1. Starbucks raising prices in Northeast, Sunbelt

    starbucks

    ... for 12-ounce "tall" brewed coffees and latte drinks each will go up 10 cents. Prices on about a half ... to McDonald's Corp is raising prices to help offset some of that cost pressure. In New York City, prices

  2. The Eurocrisis comes to America

    ... [A]s noted over a week ago, European banks scrambled to obtain cheap dollars by borrowing over $50 ... . 21, it will release revisions to home sales for 2007 through the first 10 months 2011. Home sales ... billion from the Fed, and plug dollar shortfalls. Yet as all band aid measures designed to offset

  3. 31,536,000 seconds, 525,600 minutes, 8,700 hours

    ... cause: the Gospel, defense of my family, America. Perhaps I could spare four or five of my 10 to 12 ... Year's resolutions for 2011?! Where does the time go? We may shake our heads as we ask that question ... are segments of your life. However, in 2011 you spent, invested or wasted 31,536,000 seconds of your

  4. Puzzle 128

    ... 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ... . Footnotes, briefly 10. Stare longingly 14. Description for spring 2011? 15. Not very clandestine 16 ... 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55

  5. Obama spending helps economy in Kenya!

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    ... industry in Marsabit and Garissa counties in Kenya. On April 12, U.S. Agency for International ... , Kenya. On April 12, USAID also listed a separate pre-solicitation for the Kenya Agricultural Value ... " for Kenyan foreign assistance appropriations indicates that the total for Fiscal Year 2011 has increased

  6. New Orleans struggles to stem homicides

    ... Orleans this year, a tally that matched the previous year’s homicide count, but with more than ... a month before 2011 was out. Read the whole story at New York Times

  7. Taxes on some wealthy French top 100% of income

    pickpocket

    ... , to offset the impact of a rebate scheme created by its conservative predecessor to cap an individual's overall taxation at 50 percent of income. ... . The newspaper said that the exceptionally high level of taxation was due to a one-off levy last year on 2011

  8. Woman home alone kills intruder

    ... -telegram.com/2011/12/29/3622844/tv-reports-fort-woprth-woman-kills.html#my-headlines-default#storylink=cpy Read the whole story at Fort Worth Star-Telegram ... death was ruled a homicide, according to the M.E.'s website Read more here: http://www.star

  9. Great Recession followed by grand illusion

    great-depression-soup-line

    ... domestic product in 2010 and 2011, the economy slowed to 1.5% growth in 2012. Cumulative growth ... for the past 12 quarters was just 6.3%, the slowest of all 11 recessions since World War II ... expenditures out of the economy over the next 10 years, including $85 billion this year alone. The 2

  10. Romney sweeps doubleheader

    MittRomney23

    ... . According to CNN exit polls, one in 10 Michigan primary voters was a Democrat. Of those, 50 percent ... . Ron Paul received 12 percent and Gingrich, 7 percent. A Twitter post published at the Washington ... to count us out," Romney declared to a crowd of supporters. "We didn't win by a lot, but we won