| Millions Face Shrinking Social Security Payments Posted: 23 Aug 2009 07:33 AM PDT ![]() WASHINGTON — Millions of older people face shrinking Social Security checks next year, the first time in a generation that payments would not rise. The trustees who oversee Social Security are projecting there won't be a cost of living adjustment (COLA) for the next two years. That hasn't happened since automatic increases were adopted in 1975. By law, Social Security benefits cannot go down. Nevertheless, monthly payments would drop for millions of people in the Medicare prescription drug program because the premiums, which often are deducted from Social Security payments, are scheduled to g
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| Obama facing hard choices on Afghanistan war plans (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:58 AM PDT  AP - As public support for the war in Afghanistan erodes, President Barack Obama soon may face two equally unattractive choices: increase U.S. troops levels to beat back a resilient enemy, or stick with the 68,000 already committed and risk the political fallout if that's not enough.
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| Stocks may fly on housing, consumers (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 08:24 AM PDT ![]() Is it game over for the recession? Or will consumers stay in hibernation? Investors will watch this week's new home sales and consumer data to see if the economy's recovery is on track and whether the rally in U.S. stocks -- now at 2009 highs -- will continue.
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| Bolt gets piece of Berlin Wall -- huge piece (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 08:11 AM PDT ![]() Usain Bolt was honored by the city of Berlin by receiving an original segment of the Berlin Wall -- nearly three tons of it. The Jamaican sprinter, who broke world records in winning gold medals in the 100 and 200 meters, was presented with the piece of wall at a small ceremony Sunday, the final day of the world championships.
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| ND's longest-serving inmate paroled after 40 years (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 11:47 AM PDT  AP - During the 40 years convicted murderer James LeRoy Iverson watched from his prison cell window, he saw a field transform from a nesting ground for geese to a Walmart Supercenter site.
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| Holtz's stunning prediction Posted: 23 Aug 2009 09:35 AM PDT  Lou Holtz's college football prediction is a reach, even for the quirky ex-coach.
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| Trading in NBA dream Posted: 23 Aug 2009 08:59 AM PDT  Lance Allred is the most "improbable" 7-foot prospect to play basketball, but is ready to quit the NBA.
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| Cars slam into plane after Calif. freeway landing Posted: 23 Aug 2009 01:35 PM PDT ![]() Authorities say a small airplane was struck by three vehicles just after it made an emergency landing on a California freeway.
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| Game ends on rare play Posted: 23 Aug 2009 02:12 PM PDT  The Phillies' Eric Bruntlett makes a play that has only happened twice ever to end a MLB game.
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| A College Dream Ends Too Soon Posted: 23 Aug 2009 12:18 PM PDT ![]() I worked hard to get into Berkeley and I worked even harder when I got there. But when my funds ran out, I had to leave.
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| The Beltway consensus: the Left is to blame for health care battle Posted: 23 Aug 2009 08:20 AM PDT  (update below) The prevailing Beltway wisdom has now ossified that the problem with the health care debate is that those hardened Leftist ideologues cling childishly and petulantly to their little "public option" fetish and their refusal to give it up is jeopardizing enactment of a reform bill. Just see The Washington Post Editorial Page, Post columnist Steve Pearlstein and Joe Klein -- and especially the below-documented behavior from Newsweek's Jonathan Alter -- this week blaming The Left, as always, for their childish extremism in the health care debate. As always, the obedient servitude
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| Greenest Colleges: Did Your School Make the Grade? Posted: 23 Aug 2009 10:02 AM PDT ![]() Image credit:SIerra Club. For the third year in a row my organization's magazine, SIERRA, did what amounts to a senior thesis by researching and reporting which colleges and universities get an A (or an F) for their eco-friendliness. We call it the "Cool Schools" issue of the magazine, and it was unveiled this week. I'm going to let SIERRA Lifestyle Editor Avital Binshtock take it away from here: While the good folks at U.S. News and World Report ascribe certain measurements of prestige to their college ranki...
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| Iraqi suspect: It cost $10,000 to pass checkpoints (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 07:07 AM PDT  AP - Attackers paid $10,000 to get a bomb-laden truck past checkpoints and next to the Iraqi Finance Ministry in last week's attacks, one of the suspected masterminds said in a confession broadcast Sunday.
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| Blizzcon 2009 Photo Gallery Posted: 23 Aug 2009 12:50 AM PDT  Yes, it's that time of the year again -- BlizzCon, the annual convention for fans of the Diablo, Starcraft, and Warcraft mega-franchises.
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| Miss Universe contestants practice before event Posted: 23 Aug 2009 11:10 AM PDT  AP - Dozens of beauty queens sporting sunglasses and toting suitcases made an informal parade down a wide hotel hallway Sunday, thrilling tourists as they headed to dress rehearsal hours before the Miss Universe pageant.
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