louisiana state government has to rank up there as one of the most ridiculous idea yet. Proclaiming the ... Read >
Raw Video of Moammar Gadhafi After Siege of Sirte (Video)

Raw Video of Moammar Gadhafi After Siege of Sirte (Video)

Inquisitr reported earlier that Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi has been killed in Sirte, his hometown. A video footage said to be obtained by Reuters news agency and shot on a camera phone is now circulating. The unverified footage ... Read >
Bon Jovi Opens Restaurant with a Soul

Bon Jovi Opens Restaurant with a Soul

Going into the restaurant business is common among celebrities but this one is different. Rock star Bon Jovi and wife Dorothea yesterday opened a charity restaurant in a former auto body shop on Red Bank, New Jersey. The ... Read >
Susan Sarandon Calls Pope a Nazi

Susan Sarandon Calls Pope a Nazi

Susan Sarandon has called Pope Benedict XVI a 'Nazi' as she delivered a speech about Catholic teaching on the death penalty. The actress made her incendiary remark while talking at the Hamptons Film Festival over the weekend. She ... Read >
Barbie Tattoos Lead to Predictable Media Hysteria, World to End Soon

Barbie Tattoos Lead to Predictable Media Hysteria, World to End Soon

The latest Barbie doll comes with tattoos across her left arm, neck and chest, something that has apparently prompted an outrage amongst parents. Because hey, Barbie was always such an amazing role model for young girls. The new, ... Read >
Natural Gas Drilling Could Affect Mortgages

Natural Gas Drilling Could Affect Mortgages

Natural gas is becoming an increasingly important piece of the alternative energy jigsaw - over the past decade, fom Texas to New York, a million Americans have signed leases that allow energy companies to drill on their ... Read >
Groupon Loses Steam, Plans Scaled Back IPO

Groupon Loses Steam, Plans Scaled Back IPO

Groupon, Inc. on Wednesday announced that they are planning to scale back their IPO offering. Company officials will meet with their investors in the next few days to sell them on a deal valued at $12.5 billion, ... Read >
Senate Hopeful Elizabeth Warren: I’m An “Elite Hick”

Senate Hopeful Elizabeth Warren: I’m An “Elite Hick”

Elizabeth Warren hopes to become the next Democrat U.S. Senator but she may have hurt her chances after she referred to herself as an "elite hick" during a recent interview. Speaking with ABC News Warren the Senate hopeful ... Read >
Social Security Pay Increases In 2012 Could Cost Tax Payers, May Be Offset By Medicare

Social Security Pay Increases In 2012 Could Cost Tax Payers, May Be Offset By Medicare

Social security retirement benefits are set to receive a 3.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment in 2012, the first such increase since 2009 and now for many social security recipients that increase could be off-set by increases to medicare ... Read >
eBay Inc. reports strong third quarter earnings thanks to PayPal

eBay Inc. reports strong third quarter earnings thanks to PayPal

Ecommerce giant eBay Inc. released its third quarter earnings report today, boasting a 13% increase in profits over the last quarter, and a 32% increase in profits when compared to the same quarter in 2010. The company reported ... Read >
German Satellite ROSAT Will Hit Earth This Weekend

German Satellite ROSAT Will Hit Earth This Weekend

A month after avoiding a deadly collision with NASA's UARS satellite, the citizens of the world have a new piece of falling space junk to worry about. The German satellite ROSAT is expected to hit earth this weekend. And ... Read >
Ice Cream Vendor Goes to Prison for Selling Drugs

Ice Cream Vendor Goes to Prison for Selling Drugs

When you sell ice cream, you are supposed to sell ice cream. You obviously cannot sell prescription painkillers just like what Louis Scala of New York City did in his ice cream truck. Scala was sentenced to ... Read >
Morgan Stanley Beats Expecations, Uses Odd Accounting Practice To Show Strong Gains

Morgan Stanley Beats Expecations, Uses Odd Accounting Practice To Show Strong Gains

Despite a down economy financial firm Morgan Stanley on Wednesday surprised Wall Street analysts by posting stronger than expected profits for Q3 2011. The company's profits were assisted by a large accounting gain and increase in stock-trading revenues. ... Read >
IBM Stock Slumps As Other Tech Stocks Make Gains, But There’s No Reason For Concern

IBM Stock Slumps As Other Tech Stocks Make Gains, But There’s No Reason For Concern

IBM stocks were down at the close of the market on Tuesday as other tech stocks witnessed gains. The disappointing results which saw stock prices fall by 3 percent came after the company posted lower than expected ... Read >
Mortgage Rates Up Again This Week

Mortgage Rates Up Again This Week

Relatively low lending rates coupled with still-stringent lending requirements have created a "quiet" mortgage market, but mortgage rates have jumped slightly over the sluggishness of last week, according to some industry sources. The Mortgage Bankers Association, an industry ... Read >
Student Loan Debt To Surpass $1 Trillion In 2011

Student Loan Debt To Surpass $1 Trillion In 2011

Before we celebrate the arrival of 2012 American's will be strapped down with $1 trillion in student loan debt, making those loans the country's largest source of debt, surpassing credit cards for the first time. The $1 trillion ... Read >