His vision of debt is messy, emotional, political and raw — in other words, realistic, as anyone who has ever bounced a check, had their card declined or answered the repo man’s call can attest. Javits, a New York Republican, praised ERISA as “the greatest development in the life of the American worker since Social [...]

But trying to come up with a fresh concept was difficult.”There was no point in doing a sequel unless we could at least make it comparable to the original,” says Campbell. Digital sales now account for 11% of the total recorded music market.. “We just try to make connections for the kids,” he said, “to [...]

Bankruptcy Court judge in New York will hold a hearing to discuss Delta’s request to reject its pilots’ collective bargaining agreement.The Air Line Pilots Assn., which represents Delta’s 6,000 pilots, has scheduled a rally today to defend the contract.. Virginia Tech, makes its third consecutive prime-time appearance on ESPN, which knows the tune-in value to [...]

For example, Stafford says, doctors can reasonably assume that a drug used to treat asthma will be effective for other lung diseases.”There are plenty of situations where off-label use is completely legitimate,” says Stafford, “But there are other ways that drugs are used that are quite distinct from the FDA indication and where we don’t [...]

If you believe the Dodger Stadium radar gun — and the reports from several National League teams that scouted Schmidt in Florida this spring — they bought a pitcher with a below-average fastball.The caution light is tempered here by two factors: 1) Schmidt won and the guy with the really live fastball lost; 2) Schmidt [...]

A work of fiction written by a literary critic and a retired professor of humanities like Josipovici is a double-edged sword: His store of references is broad and deep (in addition to the figures, works and places named above, the writings of Homer and a particular Paul Klee painting get a moment in the spotlight), [...]

If they are treated as juveniles, lawyers said, the sentences could last a few months — until they turn 21 — or two years from the day they arrive at a juvenile facility.”They will need a lot longer than that to rehabilitate for their crimes,” Middleton said.The first trial ended in a mistrial June 28, [...]

MySpace pages, for heaven’s sake (“Severus Snape has 3,370 friends”).Even the bookstore chain Borders has chosen an all-Snape method of marketing “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” including the choice of pro- or anti-Snape bumper stickers when you reserve the book. In the long run, though, the best way to preserve all parties’ ability to [...]

Clyde Oden and Cecil “Chip” Murray, political consultant Kerman Maddox and other members of the African American Summit on Violence Prevention.”I am greatly concerned that City Hall has conducted business as usual, and everything points to the need for major change,” said Oden, who has urged the 800 members of his Bryant Temple AME Church [...]

In the domestic sphere, women are expected to allow their rights to be governed by Sharia — Islamic law.On that particular day, the instruction is for men. The state attorney general’s office said Tuesday that it would investigate an allegation that Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Dauman said the Joost deal would enable Viacom to [...]