Family lives large in 168-square-foot house

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (YAHOO!FINANCE) — Imagine living in a space that measures a mere 168 square feet, more than 14 times smaller than the average American home. That’s the reality for more…

Freeway begging thriving industry

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE) — When he was mayor, Gavin Newsom made stopping panhandling at freeway ramps a priority, noting that the ramps - especially the ramps near the more…

'Office cougar' jailed for preying on married men

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (LONDON TELEGRAPH) — Software engineer Jeevani Wickramaratna, 44, spun a web of deceit, bombarding the men with sexually explicit messages, emailing their wives and even falsely claiming one more…

Tax dollars fund pet-shampoo ad, reality show in India

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (WASHINGTON TIMES) — Every year, the federal government spends hundreds of millions of dollars to market agricultural products abroad — sending taxpayers’ money to subsidize the advertising campaigns more…

Greek health system crumbles under weight of crisis

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (REUTERS) — Greece's rundown state hospitals are cutting off vital drugs, limiting non-urgent operations and rationing even basic medical materials for exhausted doctors as a combination of economic more…

Fears rise over EU handling of debt debacle

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Trump: Obama cut deal to keep oil prices low

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (Breitbart) CNBC HOST: Donald, you see the OPEC news this morning? Venezuela wants OPEC to stop pumping more, overproducing, they are saying, that, because Saudi Arabia is pumping more…

Burger King bacon sundae goes on menu

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (AP) — Burger King wants to lure customers this summer with a barbecue party - and a bacon sundae. The world's second biggest hamburger chain on Thursday is more…

Chinese boom becoming Chinese bust

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (BLOOMBERG) — Jiang Xiangsong has 18 days to pay a 2 million yuan ($314,000) bank debt or his suitcase company in eastern China will go bankrupt. He’s close more…