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The Iraq War Will Cost Us $3 Trillion, and Much More

washingtonpost.com

by Linda J. Bilmes and Joseph E. Stiglitz

March 7, 2008

You can't spend $3 trillion -- yes, $3 trillion -- on a failed war abroad and not feel the pain at home.

Some people will scoff at that number, but we've done the math. Senior Bush administration aides certainly pooh-poohed worrisome estimates in the run-up to the war. Former White House economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey reckoned that the conflict would cost $100 billion to $200 billion; Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld later called his estimate "baloney." Administration officials insisted that the costs would be more like $50 billion to $60 billion. In April 2003, Andrew S. Natsios, the thoughtful head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, said on "Nightline" that reconstructing Iraq would cost the American taxpayer just $1.7 billion.

Gas Prices up, Production Down: $5.19 for Regular

KION CBS 46 (CA)

March 5, 2008

GORDA -- If you're going to be heading down the Big Sur Coastline anytime soon, you'll probably going to want to have a full tank before you leave with the price of crude oil skyrocketing.

With gasoline following the same direction, the Americo gas station in Gorda, just south of Big Sur is selling premium unleaded gas for $5.39 a gallon. If you can do without premium regular's a relative bargain at $5.19.

Holy cow, Batman: Great Escape holding its largest job fair

The Business Review

March 5, 2008

The Great Escape in Queensbury, N.Y., is looking to hire up to 1,500 people to do everything from serve food and operate thrill rides to playing the roles of Batman and Superman this summer.

This will be the amusement park's largest annual job fair, officials said. The park will host auditions March 15 to find more than 100 actors and actresses to portray Wiggles characters, such as Captain Featherswood, along with Looney Tunes characters and DC Comics Justice League super heroes.

Job fair for Battle Creek casino draws 1,500

The Grand Rapids Press

by Al Jones

March 5, 2008

More than 1,500 individuals interested in doing construction work on a massive new Battle Creek casino project registered to do so during a Tuesday job fair here.

The FireKeepers Casino, whose construction is to start later this year near Interstate-94 and 11 Mile Road in Emmett Charter Township, expects to need 700 construction workers.

New charter high school may open in East Palo Alto

Inside Bay Area

by Shaun Bishop

March 1, 2008

EAST PALO ALTO -- Two Peninsula school districts are trying to work out a deal that could give East Palo Alto a new charter high school.

Trustees from the Ravenswood School District directed their superintendent to negotiate a deal with the Sequoia Union High School District that would bring a 350-student charter school run by Aspire Public Schools Inc. Through such a deal, the financially pinched Ravenswood School District could receive state money to fund the charter school and possibly $500,000 in annual grants from Sequoia. Aspire already runs the K-8 East Palo Alto Charter School.

PUSD warns charter school

Pasadena Star-News (CA)

by Caroline An

February 29, 2008

A letter from Pasadena School District officials to administrators of a local charter school accuses the school of failing to provide textbooks and allowing students to nod off at their desks during lessons, among other problems.

Onochie Chukwurah, executive director of Rhythms of the Village Charter School, denied students are not being taught and said he intends to respond to each point contained in the district's five-page letter, sent last month.

Teachers unions are the big problem

Charleston Daily Mail (WV)

by Karl Priest

February 26, 2008

TEACHERS are in a never-ending Groundhog's Day situation when they rely on the same old union strong-arm tactics to get a few extra crumbs from the Legislature.

Teachers unions promote abortion choice, but will not tolerate teachers having choices that would allow the cream to rise to the top. A former Michigan Teacher of the Year was censured by her state affiliate of the NEA for advocating pay based upon performance.

ESPN anchorwoman: 'F--- Jesus'

World Net Daily

January 22, 2008

Advocacy group charges the sports TV network ESPN has failed to respond properly to a graphic rant by anchorwoman Dana Jacobson in which she "attacked Jesus Christ."

Jacobson, reportedly intoxicated, was speaking at a celebrity roast in Atlantic City, N.J., when she unleashed a profane tirade, saying, "F--- Notre Dame," "F--- Touchdown Jesus" and finally "F--- Jesus."

Child Protective Services Official Asks for Demotion

Las Vegas Now (NV)

November 21, 2007

There is a major shakeup in Clark County Child Protective Services. This time a high-ranking assistant director has asked for a voluntary demotion after years of outcry.

Director Tom Morton said embattled assistant director Ann Rubin asked for the change. Next month, she's leaving her job as assistant director and dropping down to a licensing caseworker.

Online shopping is bright spot in gloomy US economic outlook

AFP

November 21, 2007

Online retail sales are expected to be a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy holiday picture despite a host of worries for American consumers, analysts say.

Surveys indicate online sales for the critical holiday season will grow some 15 to 20 percent, with a large portion occurring on so-called "Cyber Monday" on November 26 used by many to kick off the Internet shopping season.

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