Pioneers heading west across the Rockies. Okies fleeing the Dust Bowl for California. African-Americans migrating from the rural south to the urban north. Retirees from the northeast opting for the sunnier climates of Florida or Arizona. For centuries, the idea of picking up and moving in search of a better–or just a more comfortable–life has
Continue reading …Companies like to push the envelope with their ads. Sometimes the gamble works, sometimes it doesn’t, and sometimes, like in the case of a new advertising campaign from Nivea, the whole thing turns into a fiasco. Nivea, a company that specializes in skin-care products, recently released a print ad that it has since pulled. How
Continue reading …Three Arkansas men, who served 18 years in prison for the brutal murder of three boys, are going home. “I’m just tired,” Jesse Misskelley Jr. told reporters. “This has been going on for 18 years. It’s been an absolute living hell.” The release of the “West Memphis Three” came after a complex and confusing plea
Continue reading …Bill Clinton, once famous for his larger-than-life appetite, is now the poster child for a vegan lifestyle. Back in the 1990s, the former president was known–and even mocked–for his fast-food cravings. In a “Saturday Night Live” skit, the late Phil Hartman, playing Clinton, is shown jogging three blocks to McDonald’s to mix it up with
Continue reading …A federal jury says Chicago law enforcement must pay $330,000 to a family after officers shot their dog during a home raid that turned up no illegal activity. Thomas Russell, then 18, opened the door to his home in February 2009 to find police officers with their guns drawn. He asked if he could lock
Continue reading …A federal jury says Chicago law enforcement must pay $330,000 to a family after officers shot their dog during a home raid that turned up no illegal activity. Thomas Russell, then 18, opened the door to his home in February 2009 to find police officers with their guns drawn. He asked if he could lock
Continue reading …Welcome to First Look, our daily roundup of early-bird news: • Obama’s jobs plan will likely target the long-term unemployed. (Wall Street Journal) • Rebels now hold most of Tripoli. (Reuters) • South Dakota school districts are moving to four-day weeks to save money. (AP) • An illegal immigrant who won civil damages against a Tenn. sheriff’s office is
Continue reading …Welcome to First Look, our daily roundup of early-bird news: • Obama’s jobs plan will likely target the long-term unemployed. (Wall Street Journal) • Rebels now hold most of Tripoli. (Reuters) • South Dakota school districts are moving to four-day weeks to save money. (AP) • An illegal immigrant who won civil damages against a Tenn. sheriff’s office is
Continue reading …America’s jobless crisis has been going on so long that the raw numbers have lost much of their power to convey the severity of the problem. The Wall Street Journal’s David Wessel has found a clever new way to get at the issue. Wessel notes that there are more officially unemployed people in the United
Continue reading …America’s jobless crisis has been going on so long that the raw numbers have lost much of their power to convey the severity of the problem. The Wall Street Journal’s David Wessel has found a clever new way to get at the issue. Wessel notes that there are more officially unemployed people in the United
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