New Orleans The House of Representatives in the U.S. Congress spent a lot of time this week sanding down the edges and loosening some of the nuts and bolts to make it easier for students to get loans for college. The Government has opened the discount window of the Federal Reserve and agreed to …
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Dabbawalas
St Petersburg The romance has been gone from flying for quite some time, but in the current fuel crises, the ridiculous has become the absurd as schedules worsen and costs accelerate. Earlier this week I took what once was a relatively painless hop to Chicago on direct flights from New Orleans up and back …
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St. Petersburg The Inspector General of the US Justice Department issued a report after a lengthy (and doubtlessly dilatory) investigation indicating that there was severe misconduct and violation of federal Civil Service laws in the hiring process for protected, non-political positions. The misconduct ran from implicit, and unwarranted, involvement at the White House down …